French Open Champion Carlos Alcaraz won the top star duel with Novak Djokovic and reached the endgame of the US Open for the second time. US President Donald Trump announced his visit to Sunday.
The Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz is in the final US Open. In the semifinals against the Serbian record grand slam winner Novak Djokovic, he prevailed 6: 4, 7: 6 (7: 4), 6: 2. The tournament winner from 2022 on Sunday plays for the title in New York against the Italian world ranking list of Jannik Sinner or outsider Felix Auger-Aliasseime from Canada. With a victory or with a surprising semi-finals from Sinner, Alcaraz would rise again to number one in the world of tennis.
“Being here again in the final of the US Open feels great. It was not the best level of the tournament of me. I opened very well, that was very important today. In general, I played good tennis,” said the 22-year-old after his success in 2:23 hours.
Jon Bon Jovi enthusiastic about the audience
Alcaraz caught the better start in front of almost 24,000 spectators at the Arthur Ashe stage, including prominence like singer Jon Bon Jovi. With the first game gain at the service Djokovic, the Spaniard laid the basis for the first set win. Djokovic won the line along one of the most spectacular points. The five-time Grand Slam tournament winner remained inviolable in his service against the Return specialist.
However, only in sentence one. Then the Spaniard lost his consistency and sprinkled unusual mistakes. But the youngster was not irritated by a failed start, a 0: 3 deficit and “Nole, Nole” ending calls. The 38-year-old Djokovic, on the other hand, was to look at, he kept blowing through.
“He is actually over his limit. He tries to survive somehow,” said Boris Becker, former coach of Djokovic. The tiebreak deservedly went to number two in the world. Djokovic, currently a world ranking seventh seventh, was treated during the break in the shoulder and neck area. He had physical problems several times at this year’s US Open.
US President Donald Trump announced his visit for the final on Sunday. It would be his first since 2025. Trump was already visiting the Super Bowl in New Orleans, the Daytona 500 in Florida and the World Cup in New Jersey.
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