Novak Djokovic ‘over the moon' so far

Novak Djokovic earned himself another shot at a recordequalling 24th Grand Slam title after beating unseeded American Ben Shelton in straight sets on Friday to advance to his 10th US Open final Djokovic ended the run of the 20yearold Shelton winning 63 62 76 74Djokovic is attempting to become the oldest menrsquos champion in New York in the Open era which would also see him match Margaret Courtrsquos alltime mark for most major singles titles The Serbian has now won 22 of his last 23 Grand Slam semifinals He captured the last of his three US Open titles in 2018Djokovic has reached the final at all four majors in the same year for the third time He will try to claim three Grand Slams in the same season for the fourth time in his careerldquoIrsquom obviously over the moon with the results so far on Grand Slamsrdquo said Djokovic ldquoPlaying in all four finals of all four Slams in a season is amazing Itrsquos the highest achievement I can think about when I start the season Thatrsquos what I dream about thatrsquos what I really wanted thatrsquos where I want to be in this kind of positionrdquoBeaten by Carlos at SW19Djokovicrsquos only Grand Slam loss this year came at Wimbledon when he was beaten by Alcaraz in five sets Shelton began the US Open ranked 47th but will break into the Top 20 for the first time on MondayldquoTherersquos a small piece of it is disappointment obviously Irsquom a competitorrdquo he said ldquoEvery loss hurts It cuts you a little bit But if anything this week has just motivated me morerdquoDaniil MedvedevMeanwhile Daniil Medvedev dethroned defending champion Carlos Alcaraz in a thriller on Friday to set up a repeat of the final from two years ago against 23time Grand Slam champion DjokovicMedvedev defeated Alcaraz 76 73 61 36 63 to reach his fifth major final and stop Alcaraz in his quest to become the first man to retain the title in New York since Roger Federer in 2008 ldquoI said I needed to play 11 out of 10 I played 12 out of 10 except from the third setrdquo said the 27yearold MedvedevldquoHe Alcaraz is honestly just really unbelievable To beat him you need to be better than yourself and I managed to do itrdquoAlso Read Novak Djokovic shatters Roger Federers record amid extreme NYC heatMedvedev now meets Djokovic on Sunday as the 36yearold Serbian star once more goes in search of a recordequalling 24th Grand Slam title to crown his return to World No 1 next weekThe thirdseeded Medvedev won his lone major at the 2021 US Open when he foiled Djokovic in his bid for a calendar Grand Slam leaving his rival in tears after a straightsets triumph He produced another scintillating performance against Alcaraz avenging a lopsided loss to the Spaniard in the Wimbledon semifinals in July Medvedev held his nerve under constant pressure from Alcaraz in the opening set elevating his level in tiebreak to claim the final four pointslsquoIt was really toughrsquoldquoI totally lose my mind on that set and fighting for 50 minutes and then you know for four points lose my mind It was really tough for me to handle itrdquo said AlcarazThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever