There were several reasons to believe that Novak Djokovic could, at the very least, complicate his match against Carlos Alcaraz. The first was that Alcaraz is not Jannik Sinner, so this wasn’t a matchup that troubled Djokovic in the same way,

Carlos Alcaraz and Novak Djokovic have waged their share of primetime battles over the last four years, but somehow, their paths never crossed at the U.S. Open. Until now.

Novak Djokovic is 38 and trying to conquer a much younger man’s game as he heads into the U.S. Open semifinals.