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United States Championship 2020
Dominic Tim - Sasha Zebrav 6: 2, 6: 4, 4: 6, 0: 0 (Act 4)
US Championship final: The German, who did not look good in the quarterfinals and semi-finals, opened the game great and despite the Austrian's recovery, leads safely
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Monday, 14 September 2020, 01:06
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Broken in the third game of the game.
Tim (Photo: Imagebank GettyImages)
Sasha Zebrav or Dominic Tim?
Who will win the Grand Slam tournament for the first time in his career out of these two good friends?
For Tim this is the fourth Grand Slam final of his career after losing twice to Rafael Nadal in Roland Garros (2018 and 2019) and earlier this year to Novak Djokovic at the Australian Championships.
For Zebrav it will be a first final after reaching the semi-finals for the first time at the Australian Championships this year and losing there to the teams.
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The two are good friends and also great rivals and this is the tenth meeting between them as two wins at seven and Zebrav only at two.
Five of these encounters were held on clay, but also on hard surfaces Zebrav won only once and it happened somewhere in Beijing 2016. The Austrian looked great in recent games and won very strong players - Felix Oza Eliasim, Alex de Minor and Daniel Medvedev - without Drop even a campaign.
Only against Marin Cilic in the third round did he lose a battle in the tournament.
Zebrav, on the other hand, played very badly in the first set against Choric in the quarterfinals and also showed poor ability in both sets against Pablo Carnio Busta in the semifinals, but still managed to fight his way to the final.
The balance between them in the finals is 1: 1 - Tim won in Nice 2016 and Zebrav in Madrid 2018.
Not only will the winner win the first Grand Slam title of his career, but he will also become the first player born from 1990 onwards to win such a title.
Tim has won 0 sets in his first Grand Slam final, 1 in his second three and 2 in his third, does that mean this time he will win the 3 needed to win?
Either way, the final between 27-year-old Tim and 23-year-old Zebrav is the youngest in the Grand Slam since 24-year-old Novak Djokovic defeated 25-year-old Rafael Nadal in the 2012 Australian final. In addition, it is the first Grand Slam final Between two native German speakers since Boris Becker vs. Michael Stich at Wimbledon 1991.
Zebra at its peak (Photo: Reuters)
First set, 2: 6 for Zebrav
0: 1 - Tim submitted first and looked very stable, his advantage.
1: 1 - Zebra with an excellent serve game, including two aces, balance.
* 2: 1
- Early break.
Zebrav opened the game very aggressively and managed to break Tim's submissions with Wally.
3: 1 - Zebrav kept his submissions at zero and looked very sharp and very loose at the start of the game.
3: 2 - Tim managed to keep the submissions at the end of a difficult game, in which he returned from 30:15.
4: 2 - Zebrav with another almost perfect serve game and is also on zero.
The German retains the advantage.
* 5: 2
- Tim looks stressed and after an uncommitted mistake he breaks for the second time in the game.
Zebra with a significant advantage.
6: 2 - Zebrav continued with his great ability and won the first set after only 31 minutes.
Tim will have to find answers and fast.
Battle numbers:
Aces: Tim - 1, Zebra - 4
Double errors: Tim - 3,
Zebra
- 1
Winners: Tim - 4, Zebra - 16 Uncommitted
errors: Tim - 8, Zebra - 6
Eyes on the ball.
Stalk (Photo: AP)
Second set, 4: 6 for Zebrav
0: 1 - Tim managed to save a break point and kept his submissions.
What an important game for the Austrian.
1: 1 - Spear with extra keeping at zero, very aggressive, goes up to the net and looks great in the meantime.
* 2: 1
- Tim looked unconscious and broke again after Zebra issued a mighty forehand along the line.
3: 1 - This time it was a difficult game for Zebrav, but he again managed to keep the submissions and the advantage.
* 4: 1
- Tim is endlessly wrong and plays well below his level.
Zebrav takes full advantage of this and achieves another break, his fourth in the game.
5: 1 - Zebra continues to celebrate and do whatever he pleases, Tim has no answers and he seems completely lost.
5: 2 - At the end of a very long game, which also included three battle points, Tim managed to keep his submissions.
Maybe there's an opening for something here?
* 5: 3
- Maybe we have a new game?
Zebrav made a mistake at the battle point and missed a pretty comfortable wally, Tim took advantage of that and with an excellent wally of his own broke and shrank.
5: 4 - Tim kept his submissions at zero after a strange and impressive point alike and all the pressure passes to Zebrav.
6: 4 - Zebrav looks a bit stressed and gets to 30:15, but managed to stay calm and he wins the second set.
The German is one set away from winning the Grand Slam.
Battle numbers:
Aces: Tim - 3, Zebra - 2
Double errors: Tim - 2,
Zebra
- 5
Winners: Tim - 8, Zebra - 8 Uncommitted
errors: Tim - 13, Zebra - 14
Tim is nervous and rightly so (Photo: AP)
Third set, 4: 6 for houses
0: 1 - Tim kept his submissions relaxed, he starts the third set properly.
1: 1 - Zebrav again kept his submissions at zero, it probably does not harm his confidence.
* 2: 1
- Tim fails to maintain focus and high level over time, Zebra surprisingly cold as ice and achieves another break.
Now the German is in the lead in the third set as well.
* 2: 2
- Tim shows he is not going to give up easily and achieves an immediate break after breaking thanks to a formidable winner with the forehand and another excellent return.
2: 3 - Tim kept his submissions at zero and is on a six-point streak.
3: 3 - Zebrav is under pressure with an offensive and very aggressive game.
3: 4 - A hard and long game, but in the end Tim managed to keep the submissions and leaves his nose a little before Zebrav in the third set.
4: 4 - Zebrav kept his submissions and passed the pressure back to Tim.
4: 5 - Tim with a very important game and he again passes the pressure to his opponent, who has to keep the submissions to stay in the game.
* 4: 6
- Zebrav collapses under pressure with two uncommitted errors and we go to the fourth set.
Battle numbers:
Aces: Tim - 1, Zebra - 4
Double errors: Tim - 1,
Zebra
- 4
Winners: Tim - 9, Zebra - 10
Non-committed errors: Tim - 15, Zebra - 12
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