Alexander Zverev ends Novak Djokovic's 'golden dream'
World number five Alexander Zverev ended the "golden dream" of Serbia's Novak Djokovic after turning the table 1-6, 6-3, 6-1 on Friday in the semi-finals of the tennis competition at the Tokyo Olympics.
Zverev stopped a series of 5 consecutive defeats against "Dioko", to qualify for the final, where he will face Karen Khachanov, the participant under the neutral flag of the Russian Olympic Committee, ranked 25th in the world, who easily defeated Spaniard Pablo Carreño 6-3 6-3.
Novak's dream of achieving the Golden Grand Slam, that is, the crowning of the four Grand Slams and the Olympic gold medal in one year, evaporated, an achievement that only German Steffi Graf had achieved in 1988, after he won the Australian Open titles, Roland Garros and Wimbledon this year and Flushing awaits him Meadows next month.
