Although there have been some incidents involving noisy spectators at the US Open this year, Novak Djokovic acknowledges that he doesn’t mind crowd interactions in general, despite the fact that one fan annoyed him during his match against Taylor Fritz.

In his quarterfinal match against Fritz on Tuesday at Arthur Ashe Stadium, Djokovic lost his cool when a fan yelled while the ball was still in the air. The Serbian lost the point, but he went to the crowd and started debating.

Djokovic easily defeated Fritz by 6-1 6-4 6-4 to advance to the semi-finals despite an unusually dramatic issue with the crowd.

Djokovic discussed it in a press conference after the match: “I speak for myself. Obviously, there’s 90 percent of the time you don’t react. I mean people speak, they move around. You have to be ready for that.”

He further added: “It’s part of the sport and mostly I don’t mind it, but in those important moments when you are all of a sudden under a lot of stress and you’re facing a break point and then all of a sudden everything annoys you and distracts you, so then you react.”

Djokovic at the U.S. Open, ranking, and results in 2023

At the moment ranked no.2, the Serbian has managed to achieve a compiled 43-5 record in 2023. The Serbian is now having a run at the U.S. Open where he overcame the world no.84 Alexandre Muller 6-0 6-2 6-3

, the world no.76 Bernabe Zapata Miralles 6-4 6-1 6-1, the world no.38 Laslo Djere 4-6 4-6 6-1 6-1 6-3, the world no.105 Borna Gojo 6-2 7-5 6-4 and the world no.9 Taylor Fritz 6-1 6-4 6-4.

Novak Djokovic will come up against the world no.47 Ben Shelton in the semifinal. In the past, they have never competed against each other as of now in top tournaments.

The Serbian clinched 4 titles in 2023 in Adelaide, Australian Open, French Open and Cincinnati. Djokovic reached the final in Wimbledon.

The Serbian won 95 titles in his career: 51 on hard courts, 19 on clay courts, 17 on indoor courts and 8 on grass courts. (See the list of his titles)