![]() ![]() It seemed it was impossible to beat him at this event, so I’m very happy right now. ![]() "It's incredible beating the best player in the world undoubtedly right now and in this season. "It's an amazing feeling knowing that you're going to bring the medal back to your house, back home to Germany," Zverev said. Zverev is assured of at least a silver medal now, while Djokovic faces a bronze medal play-off against Spain's Pablo Carreno Busta. "I was down a set and a break, so I needed to change something. I started playing much more aggressive," Zverev said. "I started to swing through the ball a little bit more, and I tried to dominate that way." Victory at Wimbledon earlier in July took 34-year-old Djokovic to 20 grand slam titles, level with Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal for the most by a man in the history of tennis, and Zverev was lurching towards becoming his latest victim when their Tokyo tussle began in a one-sided manner. "He's the greatest player of all time, he will win the most grand slams out of anybody on tour, but I'm also happy that I'm in the final." "I feel sorry for Novak, but he's won 20 grand slams, 550 Masters Series or whatever, you can't have everything. Of course I'm happy that I've won, but at the end of the day I know how Novak feels. "I know that he was chasing history, chasing the Golden Slam and chasing the Olympics, but in these kind of moments me and Novak are very close. "I told him that he's the greatest of all time, and he will be," Zverev said. Zverev had other ideas, but he also had sympathy for Djokovic when they exchanged words at the net. Graf remains the only player to have pulled off the feat in the same year. He had spoken of it becoming closer to a reality, as he attempted to match Steffi Graf's achievement from 1988, when she followed triumphs at each of the slams by winning in the October 1 final at the Olympics, held in Seoul that year. This will be the first time they face off in a tournament final. Djokovic swept to Australian Open, French Open and Wimbledon trophy success before heading to Japan for the Olympics, the fourth leg of a potential sweep of each of the year's majors and the Tokyo 2020 singles title. Alexander Zverev has split his four previous meetings with Karen Khachanov, so his head-to-head with the 12th seed stands at 2-2. ![]()
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