Overview

• Carlos Alcaraz defeated Novak Djokovic 6-4, 7-6 (4), 6-2 in roughly 2 hours 23 minutes, dropping serve once and winning 84% of first-serve points.
• Top seed and defending champion Jannik Sinner beat Felix Auger-Aliassime 6-1, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 to reach Sunday’s championship match.
• Alcaraz and Sinner will become the first pairing in the Open Era to meet in three Grand Slam finals in a single year.
• Alcaraz has not lost a set at this US Open and is pursuing a sixth major title, with a chance to become the first man to win the tournament without dropping a set.
• Djokovic, 38, finished the season with semifinal exits at all four majors and said Alcaraz and Sinner are “too good” in best-of-five matches as he confronts the physical demands of late-round Slam play.