The routine of the extraordinary. The German Alexander Zverevnumber four in the world, defeated to the Australian Alex de Miñaur (11th) by 6-4, 7-6 (5) and 6-4 for access by fourth consecutive year at semi-finals of Roland Garros.
Zverev qualified for the Roland Garros semi-finals. AP
“Sascha”, recent champion at the Rome Masters 1000, played an exceptional game on the night of Paris to overcome the resistance of the “Demon”, a true sprinter who did not give up a ball for lost and always demanded one more.
After two hours and 58 minutes match at the Philippe Chatrier, the German, former world number 2 and 22-time ATP champion, but not before coming back from 0-4 in tiebreak and come out unscathed from a set point against him In the second round, he reaffirmed his favorite status and showed freshness despite having played two five-set matches, first against the Dutch Tallon Griekspoor (25th) and then against the Dane Holger Rune (13th).
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In this way, the 27-year-old Hamburg-born, executioner of the Spanish Rafael Nadal in the first round, places for the fourth consecutive year among the four best in the French capital, on the surface that best suits him, after his assistance in 2021, 2022 y 2023becoming the eleventh tennis player to achieve that markenlisting his own Rafato swiss Roger Federerto Serbian Novak Djokovicto the Swedes Bjorn Borg y Mats Wilanderto the British Andy Murrayto Austrian Dominic ThiemTo Spanish Juan Carlos Ferrero and to the Americans Ivan Lendl y Jim Courier.
It is worth mentioning that Zverev could not advance to the decisive stage on previous occasionsas a result of his falls against the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas, in five sets, the Spanish Rafael Nadal, due to a serious injury in the second set, and the Norwegian Casper Ruud, in three sets.
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In this edition, “Sascha”, who this year was a semi-finalist at the Australian Open and in Miami, a performance that allowed him to return to the top 5, will have revenge against the Nordicseven on the planet, who will play that round with energy savings, since they did not need to play the quarterfinal match as a result of the retirement due to injury of the Serbian Novak Djokovic (1st).
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2024-06-05 22:30:00
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