Novak Djokovic vs. Feliciano Lopez: Score and Reaction from 2015 US Open

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Published: September 9, 2015

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Novak Djokovic should look into real estate at the U.S. Open semifinals. He's certainly been there enough times.

Djokovic clinched his ninth consecutive semifinals trip, in tennis' final major of the year, with a four-set victory over Feliciano Lopez, 6-1, 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (7-2). Djokovic did more than enough to earn the victory, winning 76 percent of his first-service points, but Lopez committed a crippling 48 unforced errors, per USOpen.org.

It is impossible to beat the world's best with that many mistakes.

While Djokovic only capitalized on one of those semifinals appearances, earning a title in 2011, he appears poised to add a second U.S. Open championship to his resume. The nine-time major winner is simply playing tennis on another level this year with six tournament victories, including Wimbledon and Australian Open championships.

He also reached the French Open final.

Victories have become so common that even the man himself noticed the lack of hype surrounding his matches, although he seemed almost flattered by it, per Luke Sheehan of Sporting News: 

In a way it's a compliment, you know, that people would see me as maybe winner or finalist at least of most of the events that I play on.

I accept it as a compliment. Pressure is part of what we do. I mean, it's always present. You know, sometimes people expect too much of you. But, again, I don't play for anybody else except myself and my family, my country, so I just try to focus on that.

Djokovic wasted little time establishing that dominance fans have seen all year during Tuesday's match. The world's No. 1 player jumped all over Lopez and broke the challenger's opening service game. Erik Gudris of Tennis Now was not surprised by the early proceedings:



The Serbian superstar parlayed that initial momentum into a comfortable 6-1 first-set victory that lasted less than 30...
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