New York [US], September 10 (ANI): Alexander Zverev stormed into the US Open semifinals for the third time in his profession with a commanding 6-2, 7-5, 6-1 victory over Botic van de Zandschulp on Wednesday (native time).
The German prime seed wanted little greater than two hours to dispatch the Dutchman and continued his spectacular run in a season that has already seen him declare his maiden Grand Slam title at Roland Garros.
Zverev was notably efficient within the essential moments of the second set, the place van de Zandschulp threatened to make a comeback. At 3-2, the Dutchman earned his first break level of the match, however Zverev stayed composed and received a gruelling 33-shot rally to disclaim the chance.
Van de Zandschulp later had a set level on Zverev’s serve whereas main 5-4, however a forehand error from the Dutchman introduced the prolonged trade to an finish. Zverev capitalised on the opening, broke serve and closed out the set 7-5.
The third set was largely one-way visitors as Zverev raced to a 6-1 end, finishing a straight-sets victory and transferring into his thirteenth Grand Slam semifinal.
The 29-year-old now has 51 match wins on the ATP Tour this season, essentially the most on tour. His 23 Grand Slam match victories this yr are additionally essentially the most by a German male participant in a single season, surpassing Boris Becker’s earlier mark of twenty-two set in 1989.
According to the ATP, Zverev has additionally grow to be solely the ninth completely different males’s participant within the Open Era to succeed in the semifinals in any respect 4 Grand Slam tournaments in a single season.
His season started with a semifinal look on the Australian Open, earlier than he received Roland Garros in a five-set last in opposition to Flavio Cobolli. He then reached the Wimbledon last, the place he misplaced to world No. 1 Jannik Sinner.
Zverev will subsequent face Karen Khachanov within the final 4. The German leads their head-to-head document 6-3 and likewise defeated the Russian within the gold-medal match on the 2021 Tokyo Olympics.
The 25-time tour-level champion can be seeking to go one step additional in New York after reaching the US Open last in 2020. Zverev got here inside two factors of profitable his first main title in that last earlier than Dominic Thiem fought again to triumph in 5 units.
Van de Zandschulp’s run ended within the quarterfinals after the 30-year-old reached this stage for the second time at Flushing Meadows. He had additionally made the final eight as a qualifier in 2021.
The Dutchman arrived on the quarterfinal after consecutive five-set victories, together with a outstanding fourth-round comeback from two units down in opposition to Arthur Gea, the place he additionally saved a match level.
The different males’s singles semifinal can be an all-American contest between Frances Tiafoe and Ben Shelton. Shelton booked his place within the final 4 by defeating defending champion Carlos Alcaraz, whereas Tiafoe overcame Alex Michelsen.
Both semifinals are scheduled to be performed on Saturday at Arthur Ashe Stadium. (ANI)