Novak Djokovic will face Olympic champion Alexander Zverev in the semi-finals of the U.S. Open on Friday and continue to strive to win all four Grand Slams in the same year.
The world's number one opponent defeated Italian Matteo Berrettini with 57 62 62 63 in the past eight games.
Zverev defeated Djokovic in the July Olympic semifinals and defeated Lloyd Harris in New York to advance.
"I think I was the first player to beat [Djokovic] in a very important game this year," Zverev said on the field.
"I mean, this is the biggest tournament in the world. This is the Olympics. Beat the world No. 1 there, especially since he had a plate and rest time, a little quit the game and then came back, which is different from other games. The emotions are different.
"It seems that no one can beat him in a big game this year; no one can beat him in a major."
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The 24-year-old Zverev, ranked fourth in the world, defeated Lloyd of South Africa with 76 (86) 63 64 and is seeking his first Grand Slam title, finishing second at the 2020 U.S. Open .
Djokovic said of his semi-final opponents: "He is in very good form, he has won a lot. He made it to the semi-finals easily here.
" I know his game well, we play in Tokyo . He is one of the best players in the world, but the greater the challenge, the more glory that needs to be overcome. "
Djokovic reduced his mistakes and won.
The 34-year-old Djokovic is now only two wins away from joining the U.S. Open. Earlier this year, he played at the Australian Open, French Open and Wimbledon.
. The 20-time Serbian Grand Slam champion also defeated Berrettini in the Wimbledon final. After losing the first set against the Italian, he said that he made "What I’ve played so far The best three groups".
Berrettini's impressive serve helped him break in the first set, but wasted three sets before Djokovic hit the forehand and lost the first set.
Since then, the world No. 1 has made only 11 unforced errors in the next three sets, ending the game with a dominant style.
If he enters and wins Sunday's finals, Djokovic will be the first since Rod Laver in 1969 to win all four major league titles in the same calendar year.
Lloyd Harris (Lloyd Harris) spilled alcohol and cleared the field
Arthur Ashe (Arthur Ashe) showed an extraordinary scene Earlier Wednesday, when Harris ended the first set of the tiebreaker Expressing his frustration, threw a bottle of drink on the court. The contents of
spilled out, and the two players, the referee and several caddies had to collect towels to clean up.
Zverev and Harris were chatting and drying up the mess once, and then the South African poured water into the area to keep it from getting sticky.
Zverev was not the only one to lose his cool, landing 53 strokes in the first set and dropping his racket to the ground after a forehand error.
But the German served very well, even hitting an ace in the second set midway through the second set and finished the game in two hours and six minutes.
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