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- Alexander Zverev is in the final of the US Open after a close 5-set win against Pablo Carreño Busta.
- The German regains a 0: 2 deficit in sets, wins 3: 6, 2: 6, 6: 3, 6: 4, 6: 3 and is in a Grand Slam final for the first time.
- There he meets Dominic Thiem on Sunday night (from 10 pm live on SRF Zwei), who beat Daniil Medwedew in 3 sets 6: 2, 7: 6 (9: 7), 7: 6 (7: 5).
German will be spoken at the final of this year’s US Open in New York. With Alexander Zverev and Dominic Thiem, a German and an Austrian battle for the cup at Flushing Meadows.
Premiere of Zverevs …
There was a premiere in the first semi-final: for the first time in his career, Zverev reached the final of a Grand Slam tournament. The 23-year-old showed great fighting spirit in the semifinals against Spain’s Pablo Carreño Busta (ATP 27) and fought for a victory in five sets.
At the beginning of the third set, hardly anyone would have thought that Zverev would have something to say in this match about victory. The world number 7 was behind Carreño Busta with 0: 2 sets, lost the first two sets with 3: 6 and 2: 6 and had to give up service 5 times.
Cheers to Zverev
The German is in a Grand Slam final for the first time.
Keystone
However, Zverev increased significantly and benefited from the fact that the opponent’s back began to pinch. The Spanish could only serve in a very limited way from the 4th set. In particular, Carreño Busta pushed the second serve to the field without a shot. Meanwhile, they treated his back.
Also, Carreño Busta’s number of errors increased, so his German opponent worked his way to the deciding set with a break in sets 3 and 4. There, Zverev took his opponent’s serve right at the beginning and used his second. match point after 203 minutes.
… and Thiem’s strong nerves
In the second semi-final, Thiem defeated last year’s Russian finalist Daniil Medwedew (ATP 5) in just under three hours with 6: 2, 7: 6 (9: 7), 7: 6 (7: 5). Medvedev bet on sets number two (5: 3) and three (5: 2) clear advantages and awarded a set in both sets.
In the important moments, Thiem kept his nerves and decided the mostly long rallies on his own.
Recently, Zverev and Thiem met in a big tournament. In Melbourne, Zverev failed in his first major semi-final against the Austrian in January.
