▲ The Russian tennis player beat the Spaniard in a tough match that lasted three hours and 22 minutes. Ap Photo
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La Jornada Newspaper
Saturday, September 9, 2023, p. a10
New York., The legend of Novak Djokovic continues. He will play his tenth US Open final, while the Spaniard, Carlos Alcaraz, will hand over the title to him. The Russian Daniil Medvedev will be the Serbian’s opponent and they will repeat the 2021 edition in which the Russian won.
In the first match, Djokovic took advantage of his experience to neutralize the American promise Ben Shelton 6-3, 6-2 and 7-6 (7/4).
At 36 years old, Absent He celebrated his 100th match at the US Open on Friday (87-13) by crushing the last local player standing.
The 23,000 fans at the largest track in the world tried to cheer on young Shelton, a player who is just completing his first full professional season.
The Atlanta tennis player faced an almost impossible mission against Djokovic, who has emerged victorious in 22 of their 23 semifinal matches since 2015.
With little to lose, Shelton relied on his devastating left arm, honed by years of playing quarterback football.
However, the Balkan stopped the 20-year-old tennis player in his tracks with a tennis master class. He dominated the first two sets and resolved the last one with aplomb, despite some complications.
Champion at the Australian Open, Roland Garros and Wimbledon, the Serbian giant has not missed a single Grand Slam this season, in which he seeks to extend to 24 the record that he himself holds with the most majors.
In New York, the Belgrade star has reached a record of 10 finals, two more than his pursuers (Federer, Sampras, Co-nnors and Lendl), but so far he has only won three titles (2011, 2015 and 2018).
“Los Grand Slams “They are the tournaments that count the most, they motivate me the most and I can play my best tennis,” he stated. Absent.
In the second semifinal of the day, Russian Daniil Medvedev and Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz, the last two US Open champions, faced off at Flushing Meadow and sparked.
It took Medveded three hours and 22 minutes to beat Alcaraz and go in search of his second US Open, after the one he won in 2021. That time, Medvedev spoiled the Serbian’s completion of a historic four-time title. Grand Slam.
At Flushing Meadows, most of the fans expected a cross between Alcaraz and Djokovic. However, the Russian, in a match that bordered on perfection, prevented it.
A great specialist on fast courts, he looked unstoppable in the first sets, and although the Murcian reacted in the third, the Muscovite was once again superior in the fourth, in an outcome in which four match points to define the series.
Alcaraz, announced yesterday to play an exhibition match on November 29 at the Plaza de Toros in Mexico City, was not able to come back against a Medvedev who did not slow down.
The final score 6-7 (3/7), 1-6, 6-3 and 3-6 reflected Daniil’s dominance, despite the fact that the predictions pointed to Alcaraz due to his dominance in the last personal duels on the big stages.
2023-09-09 08:55:17
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