Alas, Novak Djokovic once again couldn’t cross the penultimate hurdle in this year’s Grand Slam tournaments. In front of the roaring fans at Arthur Ashe Stadium and in a highly engrossing semifinal held on Friday (September 5), Carlos Alcaraz took his revenge 6-4, 7-6(4), 6-2 to book his spot in the final of the US Open.

To summarize Djokovic’s Grand Slam campaigns this year, injuries, and Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner became the reasons behind his exit after reaching the semifinals. Earlier this year, Djokovic ended Alcaraz’s Australian Open run with a four-set defeat in the quarterfinals to clinch his second straight win as the Serb also beat the Spaniard to win the gold medal at the Paris Olympics last year.

In the New York final, Alcaraz has set up his third straight Grand Slam f

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