{"id":400287,"date":"2024-06-05T22:00:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-05T22:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=400287"},"modified":"2024-06-05T23:04:53","modified_gmt":"2024-06-05T23:04:53","slug":"brave-demon-bundled-out-by-clinical-world-no-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=400287","title":{"rendered":"Brave Demon bundled out by clinical world No.4"},"content":{"rendered":"

A\ufeffustralian tennis<\/a> star Alex de Minaur<\/a> has been bundled out of Roland-Garros<\/a> by world No.4 Alexander Zverev<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Zverev won their quarter-final in straight sets on Thursday morning (AEST).<\/p>\n

Each player broke early in the first set but Zverev won it 6-4, then de Minaur had a key chance to win the second but went down in a tiebreak.<\/p>\n

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De Minaur looked the better player for much of the second set and shot out to a 4-0 lead in the tiebreak after securing a couple of mini-breaks.<\/p>\n

But the German fought back to take it 7-5 and maintain the acendency.\ufeff<\/p>\n

\"Alex<\/p>\n

Zverev then won the third set 6-4 to progress to a semi-final against Casper Ruud.<\/p>\n

The German didn't have it easily, though.<\/p>\n

He had the chance to serve it out at 5-2 until the Aussie staged a fightback.<\/p>\n

But ultimately Zverev proved clinical in securing the victory to progress to the final four.\ufeff<\/p>\n

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\ufeffRuud secured a walkover to the semis after Novak Djokovic withdrew from the tournament due to a knee injury.<\/p>\n

The winner of that match will take on either Carlos Alcaraz or Jannik Sinner in Monday's final.\ufeff<\/p>\n

\"Crowd<\/p>\n

Zverev extended his current winning streak to 11 matches, including a title on clay at the Italian Open last month.<\/p>\n

The fourth-seeded Zverev is competing in Paris as a court proceeding continues in his home country of Germany, connected to accusations of physical abuse by a former girlfriend of his.<\/p>\n

Zverev, who is 0-3 in French Open semi-finals so far, is trying to win his first grand slam title.<\/p>\n

So is No.7 Ruud, who lost in the finals at Roland-Garros in 2022 (to Rafael Nadal) and 2023 (to Djokovic) and at the US Open in 2022 (to Alcaraz).<\/p>\n

Zverev lost to Dominic Thiem in the final of the 2020 US Open and won a gold medal in singles at the Tokyo Olympics three years ago.<\/p>\n

After eliminating 14-time champion Nadal in the first round, Zverev was coming off a pair of five-setters in the third and fourth rounds.<\/p>\n

\"De<\/p>\n

This victory was far less complicated, although it could have been far more difficult than it was: de Minaur was one point from tying things at a set apiece while Zverev served down 6-5 in the second.<\/p>\n

But the German fought that off.\ufeff<\/p>\n

The third set appeared to shift Zverev's way for good when de Minaur double-faulted to get broken and fall behind 4-2.<\/p>\n

When Zverev served for the victory at 5-3, however, de Minaur used a delicate drop volley to break and extend the match.<\/p>\n

It wouldn't last much longer, because Zverev broke right back to end it.<\/p>\n

All in all, it was not a particularly clean match. They combined for more than twice as many unforced errors (101) as winners (48).<\/p>\n

De Minaur was the first Australian man to reach the quarter-finals in France since Lleyton Hewitt 20 years earlier.\ufeff<\/p>\n

– with AP\ufeff<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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