With temperatures once again nudging towards 100 Fahrenheit (38 Celsius), Djokovic turned in a cool, clinical effort, improving his record against American opposition at the U.S. Open to a perfect 12-0.
"It's expected of course that people are backing the home player and there is nothing wrong with that," said Djokovic.
On a baking hot day, 19-year-old Coco Gauff had warmed up the Arthur Ashe crowd, blasting past Latvia's Jelena Ostapenko 6-0 6-2 to become the youngest American to reach the U.S. Open semi-finals since Serena Williams in 2001.
"As the song went that they played here five minutes ago, you've got to fight for your right to party."
Djokovic wasted no time ending both those runs, breaking the American three times and then taking the first set with a booming ace.
Persons:
Serbia's Novak Djokovic, Taylor Fritz, Brendan Mcdermid, Novak Djokovic shrugged, Margaret Court's, Djokovic, Frances Tiafoe, Ben Shelton, Arthur Ashe, It's, I've, Coco Gauff, Jelena Ostapenko, Serena Williams, Fritz, Roger Federer, you've, Steve Keating, Rory Carroll, Toby Davis
Organizations:
Tennis, U.S, REUTERS, Flushing Meadows, Djokovic, Thomson
Locations:
Flushing Meadows , New York, United States, Flushing, U.S, American, New York, Los Angeles