{"id":31365,"date":"2020-09-10T14:35:06","date_gmt":"2020-09-10T09:05:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kyrosports.com\/?p=31365"},"modified":"2020-09-10T14:35:06","modified_gmt":"2020-09-10T09:05:06","slug":"osaka-zverev-make-the-last-four-with-contrasting-wins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kyrosports.com\/osaka-zverev-make-the-last-four-with-contrasting-wins\/","title":{"rendered":"Osaka, Zverev make the last four with contrasting wins"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Day 9 at the Flushing Meadows saw men’s World No.7 Alexander Zverev and 2018 US Open champion Naomi Osaka move to the semi-finals of the year’s last major.<\/p>\n\n\n

The German, who is seen among the top title contenders in the men’s draw, came through a tough four-setter against World No.32 Croat Borna Coric. The Croat got off to a roaring start at the Arthur Ashe stadium, claiming two service breaks and winning the opening set 6-1. <\/p>\n\n\n

However, just when it looked like the German may be headed for the exit door, he produced a stunning comeback, taking the next three sets 7-6, 7-6, 6-3.<\/p>\n\n\n

Wary not to look too far ahead, Zverev said, “We are going to have a new Grand Slam champion. This is the one thing that we know for sure. We don’t know who it is but there are a lot of guys who want it. There are a lot of guys who are hungry for it.”<\/p>\n\n\n

In another last-8 encounter at the famed arena, the Japanese two-time Grand Slam champion came through in straight sets against 93rd-ranked American Shelby Rogers. Rogers was simply no match for her superior opponent as the latter waltzed into the semi-final with a facile 6-3, 6-4 win to book passage to the semi-final.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Reflecting on how far she has come to be among the contemporary stars in the game, Osaka said, “I don’t think a person can ever be truly comfortable. But I’m aware that I worked very hard to be in this position.”<\/p>\n\n\n

In another keenly watched last-8 battle at the Arthur Ashe, 27th-ranked Spaniard Pablo Carreno Busta came through a tough five-setter against World No.17 Canadian Denis Shapovalov. The Spaniard, who was leading World No.1 Novak Djokovic when the latter was disqualified from the tournament for accidentally hitting a lineswoman with a tennis ball in a moment of fury, took the opening set rather comfortably before dropping the next two. However, just when it seemed that his opponent had the momentum going his way, Busta staged a spirited fightback, taking the next two sets and booking himself a place in the last four. <\/p>\n\n\n

In more quarter-final action, 41st-ranked American Jennifer Brady moved to the last-4 stage with a commanding 6-3, 6-2 win over 35th-ranked Yulia Putintseva of Kazakhstan.<\/p>\n\n\n

In men’s doubles semi-final action at the Arthur Ashe, Brit-American doubles pair of Joe Salisbury and Rajeev Ram lost to Dutch Wesley Koolhof and his Croat partner Nicola Metkic 7-6, 6-4.<\/p>\n\n\n

Wesley and Metkic drew Brazilian Bruno Soares and Croat Mate Pavic in the final. The Brazilian-Croat duo came through in straight sets against Jean-Julien Roger of the Netherlands and Horia Tecau of Romania.<\/p>\n\n\n

In women’s doubles action, Russian pair of Anna Blinkova and Veronica Kudermetova lost to German Laura Siegemund and Russain Vera Zvonareva 7-5, 3-6, 5-7.<\/p>\n\n\n

Day 10 will see Slam queen Serena Williams taking on Tsvetana Prironkova of Bulgaria for a place in the final. In an all-Russian men’s semi-final at Arthur Ashe, Daniil Medvedev will battle Andrey Ruvlev. <\/p>\n\n\n

In another women’s last-8 encounter, Belarussian Victoria Azarenka will take on Belgian Elise Mertens.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Day 9 at the Flushing Meadows saw men’s World No.7 Alexander Zverev and 2018 US Open champion Naomi Osaka move to the semi-finals of the year’s last major. The German, who is seen among the top title contenders in the men’s draw, came through a tough four-setter against World No.32 Croat Borna Coric. The Croat […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":31369,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4518],"tags":[6088,5256,6060],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kyrosports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31365"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kyrosports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kyrosports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyrosports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/57"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyrosports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31365"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kyrosports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31365\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyrosports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31369"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kyrosports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31365"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyrosports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31365"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyrosports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31365"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}