Temperatures above 30º C in the New York neighborhood of Queen’s, where the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center is located. The tournament, concerned about the health of athletes and fans due to the combination of extreme heat with high and annoying humidity of 50%, has issued several measures to alleviate the situation.
It is an outdoor Grand Slam, the US Open did not close the roof of the center, the Arthur Ashe Stadium, but it moved it leaving a small central hole, which provides a general shadow for the relief of the Serb Novak Djokovic and the american taylor fritz, who before the third set made his way to the locker room to change. Three o’clock in the afternoon is worth chilling out.
Although Djokovic applied ice to the neck or poured water on himself, he was in no danger of melting in a New York oven when the thermometer rose. He was also not accused of competing this time on the other side.
He has everything under his belt to advance to the semifinals. Palmares do not deceive. If the Serbian, 36 years old and world number 2 (he will be 1 next Monday) was able to beat the American, 25 years old and number 9, seven times, there is no element that can stop the eighth. Because heat stroke did not hit ‘Nole’ either, well trained weeks before in Cincinnati.
Djokovic followed through on what was beginning to be a process for him. defeated Fritzof course, in three sets: 6-1, 6-4 and 6-4 in 2h.34′. The local tennis player came in with a favorable serve statistic, having lost just one of his 49 previous turns. He saw Balkan in front, representing an irreparable level rise compared to previous opponents, he lost his first three serves. Developer.
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It didn’t bottom out Fritz because the fans helped him stand up until there was no choice but to go to the network to congratulate him Djokovicthat continues to make history.
Undefeated in the quarterfinals, he went to his thirteenth semifinal at the US Open, which he won three times (2011, 2015 and 2018), one of Jimmy Connors. He broke the Grand Slam record by signing his 47th ‘semi’, leaving the tie at 46 with Roger Federer. Third is Rafael Nadal there are 38.
Next Friday, duel against another American, the survivor of the clash in between Frances Tiafoe and Ben Shelton.
Source: La Verdad
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