Serbian star Zu Gaoyu faces tough challenge in French Open men’s singles semi-finals against rising star Alcaras

The Serbian superstar, 36-year-old Zu Gaoyu, who is striving to win the Grand Slam for the 23rd time in history, will encounter strong resistance in the men’s singles semi-finals of the French Open.

Zu Gaoyu (Djokovic), in the last 8 of the French Open men’s singles on Tuesday, had no chance, lost two sets at the first opportunity, and finally won 4-6, 7-6 (7-0), 6-2 and 6 With 4 to 4, he defeated the 11th seed, Russia’s Khachanov (Khachanov), and still has a chance to become the first male player to win at least 3 championships in major championships. He said after 3 hours and 43 minutes of fierce fighting: “I played a perfect tiebreaker (2nd set), and then played some games of a higher level than the opening. This is the final 8 of the Grand Slam that I expected to face, and the victory came. It wasn’t easy and I’m glad I got over it today.”

Zu Gaoyu, ranked third in the world, is expected to be more difficult to deal with in the next lap on Friday, because it is the 2022 US Open leader and Spanish 20-year-old rising star Alcaraz. The latter easily defeated No. 5 seed Tsitsipas of Greece in straight sets on the same night, reaching the top four of the men’s singles at the French Open for the first time. After the 14th league leader Nadal was unable to attend this clay court event due to injury, Zu Gaoyu and Icaras, the “old and young fighters”, were already regarded as the hottest contenders before this tournament; The matches met, but their only meeting was in the clay court semi-finals in Madrid last year, when Alcarras won 2-1 in sets.

Alcaras: To be the best is to beat the best

After accumulating 5 matches and winning the 2021 French Open runner-up Sispers, Icaras said: “Everyone wants to watch this (final 4 match), and I really want to play the game. I often say that I want to be the best , to defeat the best, Zu Gaoyu is one of the best in the world; this will be an extremely difficult battle for me, but I am eagerly looking forward to it.” The brave “World No. 1 Brother” Alcaras, A total of 35 wins and 3 losses have been recorded this year, including 25 wins and 2 losses on clay courts.

Originally published on AM730