Young tennis player Carlos Alcaraz defeated the legendary Novak Djokovic in the semi -finals of the US Open, thereby marking the end of a brilliant golden era of Nole.
The maturity of Carlos Alcaraz this season has been recorded through his achievement that he has had 8 finals since April – which means that, for the first time in his career, he reached three Grand Slam finals on all three tennis fields. From the grounds in Paris, to the grass in Wimbledon, then to the hard yard in New York. This time, Alcaraz defeated Djokovic with a quick score of 6-4, 7-6 (4), 6-2.
Djokovic has been and is still the only player in the top 10 to win Alcaraz. From 5-3 to 5-4, the Serbian tennis player, at the age of 38, has missed the second consecutive season to win a big title and first lost to the Spanish player on the hard field.
To rediscover Nole's final success, we have to return to the US expansion of 2023. At that time, Big Three shared 62 out of 74 big titles. It is true that during that time, they won the Olympic gold medal in Paris, with Alcaraz a victim. The Murcia player also gave up in the last meeting between the two, in the quarterfinals of Australia Open.
8 months later, Alcaraz continued to progress, while the Serbian tennis player was still not sure about the time he would stay with the top tennis. With Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal retired, the greatest tennis player in history has been under the change of generation led by Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner. Under them, Nole lost in the semi -finals of Roland Garros, Wimbledon and US Open.
Alcaraz and Sinner have shared all the main titles – a total of 7 titles since Nole no longer won the Grand Slam. And they can share the 8th title if Sinner surpassed Felix Auger -anssime in the remaining semi-finals.
With Alcaraz, he reached the 7th Grand Slam final before he turned 23, after legends like Jim Courier and Mats Wilander. Bjorn Borg and Rafael Nadal are holding records, when each person has 8 times. The player from El Palmar will aim to balance this achievement in the next Australia Open in early 2025, at that time he had not turned 23 years old.
Since losing in the second round in Miami, Alcaraz has only reached the final and won. He had 6 titles and 60 wins, 5 matches compared to his own achievements at the end of the peak of 2023.
“Just being here is a gift,” Djokovic said before the semi -final began. He was the one who was served from the beginning. On the most noisy field in the world, it seems that expectations have been completely extinguished. The legend that won 24 Grand Slam in his career gave up from the first serve and this would probably be the ending for a glorious career of Djokovic, who prepared to turn 39.
With Alcaraz winning the right to the US Open final, Sinner understood that only the successful defense of the new championship helps him maintain the number one position until at least the Asian hard field round. There, he will have to protect 1,330 points compared to 700 points of Carlitos. To find the last time Alcaraz topped the rankings, we had to return to September 10, 2023. The next day, Alcaraz was replaced by Djokovic – his victim in this semi -final.