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MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Novak Djokovic held off Taylor Fritz 7-6 (3), 4-6, 6-2, 6-3 in 3 3/4 hours to reach the Australian Open semifinals for the 11th time on Tuesday. After Fritz held in the 11th game, Djokovic was agitated and gesturing to get the attention of his support team, calling for salts. After all that resistance, though, Fritz was broken in the second game of the third set when Djokovic converted his 16th chance. He hit back immediately, converting his second break point with a forehand that clipped the net and dropped for a winner. Djokovic had beaten Fritz in straight sets in all but one of their previous eight encounters, including last year's U.S. Open quarterfinals.

Persons: — Novak Djokovic, Taylor Fritz, Djokovic, he’s, Andrey Rublev, Fritz, Taylor, ” Djokovic, Coco Gauff's, Marta Kostyuk, Aryna, ___ Organizations: Melbourne Park, U.S Locations: MELBOURNE, Australia, Ukraine

☆ Ben Shelton, the American With the Blinding Serve, Returns to the Open
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-12 | by ( Cindy Shmerler | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

It all started with a simple text message that, if Bryan Shelton’s memory serves him, went something like this:“That coulda got really interesting,” wrote his then-20-year-old son, Ben, moments after he won a fifth-set tiebreaker against Zhizhen Zhang at last year’s Australian Open, clinching that first-round match. Shelton did, however, recall the unreturnable serve he hit at 4-5, 30-40 down in the fifth set. Shelton left last year’s Australian Open, his first trip abroad, as a quarterfinalist after succumbing to his friend and fellow American Tommy Paul. By season’s end, Shelton had reached the semifinals at the United States Open alongside the world’s top three players — Novak Djokovic, Carlos Alcaraz and Daniil Medvedev — and cracked the ATP’s top 15. The young American had begun 2023, his first full year on tour, ranked barely inside the top 100.

Persons: Bryan Shelton’s, coulda, ”, Ben, Zhizhen Zhang, Shelton, “, Tommy Paul, — Novak Djokovic, Carlos Alcaraz, Daniil Medvedev — Organizations: United States Locations: Brisbane, Australia, Florida

The top-ranked Djokovic won a record-breaking seventh ATP Finals title on Sunday with a straight-set victory over home favorite Jannik Sinner. Djokovic took 1 hour, 43 minutes to win 6-3, 6-3 as the Serbian continues to reach new heights at the age of 36. 1 ranking for a record-extending eighth time by winning his opening match at the ATP Finals. After this tournament, Djokovic will become the first player to hold the No. It was also only the second time in the last 15 years that a player has made the finals of all four Grand Slam tournaments and the ATP Finals.

Persons: — Novak Djokovic, Djokovic, Rafael Nadal's, Carlos Alcaraz, I’ve, ” Djokovic, “, Roger Federer, Alcaraz, Medvedev, Sinner, ___ Organizations: Wimbledon, U.S ., Sunday's, Djokovic, ATP Locations: TURIN, Italy, Serbian, Jannik, Turin

NEW YORK (AP) — Novak Djokovic considers his mental state just as important as his physical condition when it comes to being prepared to play his best at age 36. “There’s a lot of players that never figured that out during their career. I feel strong.”Professional athletes offering frank thoughts on mental health is still a relatively recent development. “For quite a few years, actually, mental training was not really talked about much, generally, in the tennis world. "Because in the end of the day, we are also people that have to deal with the private issues that everyone has.”The ways players try to cope differs.

Persons: — Novak Djokovic, ”, Djokovic, Ben Shelton, “, ” Djokovic, you’re, Daria Kasatkina, Kasatkina, Bob Bryan, Mike, ” Bryan, Aryna Sabalenka, Naomi Osaka, didn’t, ” Osaka, Michael Phelps, Daniil Medvedev, Carlos Alcaraz, ” ___ Howard Fendrich Organizations: “, U.S, U.S ., it’s, Davis, of Famers, Madison Keys, Olympic, AP Locations: Flushing Meadows, Russia, New York

NEW YORK (AP) — Novak Djokovic reached his record 47th Grand Slam semifinal, breaking a tie with Roger Federer for the most by a man, by defeating Taylor Fritz 6-1, 6-4, 6-4 at the U.S. Open on a steamy Tuesday. Djokovic improved to 13-0 for his career in quarterfinals at Flushing Meadows — and to 8-0 against Fritz, an American who was seeded No. Political Cartoons View All 1145 ImagesBut while Djokovic eventually got his shots straightened out, Fritz's miscues just kept on coming. By the end, Fritz had 51 unforced errors, nearly twice as many as Djokovic's 26. Fritz heard a ton of support from the partisan Ashe fans, especially as he was trying to get back into the match against Djokovic.

Persons: — Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer, Taylor Fritz, Djokovic, Fritz, Arthur Ashe, Fritz's miscues, Frances Tiafoe, Ben Shelton, Ashe Organizations: U.S, Flushing, Djokovic, AP Locations: Flushing Meadows —, American, Serbia, California, New York

☆ Novak Djokovic says there are no hard feelings over deportation from Australia as he returns for Australian Open
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-29 | by ( The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

ADELAIDE, Australia — Novak Djokovic has reiterated his earlier comments that he bears no hard feelings on his return to Australia after his visa cancellation and subsequent deportation in January ahead of the Australian Open tennis tournament. Those regulations have since been lifted and in November, the Australian government overturned the three-year ban that came with Djokovic’s deportation and granted him a visa to return for the Australian Open beginning Jan. 16. Djokovic arrived back in Australia on Tuesday ahead of the Adelaide International, where he is scheduled to play next week. “I’ll do my best to play good tennis and bring good emotions and good feelings to the crowd.”Djokovic said he still has difficulty forgetting his deportation. But it is a valuable life experience for me and something that as I said will stay there, but I have to move on.”Djokovic has won the Australian Open a record nine times, including the last three times he played.

☆ Novak Djokovic Set for Australian Open Return After Visa Ban Overturned
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-15 | by ( Rhiannon Hoyle | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Novak Djokovic will be able to compete at next year’s Australian Open. ADELAIDE, Australia— Novak Djokovic will be granted a visa to Australia so that he can compete at the 2023 Australian Open, drawing a line under an episode that made the tennis star a lightning rod in a debate about Covid-19 vaccine mandates. Australian Immigration Minister Andrew Giles has agreed to overturn a three-year ban that was imposed when authorities deported the 21-time Grand Slam champion on the eve of the tournament in January, a person familiar with the matter said on Tuesday.

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