Shelton-Djokovic to Meet in First Semifinal of American Grand Slam

NEW YORK – Will be Shelton-Djokovic the first semifinal of the American Grand Slam. The Serbian expert on the one hand, in his 47th major semifinal, and the young American talent, surprise of the tournament, on the other.

Novak Djokovic earn the semifinal by filing the practice in three sets Fritz. On the Arthur Ashe Stadium the Serbian who dominated (6-1, 6-4, 6-4), closing the game in 2 hours and 35 minutes against the n. 9 of the ranking. For Nole it is the 47th career semifinal in a Grand Slam tournament, one more than Roger Federer. Furthermore, for the sixth time in his career the Serbian has reached – in one season – the semifinals of all four Grand Slams: Federer had done it five times.

Djokovic looks increasingly like the favorite with alcaraz for the final victory. He is the first player to reach the semifinals of the US Open e will challenge Ben Shelton (n.47) who in just over three hours he beat in four sets Tiafoe (6-2, 6-3, 6-7, 6-2). It will be the first semifinal in a major for Shelton, who has never challenged Djokovic in his career

They will compete tonight Medvedev (n.3) e Rublev (n.8), in a All-Russian derby. Performances on hard courts for Medvedev were excellent: in ten tournaments played on hard courts, he reached eight times at least the quarterfinalswinning four times: Miami, Dubai, Doha and Rotterdam. It seems to be the terrain of him: after the two finals of the Australian Open (2021-2022) achieved three times the same finish at the US Open (2019, 2020, 2021).

Rublevon the other side, didn’t look convincing this year. Strengthened by a favorable draw, the Russian reached the quarterfinals after victories with Balazs (3-0), O’Connell (3-1), Baez (3-0) e From Minaur (3-1) only real pitfall for him so far. So far it has a negative record of eight losses out of eight in the quarterfinals of a Grand Slam (three in particular at the Us Open). Who knows if this is the game to reverse this trend. Medvedev leads in direct matches 6-2.

In the night, however, space for Alcaraz-Zverev, where is the German had the advantage in the direct clashes for 3-2. The Spaniard, on the other hand, comes from a superlative tournament, unlike Zverev who took nearly five hours to beat Sinner: a great cost on a physical level that could weigh. For Alcaraz it could be the second consecutive semifinal in New York. For Zverev, on the other hand, a great personal redemption after a very dull period: “I think I can say I’m back. It’s one of the best moments of my career.” these are Zverev’s words after the victory against the Italian Sinner.

Here’s the quarter-final lineup:

Alcaraz (n.1) – Zverev (n.12) 07/09 h. 02.30
Medvedev (n.3) – Rublev (n.8) 06/09 h. 19.30
Shelton– Thiafoe (n. 10) 3-1
Fritz (n. 9) – Djokovic (n. 2) 0-3
2023-09-06 17:07:47
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