{"id":64677,"date":"2020-09-11T09:38:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-11T06:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/us-open-mens-semifinalists-battling-for-first-grand-slam-title\/"},"modified":"2020-09-11T09:38:00","modified_gmt":"2020-09-11T06:38:00","slug":"us-open-mens-semifinalists-battling-for-first-grand-slam-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/us-open-mens-semifinalists-battling-for-first-grand-slam-title\/","title":{"rendered":"#US Open men\u2019s semifinalists battling for first Grand Slam title"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#US Open men\u2019s semifinalists battling for first Grand Slam title<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

\n Disqualified from the U.S. Open, Novak Djokovic has flown back to Europe to get ready for next week\u2019s Italian Open in Rome before attempting to dethrone Rafael Nadal as champion of the French Open, which is scheduled to start Sept. 21.<\/p>\n

Roger Federer decided to rest his surgically repaired knee during the 2020 pandemic. But Friday\u2019s U.S. Open\u2019s men\u2019s final four must go on despite a less-glamorous field of Dominic Thiem, Daniil Medvedev, Pablo Carreno Busta and Alexander Zverev.<\/p>\n

Pray for ESPN and its ratings, but the tennis tenacity will rage \u2014 even without fans \u2014 as the four men left standing each vies for his first Grand Slam title. <\/p>\n

\u201cThere is no Roger, Rafa, Novak, but there is Daniil, Sascha [Zverev] and Pablo now,\u201d said Thiem, making his Open semifinals debut as the first Austrian to ever advance that far. \u201cThere are three other amazing players. Every single one of us deserves this first major title. Everybody will give it all. Once we step on the court, those other three are forgotten anyway.\u201d<\/p>\n

History will never forget Djokovic\u2019s stunning boot after flicking a tennis ball that accidentally hit a female line judge, ending his unbeaten mark of 26-0 in 2020. But the Covid Open champion was always going to have an asterisk attached.<\/p>\n

In fairness, Medvedev, 24, was expected to be on this stage after a breakout 2019 summer climaxed by an epic five-set loss to Nadal in the Open final.<\/p>\n

In a time when fans still attended the Open, Medvedev was booed most of the tournament after an incident in which he angrily grabbed a towel from a ballboy. He subsequently egged on the crowd to jeer him.<\/p>\n

The Medvedev-Thiem semifinal \u2014 No. 2-seed vs. No. 3-seed \u2014 is the headliner. The lanky, 6-foot-6 Russian has lost just three service game<\/a>s (65 of 68) all tournament and hasn\u2019t dropped a set.<\/p>\n

In fact, Medvedev hasn\u2019t even been down a break in a set. Not an ace machine, he relies on terrific placement and moves around the court as good as anyone and owns deceptive firepower.<\/p>\n

In contrast, Thiem\u2019s forehand is considered as rock solid as there is on tour. It\u2019s surprising Thiem hasn\u2019t won a Grand Slam yet at age 27, as Nadal and Djokovic have owned him. <\/p>\n

\u201c[Medvedev] comes very close to the big-three players in that he can play his top level, for doesn\u2019t matter how long \u2014 four, five, six hours,\u201d said Thiem, who holds a 2-1 edge in career matches, but lost their last outing, in Montreal last year. \u201cThat\u2019s going to be really, really difficult. It\u2019s going to be a big stage, even if it\u2019s without fans. It\u2019s going to be a great semifinals.\u201d<\/p>\n

In truth, Medvedev expected to gain at least the semifinals. He wasn\u2019t on Djokovic\u2019s half of the draw.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn order to meet him, I would need to be in the final,\u2019\u2019 the Russian said. \u201cMaybe I\u2019m going to say to myself, \u2018Yeah, this is an opportunity here, maybe bigger than if I would face [Djokovic earlier].\u2019 \u201d<\/p>\n

Medvedev had shoulder cramps in his quarterfinal straight-setter over Andrey Rublev and needed a trainer\u2019s attention, but he claimed to be sound. A limber shoulder is the No. 1 key to serving big.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe best way is to hit an ace, but you will not do it all the time,\u2019\u2019 Medvedev said. \u201cIf you don\u2019t make an ace, you want to give yourself position to be in hold of the point. That\u2019s what serve [is there] for.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

In the other semifinal, Carreno Busta will be the underdog against the smoke-serving German fifth seed, Zverev. <\/p>\n

Give the Spaniard credit for testing Djokovic in their fourth-round match, taking a 6-5 first-set lead. But it\u2019s hard to imagine the Serbian wasn\u2019t going to eventually send the 20th-seeded Carreno Busta packing.<\/p>\n

Instead, Djokovic packed up and is across the pond as Flushing\u2019s Final Four goes on without the No. 1 seed. <\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a tough moment for Novak, for me, for tennis, for everybody, no?\u2019\u2019 said Carreno Busta, who made the 2017 Open semis. \u201c[But] I think the rule is the rule.\u201d\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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