Superb AUGER-aliassime ends Zverev’s offer for Major elusive

Felix Augers of Canada of Canada says that the quality he produced to stun the third German seed Alexander Zverev in the fourth round of the United States has not simply “fallen out of the sky”.

The bold attacker approach of Auger-Aliassime gave its fruits while reacted to win 4-6 7-6 (9-7) 6-4 6-4 in New York.

The 25 -year -old had not previously beaten one of the first five opponents in seven attempts in an important tournament.

But his game – a brightly expanding service, purple gr “and supreme athleticism – joined together to end Zverev’s last offer for an elusive title of the Grand Slam.

“In practice I felt like I was doing things really well. Mentally, [I’ve had] Clarity in my game and how I want to play, “said Auger-Aliassime.

“A performance like this does not fall from the sky.

“But you never know even when you play at that level on a given day.”

Many people in the game judge, the 28 -year -old Zverev as the best player of recent generations without an important title in his name.

Identified as a future star in his adolescence, when he followed his older brother Mischa in the ATP tour, he went close to reaching three main finals.

Despite his pedigree, he did not pass the particular line-in when he blew up a two set advantage in the 2020-E Us Open final still seems to have no confidence against the best at the end of the affairs of the Grand Slam tournaments.

In an attempt to solve the problem, Zverev recently asked for the help of Toni Nadal, who trained his nephew Rafael at 16 of his 22 Grand Slam titles.

A trip to the Academy of Nadal in Majorca followed the release of Zverev’s first round to Wimbledon, where he opened to receive psychological help to leave the hole “in which he was.

Subsequently, Nadal told the BBC Sport that she tried to instill the belief in Zverev that he can beat artists of the caliber of Carlos Alcaraz, Jannik Sinner and Novak Djokovic had faced them in New York.

Instead it was augu-aliassime-which ironically was trained by Nadal between 2021 and 2024-which prolonged the expectation of Zverev for the prize he wishes.

On Monday, the former Green-Breedy world number faces the 15th Russian seed Andrey Rublev in the fourth round on Monday.

In the meantime, the 23rd seed Alexander Burblik organized a meeting with the charging champion Jannik Sinner after taking advantage of Tommy Paul’s physical disorders.

The Bublik of Kazakhstan has eliminated the 14th Paul seed in an electrifying 7-6 (7-5) 6-7 (4-7) 6-3 6-7 (5-7) 6-1 Winning ended at 1: 15 local time.

Paul had spent almost three hours of more tournaments in court than Bublik, after crossing another thriller late at night against Portugal Nuno Borges two days before, and could not barely move during the final set.

“I would like to wish Ben [Shelton] And Tommy the best recovery because they are close friends and it was a shame to see them like this, “said Bublik, who won all his 55 service games during the tournament.

● Swiattek raised after refusing “panic”

While Zverev has become increasingly frustrated as he has not been able to solve the problems, the six -time major Iga Swiatek champion showed in his third round game what is needed to overcome adversity.

Swiatek, 24, passed 5-1 in the opening against Russian Anna Kalinskaya before re-establishing to win 7-6 (7-2) 6-4 in Saturday night session at the Stadium Arthur Ashe.

“Sometimes it is not easy to find the solutions and the exact thing that will help you,” said Swiatek, who plays the 13th seed of Ekaterina Alexandrova Russia.

“You must have your mind open enough to think about what you can do.

“Today was a good day in terms of this, because at 5-1 it is easy to panic and I didn’t do it.”

Swiatek is trying to become the first woman from Serena Williams in 2012 to win Wimbledon and the US Open in the same season

Trusting his natural ability and the work he is carrying out with the coach Wim Fissette to improve further, he was also the key to Swiatek shooting his season.

After a collapse of its high standards at the beginning of the year, the former longtime world number one started the last largest of the season while most people choose the trophy.

The recently crowned Wimbledon champion, who won the US Open in 2022, underlined his credentials on the American hard courts with the victory at the Open of Cincinnati.

Swiatek was far from the best against the 29th Kalinskaya seed, with a particularly harmful low service percentage, and his relief was demonstrated by an animated celebration.

“I am happy to be back, I continued to be positive and understood,” added Swiatek.

In the other night of the night session, the Brazilian Beatriz Haddad Maia did a light job of Greece Maria Sakkari after the couple climbed to court at 11.15 pm local time.

Haddad Maia, sown 18th, moved quickly to conclude a 6-1 6-2 victory, booking a game of the last 16 with the second classified by Wimbledon Amanda Anisimova.

[BBC]

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