Open of France: Novak Djokovic says that the victory of return to Alexander Zverev to set up a semi-final with Jannik Sinner | Tennis news
Novak Djokovic came from behind to beat Alexander Zverev to the French Open, creating a successful semi-final confrontation with Jannik Sinner.
Djokovic, looking for an autonomous record title of the 25th Grand Chelem in simple, lost the first set but exhausted Zverev in an exciting meeting to win 4-6 6-3 6-4 6-4 in Paris.
The 38-year-old Serbian, who became the oldest semi-finalist in the French Open in 57 years, will face the top Seed Sinner on Friday after the Italian was faded to a direct victory on Alexander Bublik.
Djokovic and Zverev have largely fought for the form since they met in the last four of the Grand Chelem of opening of the year, the Australian Open, in January.
Djokovic withdrew from the injuries from this match with an injury to the hamstrings, while Zverev struggled to rediscover his best form after being completely beaten by Sinner in the Melbourne final.
However, the two won the victories of the Clay-Court tournament shortly before arriving in Paris, and took a short time to exhibit their best tennis during the session on Wednesday.
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Highlights of the open final of Geneva between Hubert Hurkacz and Novak Djokovic
Zverev, head of third, started quickly to break the djokovic of the sixth seed in the game’s opening match.
The German rejected a break in a relentless rally at 4-3, before taking the opening.
Djokovic has shown a typical balance in the face of Zverev’s monstrous continuous strike to break at the start of the second set, before saving a break in the next match to consolidate for a 4-1 advance.
Despite the exciting exchanges that continue throughout, the level of Zverev dropped in the third set while Djokovic tormented his opponent with shots on his way to break twice to go ahead.
Alexander Zverev remains unit of Grand Slam
Zverev was broken once again in the opening match of the fourth set, but would ride a late rally halfway from what turned out to be the final set.
Zverev forced a break in 2-4, but an incredible rally of 41 shots ended with a Djokovic pass.
At the credit of the German, he saved four match points when Djokovic was trying to serve the match, but could not force another breaking point that is his own before the triple champion of the French Open, finally sealed the victory in three hours and 20 minutes.
Djokovic said: “My way of playing is based on the race, but at my age, it’s not so easy to run as much. I tried to impose my rhythm with one or two shots.
“Tonight is one of those reasons why I continue to play.”
The defending champion Carlos Alcaraz faces Lorenzo Musetti in the male semi-finals on Friday, with the last four female games which take place on Thursday.
The relentless sinner breaks bublik
Jannik Sinner continued his relentless pursuit of a first French title
An almost flawless sinner continued his incessant pursuit of a young girl’s title to Roland-Garros with a generally effective victory 6-1 7-5 6-0 against Kazakh Showman Bublik, who eliminated Jack Draper on Monday.
The victory allowed the sinner who became the first Italian to make six Grand Chelem semi-finals and extended his winning race to the majors at 19 games after his triumphs at the US Open from last year and at Australian Open in January.
“I am very happy with the way I arrived in the semi-finals. The semi-finals of the Great Chelems are very special, I can’t wait to be there,” said Sinner.
“We have already played several times, so we already knew what to expect a little. But, in other aspects, you never know how he will play,” said Sinner about his opponent.
“I have the impression that he deserved to be in this quarter -final. I tried to focus on my side of the courtyard. I was trying to play as solid as possible because he can have ups and downs, so I just needed to remain consistent throughout the match.”
Sinner, currently 17-1 this season, joins the Countryman Lorenzo Musetti in the last four.
It is the first time in the open era that two Italian men even reach the semi-finals of the same Grand Chelem. In 1960, Nicola Pietrangeli and Orlando Sirola advanced to last four in Paris.
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