Novak Djokovic reached a men’s record 47th grand slam semi-final with a dominant 6-1, 6-4, 6-4 victory over Taylor Fritz at the US Open
After a week filled with upsets in the bottom half of the men’s draw, Taylor Fritz, the ninth seed, was left as the highest-ranked player there besidesfor a while. His enduring presence in this tournament, which has yielded his first US Open quarter-final, is the culmination of another excellent, consistent season as the 25-year-old has established himself among the elite.
“Obviously, this is the sport that has given me so much in my life,” said Djokovic on what these numbers mean to him. “Coming from Serbia, a war-torn country in the 90s when I was playing tennis, I had to face a lot of adversity that I had to endure even to get a shot to travel and play my sport. Despite the US Open being arguably his least successful grand slam tournament, Djokovic’s 13 semi-finals here rank him second on the men’s all-time list behind only Jimmy Connors, who reached 14. He is guaranteed to face another American on Friday: Frances Tiafoe or Ben Shelton.Photograph: Danielle Parhizkaran/USA Today Sportsin the third round, Djokovic noted that he hoped the victory would send a message to the locker room.
Fritz has risen up the rankings impressively, first winning Indian Wells last year and then backing it up this season with consistency across the weekly grind.
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