For the first time in his career, the Austrian qualified for the top 4 in New York after a 1: 6, 2: 6, 4: 6 victory over De Mino • will meet the ranked 3 (man over Rublev) • Azarenka against Serena Williams in the women's semifinals
Dominic Tim is celebrating in New York, early in the morning
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For the first time in his career, 27-year-old Dominic Tim advanced to the US Championship semifinals early Thursday morning and in light of the absence of Roger Federer and Rafa Nadal and the disqualification of first-ranked Novak Djokovic, the Austrian can certainly dream of a historic win on Sunday night The nearest.
The third-ranked in the world qualified for the last four after not having much difficulty against the Australian Alex De Mino, 1: 6, 2: 6, 4: 6, on the way to a meeting with Daniel Medvedev in the semi-finals.
The Austrian, who has already lost in three Grand Slam finals in his career, will this time try not to stumble against the Russian (3 in the tournament), who worked very hard against Andrei Rublev but managed to get through the quarterfinals after a close battle and three sets 6: 7 (8), 3: 6, 6 : 7 (7).
Despite a 3: 2 deficit in the tie-break in the decisive campaign, last season's finalist managed to register another semi-final for the resume.
In the women’s event, Serena Williams that Otto will celebrate her 39th birthday, qualified for the final four stage in New York after defeating Bulgaria’s Tsvetana Pironkova 4: 6, 6: 3, 6: 2.
Bulgaria, who won a free ticket, and in fact did not compete for almost three years, had already taken the lead in the first set, but Serena has not given up on the chance to win the first Grand Slam since 2017.
Serena will face Victoria Azarenka (27th in the world) in the semifinals tomorrow, who defeated Alice Martens (18th in the world) in two light sets.