Djokovic, who reached the semi-finals of the 2025 French Open, proved that there is still gas in the tank, and talked about the match strategy after the match

On the 5th local time, Serbian star Djokovic proved that there was still fuel in the tank, and after 3 hours and 17 minutes of fierce battle, he reversed Germany's third seed Zverev 4:6, 6:3, 6:2, 6:4, and advanced to the top 4 of the French Open men's singles for the 13th time in his career, and will compete with the 23-year-old Italian king Sinner for a ticket to the final.

Serbian star Novak Djokovic proved that there was still fuel in the tank

The 38-year-old is the oldest men's singles player to reach the semi-finals of the French Open since 1968, and this is the 51st time in his career that he has reached the semi-finals of a Grand Slam tournament, extending his record.

Djokovic in the 41 rackets of the sixth game of the fourth set that day, relying on the left and right to mobilize Zverev, and luring the opponent to the net, sweeping out the winning ball, saving the end of the set from a desperate situation, becoming the watershed of the game, and this point was also praised by the outside world to fully reflect his wisdom and abundant physical strength on the court, even Zverev was willing to bow down, "Many people excluded him from the favorite, but he still beat the strongest opponent, and he won 24 Grand Slam titles, I expected him to play like that. ”

Speaking about the strategy of switching to small balls and lobs in the game, Djokovic said, "I don't think I can beat him through the baseline, so I turned to draw him to the net, take the risk of using the ball, play some serve to the net, these are the tactical adjustments that have to be made. ”

Djokovic is just two wins away from winning an unprecedented 25th Grand Slam title, and his next round opponent will be Sinner, who swept Kazakhstan's dark horse Babrik 6-1, 7-5, 6-0 in the round of eight to make it 19 consecutive Grand Slam wins. Djokovic said: "It's always not easy to be the world number one, and I haven't faced him for a long time, but the last three or four meetings have been very close, so I'll try to give my best." ”