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\nNEW YORK: Novak Djokovic charged into a record 47th Grand Slam semifinal on a steamy Tuesday at the US Open with a straight-sets win over Taylor Fritz, while home favorite Coco Gauff stayed on track for her first major title.<\/p>\n
\nDjokovic shrugged off ninth seed Fritz 6-1, 6-4, 6-4 to extend his dominance of American players in New York and take another step closer to a record-extending 24th men\u2019s Grand Slam title.<\/p>\n
\nThe 36-year-old Serbian star will appear in his 13th US Open semifinal, eclipsing the mark he shared with longtime nemesis Roger Federer for most appearances in the last four of a Grand Slam.<\/p>\n
\nDjokovic awaits the up-and-coming Ben Shelton, who took down 10th seed and 2022 semifinalist Frances Tiafoe in an all-American affair in Tuesday\u2019s night session at Arthur Ashe Stadium.<\/p>\n
\n\u201cI\u2019ve been playing on this court for many years, so many epic matches and I cannot wait for another one in a few days\u2019 time,\u201d said Djokovic, a three-time US Open champion.<\/p>\n
\nDjokovic defeated Fritz for the eighth time in a row, weathering stifling conditions as the temperature topped 90 degrees Fahrenheit (32 Celsius) and humidity rose above 55 percent.<\/p>\n
\n\u201cIt was very humid conditions. Difficult to play but that is why we train and try to get ourselves in the best conditions to deliver. Not easy but you have to fight,\u201d said Djokovic.<\/p>\n
\nFritz had lost serve just once across four three-set wins in reaching his first US Open quarter-final, but the 25-year-old was broken three straight times to start the match.<\/p>\n
\nDjokovic resisted four break points at 2-1 in the second set and hauled himself over the line after a rollercoaster final few games in the third set, maintaining his quest for a triumphant return to world number one next week.<\/p>\n
\nThe unseeded Shelton unleashed 50 winners, using his booming service and blistering forehand to devastating effect to beat Tiafoe 6-2, 3-6, 7-6 (9\/7), 6-2.<\/p>\n
\nShelton, who reached the quarterfinals on his Australian Open debut in January, is through to the last four of a major for the first time.<\/p>\n
\nHe becomes the youngest American men\u2019s semifinalist in New York since 1992.<\/p>\n
\nShelton, 20, saved a set point as he won a crucial third-set tie-break and pulled away in the fourth to settle a historic first Grand Slam quarter-final in the Open era featuring two African-American men.<\/p>\n
\n\u201cIt doesn\u2019t get much better than that,\u201d world No. 47 Shelton said of a first-time meeting with Djokovic scheduled for Friday.<\/p>\n
\n\u201cI feel like I left it all out here tonight. It was an emotional battle.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\u201cEnd of that third set is when I really had to dig deep,\u201d said Shelton.<\/p>\n
\n\u201cI think that was the key for me tonight. Just being tough and being relentless, and knowing that I could go the distance physically no matter how bad it hurt.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nTiafoe regretted giving Shelton too many chances to stay in the match.<\/p>\n
\n\u201cLeave door open for a lot of guys, you\u2019re playing with fire,\u201d he said. \u201cJust gonna learn from these moments… It hurts now.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nGauff swept into the last four earlier on Tuesday with a 6-0, 6-2 win over Latvia\u2019s Jelena Ostapenko in 68 minutes in the baking midday heat.<\/p>\n
\nThe 19-year-old is the first American teenager to reach the US Open semifinals since Serena Williams in 2001.<\/p>\n
\nThe sixth seed will meet this year\u2019s French Open runner-up Karolina Muchova for a place in Saturday\u2019s final in a repeat of the championship match won by Gauff last month in Cincinnati.<\/p>\n
\n\u201cIt feels great, I\u2019m so happy,\u201d said Gauff. \u201cLast year I lost in the quarter-finals stage and wanted to do better this year. I have a long way to go but I\u2019m happy and will be ready for the next one.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nGauff has now won 16 of 17 matches since her first round loss at Wimbledon, her recent titles in Washington and Cincinnati establishing herself as one of the US Open favorites.<\/p>\n
\n\u201cThere\u2019s still a lot of tennis left to play, and it\u2019s a long match and a long tournament,\u201d said Gauff.<\/p>\n
\n\u201cYou know, even though the semifinals, by theory, if you want to win there\u2019s two matches left. You can\u2019t think like that.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nMuchova reached her second Grand Slam semifinal of the season with a 6-0, 6-3 demolition of veteran Romanian 30th seed Sorana Cirstea.<\/p>\n
\nThe 10th-seeded Czech broke six times and hit 32 winners in a consummate performance.<\/p>\n
\n\u201cI\u2019m just trying to keep things actually pretty easy and don\u2019t put much expectations on me,\u201d said Muchova.<\/p>\n
\nCirstea, 33, had been playing in the quarterfinals of a Grand Slam for only the second time in a professional career that began in 2006.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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