Novak Djokovic spars with US Open crowd in win over American Taylor Fritz

Novak Djokovic a fan favorite at the U S Open blew kisses to an unusually hostile crowd at Arthur Ashe Stadium late Tuesday night after he defeated Taylor Fritz in four sets to advance to the semifinals Fritz the final American man left in the tournament had home-court advantage and by the halfway point of the match it appeared that the fans had successfully gotten under Djokovic's skin Fritz supporters continued to cheer for faults by Djokovic and in the third set when the match had surpassed p m the Serbian tennis star had had enough CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS COM What are you going to do he repeated as he approached chair umpire Damion Dumusois The crowd booed as Djokovic mocked Dumusois attempts to silence the crowd Thank you Please Thank you Please Dumusois appealed to Djokovic that regardless of his interjection It s not going to help Novak COCO GAUFF 'BROKE DOWN' TO ORGANIZATION AFTER STUNNING US OPEN UPSET LOSS TO NAOMI OSAKAFritz would eventually take the set but lose the match - - - - I was just trying to survive Djokovic disclosed after the match It's one of those days where you just have to grind Djokovic won of the points that lasted at least nine strokes He saved of the break chances he faced and won of the points when he served and volleyed The -year-old moved on to the semifinals where he will face world No Carlos Alcaraz For Fritz his loss meant another year without an American men s singles champion at any Grand Slam The drought dates back to when Andy Roddick last won at the U S Open The Associated Press contributed to this record Follow Fox News Digital s sports coverage on X and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter