In the other match on 2/4, fourth seed Novak Djokovic defeated "Germany's Golden Boy" Haas to advance to the semi-finals, and he will also be Zhang Guan's opponent in the next match.

Djokovic was the most improved player in the ATP last year, rising 70 places in the rankings in a year, and this year, Djokovic has become the best tennis player apart from Federer and Nadal, and is starting to qualify for the dominance of Federer and Nadal in tennis.

If it weren't for Zhang Guan's sudden appearance, Djokovic would have been the most high-profile tennis star of the year, but Zhang's three Grand Slam titles are so dazzling that they completely overshadow Djokovi's new star shine.

Perhaps because of this, not many people are optimistic about Djokovic in the upcoming semi-finals.

Serbian superstar Novak Djokovic has slowly posed a threat to Federer and Nadal with his own efforts. At just 20 years old, Djokovic has climbed to the top of the world rankings, and in 2007 he won four singles titles, including two Masters titles over Federer and Nadal, and reached the semi-finals of all three Grand Slam tournaments. But this time Djokovic's opponent is Zhang Guan, a man who has swept all three Grand Slams this year, a man who has never been defeated in his tennis career! Although Djokovic is the fourth seed, Djokovic still has little chance of winning against Zhang Guan. Maybe in a few years, when the Serbian superstar is more mature, he will be able to pull Zhang Guan off the altar. ”

After reading the report on the website, Djokovic's gloomy expression was even more depressed.

"Serbian superstar? I've been playing professional tennis for three years, but Zhang Guanzai is the first year to play professionally, so he can be regarded as a supernova! How does it sound like he's a veteran. And I'm a newcomer! ”

But Djokovic knows that sport has always been a place where strength speaks, and if he wants to change people's perceptions, the best way to do that is to beat Zhang Guan in a match.

"It's not impossible to beat Zhang Guan, I can beat Federer and I can beat Nadal. It's just as possible to defeat Zhang Guan! ”

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On September 8, the US Open entered the final sprint stage, and both men's singles semifinals will be held on this day.

One of the semi-finals was Federer against 15th seed Espanyol Ferrer. Ferrer and Nadal were in the same group, but he defeated the mighty Nadal in the fourth round before beating 20th seed Chela of Argentina in the quarter-finals to meet Federer in the semi-finals. This made the "cow bean showdown" that everyone was looking forward to not be staged again. Without the "Cow Bean Matchup", this semi-final is also unattractive, and with Ferrer's level, it is really difficult to stop Federer from qualifying.

The other semi-final was, of course, the match between Zhang Guan and Novak Djokovic. This is also the first meeting between the two.

In the face of Djokovic, who is known as a "supernova", Zhang Guan does not have a sloppy mentality, Djokovic may still be a strong young man in the eyes of others, but in Zhang Guan's eyes, Djokovic is the number one person in the tennis world in the future, so Zhang Guan attaches no less importance to Djokovic than Federer.

Djokovic, on the other hand, participated in the tournament with a newborn calf who was not afraid of tigers, and being able to enter the semifinals of the US Open was already Djokovic's best result at the US Open. So Djokovic also has a mentality of fighting to win a game.

In the first set, Zhang Guan took the lead in serving. Zhang Guan did not fully expose his strength at the beginning. After the two sides tied at 30-30, Zhang Guan successfully challenged Hawkeye to get the game point at 40-30, and then Djokovic returned the ball out of bounds again, and Zhang Guan successfully won the first game.

Djokovic didn't get into the groove quickly on his own serve, as he made a double error to level the game at 30-30 after four balls. At this time, Djokovic scored directly on the serve and got the game point at 40-30, and then Djokovic sent an outside corner ace, and when everyone thought Djokovic was going to hold serve, Zhang Guan challenged Hawkeye. Prove it's an out-of-bounds ball. Djokovic, who was sentenced to re-serve, made a mistake and the score became 40-40, but fortunately, Djokovic found his serve at this time and finally managed to hold serve.

In the next two games, the pace was very fast, and it took only five minutes for the two sides to end the two-game contest, and the score came to a 2-2 draw.

In the fifth game, with superb serving skills, Zhang Guan quickly won two game points at 40-15, a beautiful net crossing, and Zhang Guan went to the next game. In the sixth game, Djokovic used his strong defense on the baseline to lead 30-15, followed by an ace and a serve to score directly, and the Serbian guy fell to four points in a row to hold serve. In the seventh game, Zhang Guan still held serve, and in the eighth game, Djokovic sent a double fault and a return error with a 40-0 lead, and the small score came to 40-30. The 4-4 score in the first set made the match look evenly matched.

Zhang Guan remained strong and won the ninth game to lead 5-4. In the next 10th game, Zhang Guan suddenly made a force, and Djokovic, who played continuously through the ball, was a little unable to react, and Zhang Guan won the first break point of the day at 40-30. At this time, Djokovic made a mistake in a hurry and lost his own serve.

The score of the first set was 6-4, and Zhang Guan won the victory.

Djokovic looked a little annoyed after the loss, he played very well in his first four service games, and the score was also 4-4 in the first eight games, but in the crucial tenth game, he suddenly lost the match, and it was this game that led to his loss in the first set.

"It doesn't seem that the gap between me and Zhang Guan is that big, I was a little uncalm in handling the ball when it was critical, so I lost the first set, as long as I play seriously, I can still compete with Zhang Guan."

After a brief adjustment, Djokovic took to the pitch again.

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The two sides fought in the second set, and the first eight games were tied at 4-4.

However, in the ninth game of Djokovic's game, Djokovic made an ace and got three game points, Zhang Guan changed the ball to recover one, and then Djokovic hit the ball out of bounds twice in a row, making Zhang Guan equalize the score, and then Djokovic hit the ball out of bounds for the third time, allowing Zhang Guan to take the lead.

Holding three game points was reversed, Djokovic's mood was extremely annoyed, and then Zhang Guan successfully held serve and won the set 6-4.

"Damn! It's another conceded goal at a critical moment! An angry Djokovic slammed his racket to the ground, and the racket was smashed directly by Djokovic.

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The third set seemed to be a copy of the first two sets, and in the first eight games, the two sides played evenly matched, and then Zhang Guan won two games in a row and won with a score of 6-4.

"6-4, 6-4 again! This damn 6-4! Djokovic cursed in exasperation. (To be continued.) )

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