NEW YORK (UNITED STATES) (ITALPRESS) – Alexander Zverev travels on the velvet and wins in three sets the match of the men’s quarterfinals of the Us Open, fourth and last season of the Great Slam, staged on the Flushing Medaws cement, in New York. The German, number 2 of the world and serial number one of seeding, easily gets rid of the Dutch Botic van de Zandschulp and confirms the favourite for the final victory. 6-2 7-5 6-1, in two hours and 18 minutes of play, the Zverev score, which becomes the ninth player in the Open Era to reach the semi-final in all four majors in the same season.
The 29-year-old from Hamburg will now find his way to the final Karen Khachanov. The Russian, slipped up to the 50th position of the Atp ranking, “approfit” of the withdrawal of an exhausted Alexander Blockx (especially from back problems) to center the third semi-final in career trials Slam, the second in Flushing Meadows (2022 and 2026). The Belgian retired on 6-2 7-5 3-2 in favor of Khachanov, who will return to the top 30 Atp at the end of the tournament.
Today we return to the field in the night with the semifinals to the female. Great balance: in the field the first four players of the Wta classification, as well as the first four series heads of the board (it did not happen from Wimbledon 2009 in the four Major tournaments). The Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka faces American Jessica Pegula to continue the dream of winning three consecutive titles in New York; while the Russian naturalized Kazaka Elena Rybakina, the new number one in the world, challenges the American Coco Gauff.
Meanwhile, in the double male, the blue Simone Bolelli and Andrea Vavassori surrendered to the quarterfinals. The Bolognese and Piedmontese have ceded against the American Christian Harrison and the British Neal Skupski with a score of 6-3 6-2.
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