US Open: Alexander Zverev defeats Pablo Carreno Busta and is in the final
Alexander Zverev reached his first Grand Slam final at the US Open 2020 on Friday evening (local time). The 23-year-old turned a 2-0 set deficit against Pablo Carreno Busta for the first time in his career and won a game on a weak level after three hours and 23 minutes with 3: 6, 2: 6, 6: 3, 6: 4, 6: 3 ( Click here for the live ticker in the review ).
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last edit: Sep 12, 2020, 01:49 am
In the final on Sunday, Zverev will meet the winner of the game Dominic Thiem against Daniil Medvedev ( here in LIVETICKER ). Zverev is the fourth German after Michael Stich, Boris Becker and Rainer Schüttler in a men's Grand Slam final.
"I couldn't believe it, as a supposed favorite, to be two sets behind," said Zverev after the match. "The conditions were very different from my other matches. I played in the evening for the first time, the ball was slower. I couldn't be happier now, but there is still one step to take."
Carreno Busta rolls over Zverev
As in the matches against Borna Coric or Adrian Mannarino, Zverev started the match weakly. He made a lot of mistakes while Carreno Busta was simply the more solid player. Zverev made up a break after 1: 5, but was one set behind after 41 minutes.
After that, however, Carreno Busta took the momentum with him, he quickly led 5-0 before Zverev at least managed two games. The Spaniard remained the better player and led 2-0.
Zverev is fighting back
Then, however, Zverev - without shining too much - became a little safer. From set three he served with better odds and produced fewer mistakes while his opponent slacked off a bit. He gave a break to 3: 1, but after the 4: 2 he safely served. In set four, a break to make it 4: 3 was decisive. Zverev, who served a total of 24 aces with eight double mistakes, was annoyed by a body hit, but equalized in sentences.
Carreno Busta had her groin treatment before starting fifth. Zverev managed a quick break to 1-0, which he managed to the end. He converted his second match point.
"Pablo is someone who plays rather flat, I had to get used to that," said Zverev at Eurosport . "I was impatient, but I started to play more aggressively at the right moments."
If he won on Sunday, Zverev would be the first German Grand Slam winner in men's singles since Boris Becker, who won the Australian Open in 1996.