Will Alexander Zverev win his first Grand Slam title?
He is only two wins away.
In the semifinals he has to beat a Spaniard.
Alexander Zverev
is in the
semifinals of
the
US Open
* for the first time.
He wants to
move
into his first
Grand Slam final
with a win against the Spaniard
Pablo Carreño Busta
.
In the
final there
could be a duel with a
friend and rival
.
New York -
Alexander Zverev
is the first German since
Boris Becker
to be in the
semi-finals of
the
US Open
.
It goes without saying that all eyes are on the young German on Friday evening.
The expectations are suddenly there - because Zverev is the
favorite
against the Spaniard
Pablo Carreño Busta
.
US Open: Alexander Zverev wants to move into the final against Pablo Carreño Busta
The
23-year-old's
maturation process was
particularly evident in the quarter-finals
.
In the match against
Borna Coric
From the start, things didn't go well for him at all.
The Zverev of the past few years would almost certainly not have won this match - rather, it would have smashed two or three clubs.
But a new calm, a new serenity accompanies him at this tournament.
In the end, he dominated his opponent - and left the field as the winner.
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Zverev knows that he has to improve playfully.
Not for the first time at this tournament, he expressed himself self-critically: “I'm not yet playing my best tennis in a match.
My goal is to call that up ”.
His opponent Carreño Busta is a surprise semi-finalist.
The
number 27 in the world
benefited in the round of 16 from the sensational disqualification of the title favorite
Novak Djokovic
.
US Open: Alexander Zverev waves dream final with Dominic Thiem
In the quarter-finals, he threw the Canadian
Denis Shapovalov
out - which was a little surprise.
Zverev first met the Spaniard, in 2018 there was a 2-0 success.
If the German wins the semifinals, the final could lead to a duel with his friend and long-term rival
Dominic Thiem
.
After some impressively strong performances, the Austrian is arguably the biggest favorite to win the tournament.
With the world number fifth
Daniil
Medvedev
, Thiem has a stronger opponent than Zverev.
In the run-up to the semi-finals, Zverev had to take criticism from a tennis legend.
(epp)
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