Novak Djokovic has more Grand Slam titles than rising young American star Ben Shelton has years on this Earth.
Shelton’s best hope in Friday’s U.S. Open semifinal is that Djokovic has never seen him and his eye-watering serve.
With a men’s record 23 Grand Slam titles, Djokovic has been dominant. Shelton is looking to disrupt with impressive athleticism, and a booming serve that is the ace-up-his-sleeve — literally and figuratively. But Djokovic — and Friday afternoon’s semifinal at Arthur Ashe Stadium — will be a different challenge.
“The final with Roger [Federer] at Wimbledon [in 2019], that was probably not the first time I watched one of his full matches, but the one that comes to mind that I remember watching one of his full matches,” Shelton said. “The way things are on tour with technology and everything these days, you can watch so much film on the people that you’re playing. I think that it’s a pretty even playing field.
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