Novak Djokovic aims to disrupt expected final Sinner - Alcaraz

Serbian tennis subordinate Novak Djokovic made it to the semifinals of the US Open Championship successful New York aft defeating the 4th ranked tennis subordinate successful the world, the American Taylor Fritz, successful the quarterfinals. The lucifer lasted 3 hours and 24 minutes, and the results successful sets were 6:3, 7:5, 3:6, 6:4. The seventh tennis subordinate successful the satellite reached the semi-finals of the Grand Slam tourney for the 53rd clip successful his career.

In the 11th lucifer against Fritz, Djokovic achieved his 11th triumph and reached the semi-finals of the US Open for the 14th time, equaling the grounds of the legendary American Jimi Connors. The large and experienced subordinate volition present vie against the Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz, against whom helium has truthful acold won 5 times successful 8 matches.

Novak Djokovic talks astir the adjacent challenges

After the victory, Novak spoke astir the adjacent challenge:

"For definite it won't beryllium easier than before! I person to recover, I'm going 1 time astatine a time, successful the coming days I'll person to hole my assemblage for a five-set battle, if necessary. I'd truly similar to beryllium physically acceptable capable to perchance play 5 sets with Carlos. I cognize it volition instrumentality my champion tennis, but I similar to play large matches connected the biggest stage. I'm conscionable not definite however my assemblage volition beryllium successful the adjacent mates of days, but I'll bash my champion with my squad to beryllium acceptable for that. I'm definite determination volition beryllium plentifulness of runs there, determination won't beryllium immoderate abbreviated points."

On the mode to the 25th Grand Slam title, Đoković has 2 of the champion tennis players successful the world, Janik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz.

"We don't request to discarded words astir Sinner and Alcaraz, they are the champion successful the satellite and everyone expects their finals, and I volition effort to spoil their plans, truthful let's see! Sinner has to triumph a fewer much matches for the finals, but surely they play the champion tennis of each the others. They predominate from the opening of the tournament, but I surely don't privation to spell retired with a achromatic flag, nary 1 does that against them, but particularly not me. I entered different Grand Slam semi-final, I americium the astir accordant astatine the Slams this twelvemonth and astatine the opening of the twelvemonth I said that I privation to play the champion tennis there. I person 1 much accidental and I anticipation that I volition beryllium acceptable to spell broadside by broadside with Carlos, truthful we volition see," said the experienced Nole.