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Alexander Zverev has reached the quarterfinals for the first time at the US Open. For Angelique Kerber, on the other hand, it was the end of the round of 16, as was Novak Djokovic, who was disqualified.
Novak Djokovic was disqualified at the US Open. The 33-year-old world number one hit a linesman in his round of 16 match against Spain’s Pablo Carreño Busta with a score of 5: 6 in the first set with a ball he had returned after one play. The linesman then gasped for air, Djokovic was visibly shocked and rushed to help.
The Serbian started the tournament as a clear favorite, he has not lost a match this year.
Zverev is in the quarterfinals for the first time
Zverev easily beat Spaniard Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 6: 2, 6: 2, 6: 1 on Sunday (September 6, 2020) and thus reached the US Open quarter-finals for the first time. There, Zverev will now face Croatian Borna Coric or Australian Jordan Thompson.
In any case, in the round of 16, Zverev was very focused from the start and dominated the match against his 21-year-old rival, who is ranked 99 in the world. He served well and rarely made simple mistakes. After just 58 minutes, he won the second set.
At the start of the third set, the Spaniard injured his ankle and needed treatment, but then he kept fighting. Zverev, who reached the Australian Open semi-finals in the spring, remained sovereign and prevailed without issue. After 1:34 hours, Germany’s best player converted his first match ball.
End of last sixteen
Hours earlier, however, Angelique Kerber had clearly failed at the US Open. The three-time major winner from Kiel was defeated in the round of 16 by American Jennifer Brady, who was in 28th position, in 1:28 hours with 1: 6, 4: 6.
“Angie couldn’t contain herself from the beginning,” Barbara Rittner, director of women’s tennis at the German Tennis Association (DTB), told Eurosport: “She couldn’t take her few opportunities because Brady was always determined to step on the gas and play game. really checked to the end. “
Kerber, who was the last German to be eliminated in women’s singles in New York, had definitely made her way into the group of favorites with her previous three games at Flushing Meadows. The German number one, winner of the tournament in 2016, had successively beaten Alja Tomljanovic (Australia), Anna-Lena Friedsam and Ann Li (USA).
After 22 minutes, Kerber had lost the first set
This time Kerber was challenged from minute one. His opponent had been meticulously prepared for the match by his German coach Michael Geserer and got off to an impressive start. Kerber saw himself strongly on the defensive and initially found no response to the American’s harsh serves and forehand.
After a quarter of an hour of play it was already 1: 4 from the point of view of the former world number one. Her coach Torben Beltz tried to cheer on his athlete from the stands yelling “Angie, go!” But after 22 minutes the first set was lost.
Brady’s thigh can’t stop either
Kerber, the 17th seed, struggled with his serve and fell behind in the second round, but then broke through to make it 1-1. But the joy didn’t last long: Brady brought Kerber’s after-service game to zero, thereby dramatically increasing the pressure.
Kerber struggled and had another chance to readjust when the score was 2: 3 when his opponent had to be dealt on the thigh. But he failed to complete this exciting round of 16.
Those: sportschau.de
