New York (AFP)
Serbian Novak Djokovic qualified for the semi-finals for the 47th time, in the four Grand Slam tournaments, by defeating American ninth seed Taylor Fritz 6-1, 6-4, 6-4, in the US Open tennis championship, the last of the four Grand Slam tournaments, in When the young American Coco Gauff also reached the semi-finals, with a remarkable victory over Latvian Jelena Ostapenko.
Djokovic continues his efforts to raise the number of his victories in major tournaments to 24 titles, where he will face another American in the semi-finals, the unseeded Ben Shelton, who defeated compatriot Frances Tiafoe X 6-2, 3-6, 7-6, 6-2.
Djokovic, 33, who broke the record he shared with Swiss legend Roger Federer as the most semi-finalist in major tournaments, said, “It is a great opportunity every time I go out on the court at this age, at this stage of my life. I know how many opportunities I will get, so I try to enjoy them as much as possible.
The three-time Flushing Meadows champion added, “I’ve played so many times on this field, so many epic matches, I can’t wait for another match in a few days.”
Djokovic qualified for the semi-finals in New York for the 13th time in his career, knowing that he won all 12 of his matches against American players, and the Serb achieved his eighth victory out of eight confrontations with Fritz.
Fritz, who played his first match in the final price of “Flushing Meadows”, entered after losing his serve only once throughout the tournament, but he lost his serve six times to Djokovic, so that the latter took advantage of his dominance in the match.
Djokovic was distinguished by accuracy and consistency during the match, which lasted two hours and 34 minutes, to achieve his tenth successive victory in a series that he began since winning the Cincinnati Masters tournament, a thousand points for the Masters last month.
In the purely American confrontation, Shelton reached the semi-finals of a major championship for the first time in his career by defeating Tiafoe, and Ben Shelton, at the age of twenty, became the youngest American player to reach the semi-finals of “Flushing Meadows” since his compatriot Michael Chang in 1992, when the latter lost to Stefan Effenberg.
Ben Shelton is playing his first full season in the Professional Players Association tournaments, and in his first participation in a “Grand Slam” tournament, he reached the quarter-finals of the Australian Open earlier this year.
Young American Coco Gauff reached the first semi-final in her career at the US Open, defeating Latvian Jelena Ostapenko 6-0, 6-2.
And the American, ranked sixth in the world, imposed her dominance over her opponent, who was crowned with the title “Roland Garros” in 2017, and who was eliminated in the final price, the defending Polish champion, Iga Schwyntek, from start to finish, and it took an hour and 8 minutes to emerge victorious.
“It’s great,” said the 19-year-old Gough. “I am very happy. Last year I lost in the quarter-finals, so this year I wanted to perform better, but the road is not over yet!”
Goff will face Czech Karolina Mukhova (10) in the semi-finals, who won an easy victory over Romanian Sorana Cirstea 6-0, 6-3.
2023-09-06 06:29:04
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