Djokovic Calms Shelton's Storm and Advances to US Open Tennis Finals

Novak Djokovic (2nd place, Serbia) succeeded in advancing to the finals in all four major singles tournaments this year.

Djokovic defeated Ben Shelton (47th, USA) 3-0 (6-3 6-2 7-6<7) in the men's singles semifinals on the 12th day of the tournament held at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York, USA on the 8th (local time). Defeated it with -4>).

Novak Djokovic (2nd place, Serbia) succeeded in advancing to the finals in all four major singles tournaments this year. 바카라사이트

Djokovic defeated Ben Shelton (47th, USA) 3-0 (6-3 6-2 7-6<7) in the men's singles semifinals on the 12th day of the tournament held at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York, USA on the 8th (local time). Defeated it with -4>).

Djokovic holds the record for the most wins in men's singles at a major tournament (23), and if he wins this tournament, he will be on par with Margaret Court (retired, Australia), who holds the record for most wins in women's singles at a major tournament (24).

Djokovic also holds the record for most singles finals appearances at a major tournament, with 36.

The second place in this category is Roger Federer (retired, Switzerland) with 31 wins, and the first place in the women's division is Chris Evert (retired, USA) with 34 wins.

Djokovic, who won the 1st and 2nd sets relatively easily, led the tiebreak 5-1 in the 3rd set and allowed the match to reach 5-4, but scored on both of his subsequent serves, confirming his advancement to the finals in 2 hours and 39 minutes. .

With this victory, Djokovic continued his 31-game winning streak against American players.

Djokovic is on a 31-game winning streak against American players since losing to Sam Querrey in the third round of Wimbledon in 2016.

Regardless of the result of this tournament, Djokovic, who returns to No. 1 in the world rankings next week, will challenge to win the US Open for the first time in five years since 2018.

This is the third time that Djokovic has reached the finals of all four major tournaments, following 2015 and 2021.

He was only runner-up at the French Open in 2015 and the US Open in 2021.

Djokovic's opponent on this day, Shelton, is a left-hander born in 2002 whose best major performance was in the quarterfinals of this year's Australian Open.

Although he is a relatively unknown player, he advanced to the semifinals thanks to his strong serve, which recorded the highest speed of this tournament (240 km/h).

He served at a maximum speed of 233.4 km/h against Novak Djokovic, which was much faster than Djokovic's 201.2 km/h, but the serve ace did not make good use of his serve advantage, tying the score at 5-5.