New York.- Carlos Alcaraz and Novak Djokovic They fulfilled their last procedures on Tuesday before colliding in the semifinals of the United States Openwhere Aryna Sabalenka will also meet with Jessica Pegula A year after beating her in the final.
Djokovic and Alcaraz, the leaders of the old and the new generation, will collide for the ninth time after beating the premises Taylor Fritz and to the Czech Jiri Leheckkarespectively, in the quarterfinals of this Grand Slam on Tuesday.
The balance is until now favorable to Serbio, which has been imposed five times to Spanish, including its last two meetings in the quarterfinals of the Australian open In January and in the Olympic Paris Games In 2024.
Alcaraz, 22, is at his best to stop that streak in front of Djokovic, 38, and continue to keep him away from his long -awaited Crown 25 of Grand Slam.
“I know that Novak is still hungry, I know he has more ambition. We have played many times and I want to avenge me, it is obvious,” said the Spanish, the only player who has not lost a set in New York.
“Not losing a set is impressive, but it’s Carlos Alcaraz and has been impressive for three years,” Djokovic said. “It will be a show for the tournament and for us. The last time I won in Australia, but the conditions are different here.”
Impeccable route
This Tuesday, Alcaraz overwhelmed Jiri Leheckka 6-4, 6-2 and 6-4 to complete his best journey to a semifinals of a Grand Slam with the 15 sets played in his pocket.
To rocky Leheckka, number 21 of the ATP, suffocated him with his inexhaustible repertoire of tricks that have turned him into a favorite of the tournament since his first title in 2022 with 19 years.
In its relentless current moment, Alcaraz combines fun with the consistency in the results, chaining 44 victories in its last 46 games and reaping five titles in that period.
Leheckka, who had scratched a victory in February in Doha, also left empty in an afternoon when he did not have a single break in Break against Alcaraz, applauded in the stands by famous compatriots such as singer Rosalía and golfer Sergio García.
To raise his second title of the US Openand sixth of Grand Slam, Alcaraz will snatch the leadership of the ATP to Jannik Sinner.
Fritz’s eleventh attempt
With Alcaraz resting, Djokovic had to sweat for three and a half hours to get out of the duel against Fritz and the American public.
Djokovic prevailed 6-3, 7-5, 3-6 and 6-4 against the current runner-up of the tournament and left the local tennis without his last male racket.
The Serbian was briefly engaged with the noisy tier, but by then he already had two sets against Fritz, which he had already defeated in his previous ten duels.
The Californian trembled his pulse again, wasting his first ten Break opportunities, and reacted too late before a surgical djokovic in the key situations.
“During most of the second and third Set Fritz it was better, but in these games some points decide the winner and this time he fell on my side,” said Djokovic, who saved 11 of his rival’s 13 break balls.
The Serbian giant completed a presence in the semifinals of the four large tournaments of the season, although that has so far been its final destination.
In the semifinals of Australia he retired in front of Alexander Zverev and those of Roland Garros and Wimbledon met Sinner.
On Wednesday, Sinner will fight for the semifinals against his compatriot Lorenzo Musetti and the Australian Alex de Miñaur against Canadian Felix Auger-AliasSime.
