The cream always rises to the top and that is the case during this year’s edition of this year, who sees the current top two players in the world meeting in the final in a competition that will decide which of them the title of world no. 1 deserves
I lost three of the four slams in semi -final against these guys, so they are just too good and play at a very high level Novak Djokovic
Jannik Sinner, the current sitting, survived a fear of getting past a new Living Felix Auger-Aliases in four sets, while Carlos Alacarz, the greatest rival of the Italian, gave Novak Djokovic the kind of treatment that the 38-year-old was used to sail out during his extraordinary career.
The Alcaraz Djokovic Semi-Final was played in the afternoon session in the Arthur Ashe Stadium Packaged on the Gunnels, where the 25,000 or so spectators expected a high-class match and while it was played at a high level, it never exploded in the Blockbuster who hoped.
It took the Spanish 22-year-old two hours and 23 minutes to overcome the goat with 6-4 7-6 (4) 6-2 to reach his seventh Grand Slam final and second in New York. It also rubbed the recent losses of Alcaraz to the Serbian during this year’s Australian Open and last year’s Olympic final.
“It’s a great feeling. Again in the final here at the US Open, it feels great,” said Alcaraz in his interview on the track. “It means a lot to me. Today I would say – it was not the best level of the tournament for me, but from the beginning to the last point I kept a good level. I served pretty well, I think that was really, very important. I am trying to play a really physical match and I think I did it. In general I really played tennis here.”
Carlos Alcaraz enjoys his revenge
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Alcaraz declared his intention from the beginning and broke Alcaraz to win the initiative while holding a few wild shots and accurate ministry to take the first set.
It was absolutely necessary for Djokovic to respond immediately if he had hope to reach his own personal ambitions of a fifth US Open Crown to reach those elusive 25 large titles, won the goal of catching up Margaret Court with whom he is currently sharing the record.
Djokovic Brak Alcaraz and pulled ahead to fall again in the second 3-0 in Leiden pass the second time that the Spaniard had dropped his serve again in the entire two weeks, some quality game, excellent variety and a short moment of frustration (he kicked a Courtide panel) Alcaraz Wonzeline Buseline Buseline.
Drawn level and forced a tie-break, drank the nerves with five of the first six points as mini-breaks and Alcaraz became the first to get his game under control to claim the set and take a 2-0 lead.
And with that Djokovic faded badly despite getting treatment on his shoulder at the start of the third set. Double mistakes to fall 2-1 to become almost a spectator. He was broadcast. Alcaraz stormed through the third and never left his illustrious opponent a chance to recover as he had done eight times before in his career of two sets.
Carlos Alcaraz (R) and Novak Djokovic enjoy the moment
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“It’s not easy to play against him, to be honest,” Alcaraz said later. “I think of the legend, what he has achieved in his career. It is hard not to think about it. So that makes it even harder to see. But you know, I am just very happy to reach my first victory against him on the hard court and to make a final here.”
Alcaraz ended with a 31-30 winner-to-protected errors, while Djokovic could only collect 15-30. However, the Serbian remains challenging.
“I lost three of the four slams in semi -final against these guys [the other came against Alexander Zverev in Melbourne]So they are just too good, play at a very high level, “said Djokovic.” Best-of-Five makes it very, very difficult for me to play them, especially when it is in the final phases of the Grand Slams. “
Add: “I am happy with my level of tennis, but it is just the physicality of it. I am going to do my utmost to get my body in shape to keep that level and that rhythm for as many hours as it is necessary, but it was not enough today. In the best-of-five at the Grand Slams. I think I have a better chance in the best-of-three, but the best-of-three, but the best-of-three,” “
In the evening session, Sinner made sure to make the final not only to defend his title, but also his status as world no. 1.
Surprisingly, the underdog of the four semi-finalists, the Canadian Felix-Vijzel Alaissime turned out to crack a more difficult note than expected, but he tore.
Sinner went to a sizzling start as expected, but in the second set and after having kept his 0-40 serve, he looked on course at a straight sets victory, but he suddenly lost control when FAA unleashed a powerful game, just as he had done when Alexander Zverev, Andrey Rubblev and Alex de Minauraur.
The shooting of large serves and even larger forehands, the Canadian won 12 of the Sets13 points, so that the disintegrated with two aces was closed.
With the competition level, the sinner called the trainer and had a bit of a moth on his right arm and shoulder, but when the Italian also pointed to his belly, he took a time-out to leave the court and keep treatment.
Jannik Sinner embraces Felix Auger-Aliassime, only the second player to take this fourteen days
He managed to regain control of the game in the third set and with a meeting with Alcaraz awaiting the winner, the couple raised their respective competitions in the fourth, but now August Aliasen without gasoline was pushed more than the Italian for more than two hours.
After Sinner had saved three breakpoints in a Titanic Hold for 2-2, the Italian Auger-Aliassy broke into the next game and saw his advantage at home with three confident Gold’s.
In his interview on the field, his injuries were a great concern, but he picked them up. “It’s nothing bad. I served afterwards [a while] Again a little faster. So no, it’s nothing serious, “he said.
Later he went out and added: “I just felt a small shaking after a serve when I served in the second set at 4-3. After the treatment I felt much better, much better. At one point I felt nothing more. I served back at a normal pace, so it was all good. Nothing to worry about.”
Fans will certainly hope that this is the case, because their hero is about to win his fifth major trophy that have reached his fifth consecutive final at that level.
“I never thought I would make this when I became pro, and now I think I am here, so it’s great,” Sinner said. “I think five straight Grand Slam -final, it’s something great. Placing the consistency and myself there in the later stages of the largest tournaments we have, it’s great.
“But at the same time I know that it is in the back of my mind, whatever I do, but at the same time whatever happens. I am here. I have a very important day of Sunday, and then we will see.”
The defending champion knows that he is confronted with a strict test against Alcaraz, who leads him to 5 with 9 victories and despite the fact that he has defeated him for the Wimbledon title, the three competition points he held and missed the French Open a weeks earlier.
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