On September 11, at 02: 00 Moscow time, Djokovic will fight Zverev in the semifinals of the US Open. Whose winning streak will end? Bookmakers consider Novak the favorite of the match.
Novak Djokovic
Djokovic is the 1st racket of the world. This season, he won 4 tournaments, three of which are of the highest rank (Australian Open, Roland Garros and Wimbledon). At the Olympics, the Serb took only 4th place, remaining without a medal, and decided to skip the "Masters" in Toronto and Cincinnati. At the US Open, he started with very easy victories over the little-known Rune and Grixpor, and then won strong-willed victories over Nishikori (6-7, 6-3, 6-3, 6-2) and Brooksby (1-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-2). It is curious that Novak lost as many as three games to the American from the second hundred on his serve.
Alexander Zverev
Zverev is the 4th racket of the world. This year he has already won 4 tournaments (Acapulco, the Olympics, the Masters in Madrid and Cincinnati). The US Open started with easy victories over Querrey and Ramos, and then won a strong-willed victory over Juice (3-6, 6-2, 6-3, 2-1), allowing him to realize a single break point. Then there were laborious, but very confident victories over Sinner and Harris: 6-4, 6-4, 7-6 and 7-6, 6-3, 6-4, respectively. These guys had chances to win at least a game, but the German showed character at the right moments.
Personal meeting statistics
The score in personal meetings: 6-3 in favor of Djokovic, on hard: 5-2. We have already met three times this season: Novak won strong-willed victories at the ATP Cup and the Australian Open, and Zverev made an incredible comeback at the Olympics: 1-6, 6-3, 6-1.
Interesting facts:
- Djokovic is a three-time US Open champion (2011, 2015, 2018).
- Novak has not lost 26 matches in a row at the TBSH.
- The final last year was Zverev's best result at the US Open.
- Alexander's winning streak is already 16 matches.
Forecast from LiveResult.ru
The audience is waiting for an interesting confrontation, because Djokovic does not lose 26 matches in a row at the TBSH, and Zverev got two trophies before the US Open, and the winning streak is 16 matches. At the current competitions, Novak lost 4 games, and Alexander lost only one, and he looks very powerful and confident. It seems that the duel will turn out to be equal and combat, and will stretch at least for the 4th game. Here you can take both a Total More, and a German with a plus handicap.