US Open 2021: World No 1 Novak Djokovic ties Roger Federer’s file along with his thirty first Grand Slam last

Novak Djokovic stored his bid for a calendar Grand Slam alive on Friday, overcoming German Alexander Zverev 4-6, 6-2, 6-4, 4-6, 6-2 within the US Open semifinal. The World No 1 additionally tied Roger Federer’s file along with his thirty first Grand Slam last. Novak Djokovic of Serbia celebrates after his match towards Alexander Zverev of Germany (Courtesy: Reuters)HIGHLIGHTSNovak Djokovic equaled Roger Federer’s file by attending to a thirty first profession Grand Slam lastNovak Djokovic stored his bid for a calendar Grand Slam alive by coming into his ninth US Open lastDjokovic has spent extra weeks at No 1 within the ATP rankings than anybodyNovak Djokovic is rewriting historical past books one after one other. The World No 1 defeated German Alexander Zverev 4-6, 6-2, 6-4, 4-6, 6-2 to enter the US Open last, making Djokovic 27-0 in main championships this season.

Apart from retaining his bid for a calendar Grand Slam alive, the Serb additionally equaled Roger Federer’s file along with his thirty first grand Slam last.It shall be Djokovic’s file ninth US Open last.Novak Djokovic ties Roger Federer’s file along with his thirty first Grand Slam last. pic.twitter.com/pMe34rqUxn— US Open Tennis (@usopen) September 11, 2021
He has moved inside one win of reaching a males’s file 21 Grand Slam titles and avenged his loss to Zverev on the Tokyo Olympics in entrance of a roaring crowd inside Arthur Ashe Stadium, with Rod Laver, the final individual to finish a calendar slam 52 years in the past, wanting on.Three ladies have accomplished what’s often called a real Grand Slam, most just lately Steffi Graf in 1988. Serena Williams’ try in 2015 ended on the US Open with a semifinal loss to Roberta Vinci.Great to be again in New York, watching the historical past channel. #USOpen pic.twitter.com/S53pLJxZYw— Rod Laver (@rodlaver) September 11, 2021
Djokovic, who has spent extra weeks at No. 1 within the ATP rankings than anybody, figures out what’s required to emerge on prime and does it. In every of his previous 4 matches — and 10 in all on the Slams this yr — he trailed by a set and received.He will face Russian Daniil Medvedev in Sunday’s last, after the world quantity two despatched off 21-year-old Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime in his semifinal.If Djokovic manages to beat Daniil Medvedev on Sunday it would safe him two vital milestones. He would add the 2021 US Open trophy to these he received on the Australian Open in February, French Open in June and Wimbledon in July. And the 34-year-old from Serbia would gather his twenty first Slam title in all, breaking the lads’s profession mark he at the moment shares with Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal.Click right here for IndiaToday.in’s full protection of the coronavirus pandemic.