By Richard Pagliaro | @Tennis_Now | Tuesday, September 5, 2023
NEW YORK—Novak Djokovic remodeled Arthur Ashe Stadium right into a home celebration at this time.
The 23-time Grand Slam champion will attempt to maintain his revelry run in Friday’s US Open semifinals.
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Djokovic dismantled American No. 1 Taylor Fritz 6-1, 6-4, 6-4 elevating his US Open quarterfinal report to 13-0.
It is Djokovic’s forty seventh profession Grand Slam semifinal—placing him one forward of rival Roger Federer for the all-time report—and served as a prelude to the Serbian famous person dealing with one other American within the semifinals.
The second-seeded Djokovic will face both 2022 US Open semifinalist Frances Tiafoe or explosive 20-year-old left-hander Ben Shelton for a spot in Sunday’s remaining.
Djokovic has amassed a 30-match profitable streak vs. Americans since his final loss to Sam Querrey on the 2016 Wimbledon and owns a 12-match profitable streak vs. U.S. males on the US Open the place he has by no means misplaced to an American.
Given his dominance of the celebs and stripes, and the very fact he rides a 10-match hard-court profitable streak into the semifinals, you may perceive why Djokovic is revved and able to go.
“I have to be ready for a great battle,” Djokovic mentioned. “Both of the guys that I’m going to face eventually on Friday, Shelton and Tiafoe, have a lot of charisma. They bring a lot of energy on the court. They are very quick, very powerful. Ben Shelton has been serving some bombs this tournament. When his serve is on, he’s very difficult player to play against, especially because he’s lefty, as well.
Then you have the Big ‘Foe who is one of the favorite guys in the locker room, fun to be around, always smiling, always bringing good vibes, and fantastic player. He’s played semis US Open last year here, beat Nadal in quarters and had a great run. And he thrives.”
Djokovic is aiming to burst out of the blocks with one other quick begin as he did at this time in opposition to Fritz in an effort to mute the pro-American crowd.
“Both actually, both players thrive on the energy of the crowd, of the center court, kind of gets them going, and they play their best,” Djokovic mentioned. “It’s going to be fun to watch them tonight. I think it’s going to be quite close match the way they are both playing pretty well. Yeah, I look forward to it. I have couple days off, no match. It actually serves well for my body at this stage of the tournament, and I’ll be ready for Friday whoever is across the net.”
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