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Zverev fights his way into the quarterfinals at the US Open
After a long struggle, Alexander Zverev reached the quarterfinals at the US Open. photo
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Tennis Olympian Alexander Zverev has to fight in New York until the early hours of the morning to progress. The quarterfinals are disturbed by a spectator.
The Olympic champion prevailed after 4:41 hours 6:4, 3:6, 6:2, 4:6, 6:3 against the slightly favored Italian Jannik Sinner. Zverev now meets defending champion Carlos Alcaraz from Spain.
The 26-year-old from Hamburg and his opponent, who was four years younger, were plagued by physical problems during the gripping match, starting with 27 degrees and high humidity. In the middle of the fourth sentence, Zverev reported to the referee that a spectator had said the “most famous Hitler sentence”. The man was then escorted from the stands by security forces.
For Zverev it is the tenth quarterfinal participation in a Grand Slam tournament, so he drew level with Michael Stich. Only Boris Becker (23) managed to do this more often in the professional era for men as a German tennis player.