Alcaraz Defeats Djokovic: Reaches Final

The world number 2 has made his physical superiority speak against the Serbian on Friday evening in New York.

No surprise in the shock. Carlos Alcaraz (2nd world player) won the first ticket for the US Open final by dominating Novak Djokovic (7th) in three sets (6-4, 7-6[7-4]6-2) in the first semi-final, Friday September 5, on the court Arthur Ashe. Stronger on the physical level, the Spaniard wrung his opponent in a meeting that he generally dominated and mastered, despite a burst of the Serbian at the start of the second round.

Author of an entry station wagon, Alcaraz raced in the first set in the first set, concluded in less than an hour. After being taken his service at the start of the second round, led 3-0, he applied himself to pick up the scoring and finally prevail to the tie-break. While Novak Djokovic was starting to show signs of physical fatigue and unless he fights on the points, he hardened the game to win his first match ball.

The Spaniard, who has still not lost the slightest set on the courts of Flushing Meadows, qualifies for his second final at the US Open, after that of his first Grand Chelem coronation in 2022. He is now waiting to know his opponent, the winner of the other semi-final who will oppose his rival Jannik Sinner to the Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime.

Novak Djokovic, who remained on two row victories against his youngest (in the final of the Paris Olympic Games and in quarters at the Australian Open in January) could not seek a third success in a row. At 38, in search of a 25th record victory in a big slam, around which he now seems to build his calendar and his preparation, the Serbian stops at the gates of the final, as in each of the adults this year.

At a press conference, Novak Djokovic assured that he did not want to give up his quest for a 25th Grand Slam. “I will continue to fight. I always want to play all the big chelems next season. These are different tournaments of others and the pillars of our sport “, he said.