Germany’s Alexander Zverev celebrates after successful his semi ultimate match in opposition to Russia’s Karen Khachanov.
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Alexander Zverev will play for his second Grand Slam title this 12 months after beating Karen Khachanov 6-3, 7-6 (7), 7-6 (6) on Friday (September 11, 2026) within the U.S. Open semifinals.
Zverev will play on Sunday in opposition to No. 8 seed Ben Shelton or No. 11 Frances Tiafoe, who play afterward Friday for the correct to offer the U.S. a person in Sunday’s ultimate. Each have been semifinalists in Flushing Meadows however neither has reached a serious ultimate.
The U.S. remains to be looking for its first males’s Grand Slam champion since Andy Roddick gained in New York in 2003.
“Hopefully I cannot make the American dream come true on Sunday,” Zverev stated.
Zverev lastly broke by on the French Open this 12 months and adopted by reaching the Wimbledon ultimate, the place he misplaced to Jannik Sinner. The German is 24-2 in Grand Slam matches this season.
“Generally simply issues go your method and I really feel like I’ve had lots of struggles on the main degree, I used to be so shut so many instances, and perhaps this 12 months God has stated that that is going to be your 12 months and simply benefit from the time on the courtroom,” Zverev stated.
Now he’ll attempt to win the title that he nonetheless cannot consider he let get away in 2020. Zverev gained the primary two units in opposition to Dominic Thiem however then misplaced in a fifth-set tiebreaker, as Thiem grew to become the primary man to win the U.S. Open title after dropping the primary two units since 1949.
Zverev was strong after going up two units this time, and has gained 13 consecutive units after changing into the primary No. 1-seeded man to play five-setters in every of the primary two rounds of a serious.
Khachanov was attempting to succeed in his first main ultimate after a stunning run in New York. He arrived with a dropping file for the season however went on to succeed in his third Grand Slam semifinal, together with second on the U.S. Open.
He began taking part in higher after dropping the primary set after which falling behind 2-0 within the second. He lastly broke Zverev’s serve to tie it and it stayed even till they went to the tiebreaker. The Russian erased Zverev’s first two set factors in it earlier than Zverev completed it off by successful a 34-shot rally.
Khachanov then had leads of 3-0 and 5-2 within the third-set tiebreaker earlier than Zverev battled again.
Printed – September 12, 2026 04:41 am IST
