2025-09-01 11:00:29
Novak Djokovic is “dreaming” of a 25th Grand Slam victory after reaching the US Open quarter-finals.
The Serbian ace powered through to the last eight at Flushing Meadows after beating Jan-Lennard Struff in straight sets and knows that tennis history is within reach in New York.
Asked if winning the US Open at the age of 38 would be his greatest achievement, Djokovic replied: “It could be.
“Still a very long way [to go]. In the last couple of years, I learned to take one match at a time. And yes, of course, I’m dreaming about winning another Slam, and it would be amazing if I do it here.
“But I can’t allow myself to go that far with my thinking, because I just need to focus on what needs to be done to win the next match, next challenge.
“The last Grand Slam I won was here actually two years ago. So it would be a nice kind of journey in the last couple of years – to kind of close the circle here again would be great.”
Djokovic will take on American Taylor Fritz in the quarter-finals and is ready for an “uncomfortable” match, even though he has a perfect head-to-head record against his opponent.
The former world number one said: “I expect players that never won against me to come out on the court and try something different, try to make me feel maybe uncomfortable and play more aggressive.
“I don’t think there’s going to be any major changes with Taylor, because obviously you stick to the kind of game plan that got you to the quarters, and you know what your strengths are.
“I think over the years he has improved with his movement a lot. His backhand is also very solid, very flat. For a big guy, he moves really well. I think it’s quite underestimated how well he’s moving, particularly in the last couple of years, which was something that was probably missing in his game from before.
“That’s what got him to [last year’s] final and several semi-finals of Grand Slams. He’s knocking on that door.”
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