NEW YORK – Carlos Alcaraz uses his youth, athleticism and creativity to fight against his achievements, but the older Novak Djokovic won 24-time titles 6-4, 7-6 (4) at the U.S. Open on Friday, winning a seat in his third consecutive third Grand Slam final.
In the end, Djokovic seemed to have resigned. The 38-year-old from Serbia has reached the semi-finals in all four Grand Slams this season, but has withdrawn in that round every time.
The victory of No. 2 seed Alcaraz means he will face Jannik Sinner or No. 25 Felix Auger-Aliassime when he plans to attend on Sunday.
Alcaraz is seeking his sixth major title, second place finishing second on Flushing Meadows. He defeated Sina at the French Open in June and lost his opponent at Wimbledon in July.
Since Roger Federer won 2004-2008 for five consecutive years, Sinner could be the first men’s title to be replayed by New York.
Djokovic became the first bid in the sport’s history to win the No. 25 player and was blocked again.
Alcaraz, 22, and Sinner, 24, have collected the past seven major titles, nine of the last 12. Djokovic won three other titles, most recently at the 2023 U.S. Open.
Djokovic’s shots didn’t attack very early, but he usually didn’t show up for the brief second set episode. After a lady, he rolled his eyes and grabbed them one by one. He bent or stretched his neck during the transition, which bothered him earlier in the game and was also seen by the coach.
There was also some glory occasionally, including two-handed passes, attracting the noisy roars in the crowd, which often yelled his nickname “No-Le!” as if he wanted to at least make things more competitive, even if he didn’t win.
Djokovic was shaking, shaking his right hand over and over again, as if saying, “hoo-boy! That’s so good?”
A particularly spectacular view when Alcaraz served the first set, two men ended near the net until Djokovic’s fully tilted shot caught a mistake. Djokovic smiled, then shook the ball, and listened to more support, and the fans were obliged.
But Alcaraz induced a return error in the next two matches, both at 118 mph – Djokovic squatted, squatted down and was disappointed on the first time – and locked the suit.
Soon, Djokovic finally returned a breakout point with the 132 mph serving rate, converting it when Alcaraz pushed backhand for a long time. Djokovic threw a victory and raised his pose as the audience jumped out of the seat and shouted, clapped and swapped high fives, then pushed out another “no-le-le!”
This is the second time the U.S. Open opponent stole one of Alcaraz’s service games.
Later, Djokovic led the 3-0 game. Could this end a long and tight game?
Alcaraz immediately snapped up the next three games, including a sc exposed runner-official pass champion, and even Djokovic was forced to applaud his racket.
Alcaraz has never faced another breakthrough point. This is a great achievement. As Alcaraz said shortly before completing his walk from the locker room to Ashe Court: “Now, I’m facing one of the best returners of all time, if not the best.”
Alcaraz is also very talented in this aspect of tennis. So when he won the coin toss, he chose to receive it, and he took a game to show what he could do, breaking Djokovic in the first place.
Alcaraz may not be a perfect show, Alcaraz made 30 uncompulsory mistakes, the same as Djokovic’s total. But that’s good enough.
“Today, it’s not the best level of my game, but from the beginning to the last point, I’ve been maintaining a cool level.”
He wore a pink sleeveless shirt and now had less than two weeks of hair in the first round of appearances, he said he said it was necessary when his brother tried to cut him off but messed up.
Maybe the decision to enjoy the break on Wednesday will help Alkaraz. He played golf with 2017 Masters champion Sergio Garcia, who was in a row of seats opposite the chair referee on Friday.
Apparently, Alcaraz also had a win on the link, saying to Garcia: “He owes me $200 now.”
