New York (SID) – Alexander Zverev’s dream of the first Grand Slam title has burst again. Six weeks after the gold triumph in Tokyo, the German number one lost to title favorite Novak Djokovic in the semifinals of the US Open 6: 4, 2: 6, 4: 6, 6: 4, 2: 6. In the previous year, Zverev had reached the final in New York, now the world number one from Serbia turned out to be too strong on his historic title mission.
“Alexander is a great champion,” said Djokovic: “I admire him on and off the pitch. I knew it was going to be a great fight.”
At the same time, Djokovic also took revenge for the defeat he suffered against Zverev in the semifinals of the Olympic Games and is now fighting on Sunday against the Russian world number two Daniil Medvedev for the first calendar grand slam since Rod Laver in 1969. Medvedev won the first semifinals with 6: 4, 7: 5, 6: 2 against the Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime prevailed.
Djokovic has already won the trophies in Melbourne, Paris and Wimbledon this year. He has a great chance of becoming the sole Grand Slam record winner ahead of Roger Federer (Switzerland) and Rafael Nadal (Spain). All three have 20 titles in the four most important tournaments of the year.
