La Nación / Djokovic sings 40 Masters 1000

• New York, USA. AFP.

Serbian Novak Djokovic broke another all-time record from Roger Federer on Tuesday, defeating American Taylor Fritz to reach the semifinals of the U.S. Open where young Coco… Goff continues to thrill local fans.

At 19, Gauff qualified for her country’s first Grand Slam semifinals and dreams of defending her women’s title for the first time since 2017. In the men’s category, three Americans hope to end a two-decade drought, but they face a major obstacle: Novak Djokovic.

On Tuesday, the Serbian defeated the first of them, Taylor Fritz (ATP No. 9), 6-1, 6-4, 6-4, and now awaits two other Americans, Francis, in the semifinals The winner of the race between Tiafoe (10th) and Ben Shelton (47th).

This is another record in Djokovic’s legendary career. He advanced to the Grand Slam semi-finals for the 47th time, surpassing the previous best result held by Roger Federer. Another Spaniard in the Big Three, Rafael Nadal, ranks third with 38 Grand Slam semifinal appearances. After withdrawing last year after refusing to take the coronavirus vaccine, Djokovic aims to lift his 24th Grand Slam title on Sunday and extend his tie with Nadal (22) and already Distance from retired Federer (20 years old).

“This sport has given me a lot. Coming from a war-torn country like Serbia, I experienced a lot of adversity in my childhood,” recalled the 36-year-old star from Belgrade. “I’m lucky to have found people who believe in me. Without them, I wouldn’t be here,” he admits. “I don’t know how many more opportunities I’m going to get, so I’m going to try to enjoy it.”

In the first match of the day, American favorite Coco Gauff defeated Latvian player Jelena Ostapenko and entered the New York semifinals for the first time. Gauff defeated Ostapenko 6-0, 6-2 in just 68 minutes. Ostapenko had just eliminated the current champion Poland’s Iga Swiatek, bringing a huge surprise to the Grand Slam.