New York – Novak jokovich Took two sets against Taylor fritzA opponent whom he always beats, to shut down in the semi -finals, a round that he often arrives at the US Open, and on Tuesday night’s crowd marked the occasion by blowing them kisses.
It was just a taste of back and forth between some people at Djokovic and Arthur Ash Stadium, and still the work that remained, but it would end the victory of 6-3, 7-5, 3-6, 6-4. Djokovic corrected 11–0 against 2024 runner-up Fritz and a record-detailed 53rd Grand Slam reached the semi-finals, including a record-hang 14 in the Flushing Meadows.
“I was just trying to survive,” Djokovic said. “This is one of the days where you just have to grind.”
She needed three matches points to finish her, and was bending with hands on her knees, there were long rallies after the first two which went into the way of Fritz. But at the end, the competition an anti-seded Fotz with a double fault by the number 4-seded fritz, which means that the US drought will continue without a male single champion in any major since 2003, when the US drought will continue without a male single champion in any head since 2003. Andy rhodik Won in New York.
“At the end of the day, it is one of the things that make great players great,” Fritz said about Djokovic. “They win big points.”
On Friday, the Djokovic will play in his fourth slam semi -finals of the season and take the five -time prominent champion. Carlos AlakrajWhich has not dropped a set in the tournament. He was 6-4, 6-2, 6-4 winners against number 20 Jiri Leheka Earlier Tuesday.
Djokovic led No. 2 Seed Alakraj’s head-to-head-to-head, winning their two most recent matches-this January in the Australian Open Quarterfinal in January and the final in the Paris Olympics last year, when Serbia finally fulfilled his wish to win gold medal for his country.
The quarterfinal Wednesdays of the last two men are: Alex de meinour Vs. Felix Agar-AliasimeAnd defending champion Pronounced sinner Vs. Lorenzo musetti At night in an all-Italian matchup.
On Tuesday night, both players were fully dressed in black – shirts, shorts, socks and shoes. Even Djokovic’s wrist bands were black, as they were the headbands of Fritz, which they did wrong in the beginning, so the white lettering of the name of their clothing sponsors was reverse until he made changes after the second set.
If the gate-ups of the players look the same, it is the place where similarities have stopped. Djokovic, who won four out of his 24 major championships in the US Open, recently in 2023, he usually does for Fritz – and, to be fair, to be fair, almost all – what to say: who returns excellently, controls the longest points and serves to all the right places, especially in clutch.
38 -year -old Djokovic was generally a step, and a idea, or two ahead of the 27 -year -old Fritz, whose service improved in the previous two sets.
Djokovic won 25 out of 42 points which lasted at least nine strokes. He saved 11 out of 13 brake opportunities, which he faced. And he won 10 out of 11, when he used to serve and Woldie.
Fritz became slightly unstable. Not his best service. Not his best groundstroke. Perhaps this was the enemy and their unilateral history. Perhaps it was setting, stage, bets.
It may be that it was earlier a planned start, which was due to the cancellation of women’s quarterfinals Aryana Sabalanka And Market WondrasovaWhich was earlier withdrawn on Tuesday due to knee.
Djokovic stole Fitz’s initial service game for a 3–0 lead, which soon had a advantage of two sets. Fritz did his work in the match and made things more interesting but never proceeded.
By the way, Djokovic joined it with the audience supporting his opponent, although it is nothing, supporting the man who has spent more time at number 1 in tennis history than anyone in the tennis history.
Nevertheless, there were appreciation and cheering defects of those by Djokovic, which was considered a no-no-no-no one in tennis.
It reached one head in the third set, when the clock passed from 10:30 pm -the fault ceremony became more hoarse, Djokovic asked the chair umpire Damian Dumsois, “What are you going to do?” And then reiterated the official words that the officer said in a failed attempt to settle the obstacles. “Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Please.”
Soon, Fritz was breaking a forehand winner for a 3–1 lead in that set, one would take it.
But it came through Djokovic when it was most important.
“He served better. He made very few mistakes,” said Fritz. “He played better in the fourth.”
