US Open Day 13 - Will Djokovic ever win No.25, or is that it?

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David Law

Tennis, Wimbledon, Sports, Sports & Recreation

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🗓️ 6 September 2025

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

The entire men’s tournament has been building towards Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner meeting in the final and Friday’s semi-finals confirmed that clash will happen on Sunday. Catherine, David and Matt discuss it all and look ahead to the women’s final.

Part one - Alcaraz’s win over Novak Djokovic. We cover how this was actually Alcaraz’s least convincing performance of the tournament, the extent to which Djokovic’s presence caused that, and a big discussion about what’s next for Djokovic after he admitted he can’t beat Alcaraz and Sinner over best of five anymore.

Part two - Sinner’s win over Felix Auger-Aliassime (27:05). We discuss how this was a much better match than we expected, whether Auger-Aliassime can sustain this form, and small concern over Sinner’s serve heading into Sunday. Plus, is it ok if men’s tennis is all about Sinner and Alcaraz right now?

Part three - A results round-up and a preview of Amanda Anisimova vs Aryna Sabalenka. Matt’s big day is here. (47:31).

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0:00.0	Disney Lullaby, a cute playlist with soothing lullaby versions of Disney songs.
0:11.0	The Disney Lullaby playlist. Listen now.
0:39.8	Hello and welcome to the tennis podcast on day 13 of the US Open. Unlucky for some, definitely felt unlucky for us when we were being woken up by drilling at 9 a.m. this morning after getting
0:44.9	to bed at 5. Thank you, New York City. But people bounce back. Yes. And here we are in our favourite
0:53.0	media garden on quite a clammy night in New York City.
0:57.0	It is shortly after 11pm and the men's singles final line-up is now set.
1:04.0	And you'll be shocked, I tell you, shocked to hear that it's going to be the best two players in the world.
1:11.4	Yannick Sinha and Carlos Al-Kraz tussling for the final major title of the season come Sunday.
1:18.9	The final was set up today by a straight sets victory for Carlos Al-Kraz over Novak Djokovic
1:23.5	and a four-set win for Yannik Sina over Canada's Felix Orge Al-Iraseem.
1:29.0	That match, having finished on the Arthrash Stadium just behind us here, only moments ago.
1:34.1	The crowds are streaming away as we speak.
1:38.1	And let's start with the match that everybody thought, maybe even assumed, would be the match of the day.
1:44.5	Carlos Alcoraz beating Novat Djokovic 64-7662 to reach a second US Open final. David.
1:53.5	How far was this from the match we hoped it would be?
1:58.8	Yeah, I think it was quite far.
2:00.6	I don't think it was the highest quality
2:03.7	match at all. I actually think it was the worst performance that Carlos Alcraz has put in all
2:08.9	week. That's not really surprising because it takes two players to produce a performance. And the
2:16.3	things that Novak Djokovic is able to do are things
2:20.3	that nobody else, Carlos Al-Karaz played, are able to do.
2:24.5	That Amamin said, the very moment that Al-Karaz came out onto the court and began the knock-up,
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