Djokovic advances to US Open semifinals… 47th major semifinal ‘new record’
Face-off with Shelton, born in 2002, ‘Gang Server’ to advance to the finals
Novak Djokovic (2nd place, Serbia) advanced to the semifinals of the men’s singles
at the US Open tennis tournament (total prize money of $65 million, approximately 85.76 billion won).
Novak Djokovic
Djokovic defeated Taylor Fritz (9th place, USA) 3-0 (6-1 6-4 6-4)
in the men’s singles quarterfinals on the 9th day of the tournament 온라인카지노 held at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York on the 5th (local time). I hit it.
With this, Djokovic advanced to the semifinals of a major tournament for the 47th time in his career.
This surpasses Roger Federer’s (retired, Swiss) record for the most semifinals in men’s singles at a major tournament (46 times).
Novac Djokovic also holds the record for the most wins in men’s singles at a major tournament (23), is also first in advancing to the finals with 35.
Rafael Nadal
The second-place record for men’s singles wins in major tournaments is Rafael Nadal (139th, Spain) with 22 wins, and the second-place record for finalists is Federer with 31 wins.
Regardless of the outcome of this tournament, Djokovic, who returns to No. 1 in the world rankings next week, will face Ben Shelton (No. 47, USA) in the semifinals.
With his victory on this day, Djokovic continued his streak of winning all 13 matches in the US Open quarterfinals and 8 matches against Fritz.
He also achieved 30 consecutive wins against American players, including Fritz.
Taylor Fritz
Djokovic’s most recent loss to an American player was in the third round of Wimbledon in 2016, when he lost to Sam Querry.
Djokovic, who will meet another American player in the semifinals, said, “I was able to display my performance well through the good energy of this stadium,” and added,
“I have played several memorable games on this court, and I want to play the next game as soon as possible.” was shown.
The quarterfinals between Djokovic and Fritz, which were played during the day, were held in hot weather with temperatures rising to over 32 degrees.
Taylor Fritz had a 33-25 lead in the number of successful attacks, but he made 51 errors,
twice as many as Djokovic (26), which resulted in his loss.
US Open
Djokovic, who won the Australian Open and French Open this year and was runner-up at Wimbledon,
will attempt to win the US Open for the first time in five years since 2018.
Djokovic was unable to participate in last year’s US Open due to not being vaccinated against the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19).
If Djokovic advances to the finals of this tournament,
he will reach the finals of all four major tournaments for the first time in two years since 2021.
In 2021, he won the Australian Open, French Open, and Wimbledon in succession, and lost the US Open in the final.
Ben Shelton
Djokovic’s semifinal opponent, Shelton, is a rookie born in 2002.
Left-handed Shelton’s best performance in a major tournament was the quarterfinals of this year’s Australian Open,
but on this day, he defeated Francis Tiafoe (10th place, USA) 3-1 (6-2 3-6 7-6 <9-7> 6-2).
I reached the semifinals for the first time.
As a player whose specialty is strong serves, he recorded the fastest serve speed of 240 km/h in this tournament.
The second highest sub speed in this competition is Fritz with 228.5 km.
Ben Shelton has the most serve aces with 76.
This is the first meeting between Djokovic and Shelton, who are 15 years older than each other.