I’m going to put my heart and my soul and my body and my head into that one.
“I know that people would like to hear me talk about it, but there’s not much to talk about,” said the 34-year-old Djokovic, whose 31st major final appearance equals Federer’s all-time mark. Should the reigning Australian Open, French Open and Wimbledon champion lift the US Open trophy on Sunday, he would also break a three-way tie atop the all-time men’s grand slam leaderboard with Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal, both of whom are absent from this year’s tournament due to injury.
The result moved the top-ranked Djokovic to a perfect 27 wins from 27 matches at major tournaments this season, inching him ever closer to becoming the first men’s player to win all four of the sport’s bedrock events in the same calendar year since Rod Laver, who swept the lot in 1969 and took in Friday’s semi-final twin bill from the President’s Box on the stadium’s east end. “Mentally in the most important moments I would rather play against anybody else but him.” I think mentally he’s the best player to ever play the game. There’s a reason why he’s spent the most weeks at world No 1. “There is a reason why he’s won 20 grand slams. “He plays the best tennis when he needs to, which a lot of players don’t,” a downcast Zverev said in the aftermath.
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