No. 1 seed Alexander Zverev outlasts Karen Kachenov to book place in US Open final头号种子亚历山大·兹维列夫力克卡伦·卡切诺夫，晋级美网决赛。
Men’s No. 1 seed Alexander Zverev might have won in straight sets but opponent Karen Khachanov put up a mighty fight on Friday in the first US Open semifinal at Arthur Ashe Stadium.
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Men’s No. 1 seed Alexander Zverev might have won in straight sets but opponent Karen Khachanov put up a mighty fight on Friday in the first US Open semifinal at Arthur Ashe Stadium.
The 29-year-old defeated Khachanov 6-3, 7-6 (7), 7-6 (6) to book his place in his second career final in Flushing Meadows.
The match got off to an easy start for the Zverev.
He won the first set decisively 6-3 over Khachanov, as the Russian finished with almost twice the amount of unforced errors as Zverev in the opener.
But despite the first set loss, the unseeded 30-year-old maintained his composure, forcing a second set tiebreak with Zverev ultimately prevailing 7-6 (7).
It was more of the same in the third set with both players going back and forth, trading games.
Up 6-5 in the third set and trying to avoid a tiebreak, Zverev went to complain to the umpire about glare from the sun which drew the ire of the crowd on hand. The German went on to lose the game, prompting the second tiebreak of the match.
According to the ESPN broadcast, the glare was coming from the glass on the doors of the suites when they are opened.
With the issues with the apparent glare still affecting Zverev, he quickly fell into a 4-1 hole but rebounded to tie it up at 6-6 with a trip to the final on the line.
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After getting to match point by saving two set points, Zverev put away Khachanov and will now look to avenge his first US Open final loss from 2020.
It is also Zverev’s third straight grand slam finals appearance, winning his first career major at Roland Garros in early June.
Zverev understood his potential fate for Sunday’s upcoming final with the crowd most likely going to be pulling for the winner No. 8 seed Ben Shelton and No. 11 seed Frances Tiafoe.
“I think its going to be incredibly special,” Zverev told ESPN. “Especially these two guys, Frances and Ben, crowd favorites here in New York. Everybody loves them. … Hopefully I can not make the American dream.”
He will now await the winner of the second men’s semifinal.
On a somber day in the United States , two Americans will go head-to-head in the second men’s semifinal: Shelton and Tiafoe.
The showdown is one for the history books for a multitude of reasons.
Both are looking to advance to their first career grand slam final, with Shelton or Tiafoe becoming the first American to feature in the men’s US Open final since Taylor Fritz did so in 2024.
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One of them could also be the first US man to win the tournament since Andy Roddick in 2003.
The history goes even further with two Black American men are facing each other in a US Open men’s singles semifinal for the first time ever. And no matter who wins, a Black American man will advance to the final for the first time since Arthur Ashe made his last finals appearance there in 1972.
The winner will face Zverev in the men’s final on Sunday at 2 p.m. ET.
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男单头号种子亚历山大·兹维列夫虽然直落两盘获胜，但对手卡伦·哈恰诺夫在周五于阿瑟·阿什球场举行的美国网球公开赛首场半决赛中顽强抵抗。
这位 29 岁的选手以 6-3、7-6 (7)、7-6 (6) 的比分击败了哈恰诺夫，从而获得了他在法拉盛草地网球场职业生涯第二次决赛的资格。
比赛一开始，兹维列夫就轻松取胜。
他以 6-3 的比分大胜哈恰诺夫，赢得了第一盘。哈恰诺夫在第一盘的非受迫性失误数几乎是兹维列夫的两倍。
尽管输掉了第一盘，这位30岁的非种子选手仍然保持冷静，将比赛拖入第二盘抢七，最终兹维列夫以7-6（7）获胜。
第三盘比赛也大同小异，双方你来我往，互有胜负。
第三盘兹维列夫以6-5领先，为了避免抢七，他向裁判抱怨阳光刺眼，此举激怒了现场观众。德国人最终输掉了这局，比赛进入了第二个抢七局。
据 ESPN 转播报道，眩光来自套房门打开时玻璃上的光线。
由于眩光问题仍然影响着兹维列夫，他很快以 1-4 落后，但随后奋起直追，将比分扳成 6-6 平，争夺决赛资格。
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观众想要的是可可·高芙，结果却来了埃琳娜·雷巴金娜。
兹维列夫挽救了两个盘点后拿到赛点，最终击败卡恰诺夫，现在他将力图复仇，弥补2020年美网决赛首次失利的遗憾。
这也是兹维列夫连续第三次闯入大满贯决赛，他在六月初的法网公开赛上赢得了职业生涯的第一个大满贯冠军。
兹维列夫明白自己在周日即将到来的决赛中可能面临的命运，因为观众很可能会支持 8 号种子本·谢尔顿和 11 号种子弗朗西斯·蒂亚福获胜。
“我觉得这将是一次非常特别的经历，”兹维列夫告诉ESPN。“尤其是弗朗西斯和本，他们是纽约球迷的最爱。每个人都喜欢他们……希望我能实现美国梦。”
他现在将等待第二场男子半决赛的胜者。
在美国阴沉的一天，两名美国选手将在第二场男子半决赛中展开对决：谢尔顿和蒂亚福。
这场对决注定会载入史册，原因有很多。
两人都渴望晋级职业生涯首个大满贯决赛，谢尔顿或蒂亚福将成为自 2024 年泰勒·弗里茨之后首位闯入美国网球公开赛男单决赛的美国选手。
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在阿瑟·阿什取得突破50多年后，黑人男子网球运动员回顾了美国网球公开赛的历史性突破。
其中一人还有可能成为自 2003 年安迪·罗迪克以来首位赢得该项赛事的美国男子选手。
历史意义更加重大，两位非裔美国男子选手将首次在美网男单半决赛中相遇。无论谁最终获胜，这将是自1972年阿瑟·阿什最后一次闯入决赛以来，首位晋级决赛的非裔美国男子选手。
胜者将于周日下午2点（美国东部时间）与兹维列夫争夺男单冠军。