Djokovic gave himself a historic triumph, advanced to the semifinals of the US Open and there will be generational classic with Alcaraz

38 years old and novak djokovic (7th ATP) is still for a while. The Serbian, ex 1st of the world, defeated the American Taylor Fritz (4th) for the eleventh time in his career (without defeats), with partials of 6-3, 7-5, 3-6 and 6-4, and It was classified for the US Open semifinalslast great slam of the season, where they will see them nothing less than with the Spanish Carlos Alcaraz (2nd).

On the birthday of his daughter Tara, the Balkan tennis player and owner of almost all records of white sport, He faced his 65 -quarter -final instance and the 397 triumph of tournaments was given Majors, In 80 participations in this kind of competitions. In addition, with this pass to the semifinals, It matched the 14 appearances in that round of the American Jimmy Connors in the United States Open.

The words are not enough to dimension what Djokovic is able to do with the yellow ball. Before a hierarchy rival, as is Fritz, owner of 10 ATP titles, “Nole” minimized him with a unique solvency and used his always effective variants to contain the impacts at full speed of his opponent, which was not accurate during most of the meeting with the service, his lethal weapon, he turned more It was reflected on the scoreboard.

The genius of Belgrade, which repeated at least the quarterfinals in all the Grand Slam of 2025, closed the first set after a marathon Game in which it served 5-3 and had to resort to its executions outside series to rescue repeated breaks and achieve a necessary support and then lead to the victory under the 23,000 thousand souls present in the intimidating Arthur Ashe stadium.

Everything was going well for “Nole”, even without display He became entangled in the noise of the crowd and anger, among other factors, cost him a partial. The host, in turn, spread with his fans and grew a lot in the game rectangle.

The local tennis player, the only American who was alive in the male branch, however, He could not cut the extensive streak of defeats against the stainless Djokovic And, beyond crossing moments of very good tennis, he ran out of the semifinals without a ticket, so that he will not be able to retain the points conquered last year, when he made the end and was defeated by the Italian Jannik Sinner in corrido sets.

After three hours and 27 minutes, the gold medalist at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games He based his victory for several aspects, but especially for sobriety when disputing the most important points. He took out the gods when he needed it most and with the hope intact, as in its beginnings, he agreed to his 53 semifinals in ‘big tournaments’ to continue in search of the 25º Grand Slam.

“It could be the greatest achievement of my career, but it is far”he had affirmed before the meeting. Now, only two opponents can take away such an illusion. His next opponent will be Alcaraz, the Spanish star who seeks to become the first US Open champion without yielding sets.

At the end of the party, the European told AM850 tennis that This was the game in which he felt worse tenstically So far from the tournament, but that, still dissatisfied, was a great victory against a world class player.

The next game of Novak Djokovic in it US Openfor the ticket to the final, it will be against Carlos Alcarazwith whom he has a history in favor of 5-3. As additional data, the Spanish never won on the Hard to Serbian, since his only triumphs were in Wimbledon (in two finals) and Madrid, on brick dust.

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