In the first semifinal of the US Open men’s singles, the German tennis star defeated Russian Karen Khachanov (ATP-50) after a tough three-set battle with a score of 6:3, 7:6(7), 7:6(6) and advanced to his sixth career final in a Grand Slam tournament.
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Sascha Zverev will play in the New York final for the second time, and his first title match was reached during empty stands amid the coronavirus pandemic in 2020, when the German lost a two-set lead and dramatically fell to Dominic Thiem.
For the Roland Garros champion, this is already the third consecutive Grand Slam tournament in which he has reached the final. It should be reminded that in Paris he defeated Flavio Cobolli, but lost to Jannik Sinner at Wimbledon.
In this era, only six tennis players have managed to reach three consecutive Grand Slam finals – Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray, J. Sinner, and Carlos Alcaraz.
Moreover, Sascha became only the 12th player in the Open Era to play Grand Slam finals on three different surfaces in one season – clay, grass, and hard.
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According to the ATP ranking points earned this year, A. Zverev has now caught up with J. Sinner, and the points accumulated this season will determine the start of the new ATP ranking, so the German has excellent chances to become the world number one by the end of the season.
“I believed it was possible, although most of you probably did not. The only question was whether Carlos and Jannik would play in all the Grand Slam finals?” Zverev said.
On Sunday, in the big tournament final, the current world number two will face the home court player Ben Shelton (ATP-9).
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