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Novak Djokovic kept his cool in the New York heat to reach the semi-finals of the US Open and break yet another record.<\/p>\n

The ice-cold Serbian is through to the last four of a grand slam for the 47th time, moving him one ahead of Roger Federer\u2019s tally, after a 6-1 6-4 6-4 win over Taylor Fritz.<\/p>\n

The roof was half-closed on Arthur Ashe to shield the players from the 90 degree temperatures amid energy-sapping humidity at Flushing Meadows.<\/p>\n

American Fritz has been red hot all fortnight, not dropping a single set on his way to the last 16, but he was ruthlessly extinguished by the 23-time grand slam champion.<\/p>\n

A demoralised Fritz has now lost all eight matches he has played against Djokovic.<\/p>\n

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The ninth seed hit more winners \u2013 33 to Djokovic\u2019s 25 \u2013 but he was simply ground down by the 36-year-old with a grand total of 51 unforced errors telling its own story.<\/p>\n

He also forced 12 break points but converted only two of them, the second of which levelled the third set at 4-4 and prompted Djokovic to shoo some of his own supporters out of one of the executive suites.<\/p>\n

But Djokovic immediately hit back, the three-time winner then saving another break point before completing the victory in two hours and 35 minutes to silence a partisan American crowd.<\/p>\n

Djokovic said: \u201cIt\u2019s expected that people are backing the home player, there\u2019s nothing wrong with that. I like the atmosphere here, I\u2019m fine with that and I thrive on that energy.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve been playing on this court for many years, played many epic matches, and I\u2019m looking forward to another one in a few days.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a huge opportunity every time I step out on the court and at my age I don\u2019t know how many more opportunities I\u2019ll get.\u201d<\/p>\n

Djokovic later revealed he did not know the identity of the spectator he had gestured to leave the box, after admitting the man put him off by yelling during a point.<\/p>\n

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\u201cYeah. Yeah, he did. He was actually in the box where some of my friends were,\u201d added Djokovic.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t know who the guy was, but yeah, I was pretty annoyed by him at that point. I was communicating with my friends to have a little chat with him.\u201d<\/p>\n

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