US Open | Djokovic fought hard to advance in five sets, Zhang Shuai combined into women's doubles final

Xinhua News Agency, New York, September 10th. The men's singles semi-finals were contested on the 10th at the US Open. In a focus battle, the top seed of the tournament and now the world's number one Djokovic fought hard in five sets, defeating Germany 4:6, 6:2, 6:4, 4:6, 6:2 Player Zverev has advanced to the Grand Slam men's singles final for the 31st time in his career. No. 2 seed Medvedev scored three straight sets and defeated Canadian player Ariasim 6:4, 7:5, 6:2.

On September 10, Serbia's Djokovic celebrated his victory. Photo by Guo Ke

In this game, Djokovic faced Zverev again across the net after more than a month. The last time the two played against each other was in the semi-finals of the Tokyo Olympics, when Zverev reversal and defeated Djokovic, who also missed the opportunity to achieve the "annual golden slam ".

In the first set of the match, both sides held their serve in the first 8 games. Zverev broke serve in the ninth game and won the first set 6:4. In the second set, Djokovic scored a 3:0 start by breaking the belt. He only took 36 minutes to win a set with 6:2. Since then, both sides won one set and the game entered the deciding set, which was also the first deciding set between the two in the US Open this season. In the deciding game, Djokovic's mentality was more stable, and he once took a 5:0 lead. Although Zverev chased 2 consecutive games and broke the opponent's serve to win the game, in the eighth game, Djokovic Qi broke serve again, won the deciding set 6-2, and advanced to the final with a total score of 3:2.

On September 10, Serbia's Djokovic returned the ball in the game. Photo by Guo Ke

After winning the game, Djokovic advanced to the Grand Slam men's singles final for the 31st time in his career, tying the open record held by Federer . In the final, Djokovic will attack the "Annual Grand Slam". In the Open era, since the Australian men’s tennis player Rod Laver won four Grand Slam titles in one year in 1969,No male tennis player can complete the "Annual Grand Slam" feat in a year. In the final, Djokovic's opponent will be the match's No. 2 seed Medvedev.

On September 6, Zhang Shuai (left) / Stosur celebrated scoring in the game.

In the women's doubles, Chinese "Golden Flower" Zhang Shuai partnered with Australian star Stosur in the women's doubles semifinals. Their opponent in this round is the No. 7 seed Guarachi/Klautzke. Zhang Shuai's combination continued the previous stable performance and fiery touch. It only took 1 hour and 12 minutes to easily defeat the opponent 6:2, 7:5 and advance to the final. This is the first time that Zhang Shuai has advanced to the US Open Women's Doubles final in his career, and his partner Stosur has returned to the US Open Women's Doubles final after 13 years. This is also the two who joined hands to advance to the Grand Slam Women's Doubles final after the 2019 Australian Open. Their opponents in the finals will be the local combination Gove/McNally.

Editor: Ding Wenxian, Wu Bowen, Wu Junkuan, Xiao Ruixuan (internship)

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