Missed this match and only got to watch the final games of the third set but caught the highlights.
Djokovic does always seem to give up the first set from all the tournaments that I had followed.
It is like a sort of strategy of his at this point: Give the opponent a sense of victory then rip it away from them and leave them questioning if they can really win by the third set it is already over.
With that win against Rublev he has tied Roger Federer making it to the most number of grand slam semi-finals:
https://www.espn.com/tennis/story/_/id/37995421/novak-djokovic-ties-roger-federer-makes-46th-slam-semifinalYes, he did seem to do that, looking so weak but actually not, like what he did in the final of the French Open where the first set was a few games behind but instead he was able to take the first set through a tie break.
The semifinals will face Jannick Sinner whom he defeated in the Wimbledon quarterfinals last year, even that happened when Sinner had already won the first 2 sets, a new strategy, of course, must be applied by Sinner in this match because against Djokovic players have to be at the best level, moreover on the grass otherwise it will only be game for Djokovic, and the odds from the bookmakers show he remains the favorite, Sinner will probably take a set in this semifinal
A very interesting match in the quarterfinals between Medvedev vs Eubanks, Medvedev really faced difficulties in that match and behind 1-2 but in the fourth and fifth set Medvedev was outstanding especially his 4th set serve gave a lot of points, the fifth set Eubanks couldn't do anything a lot because Medvedev immediately broke his 2 games early.
Eubanks had the support of the crowd and the USA fans certainly hoped he would make it to the semifinals as American male tennis players have always been terrible at Grand Slams, but that hope was not met.