The reason Ben Shelton could break the men’s semifinal program this Friday at the US Open. A 20-year-old American, he is the new sensation of USA tennis, the youngest player from this country to reach the penultimate round of his Grand Slam since Michael Chang in the 1992 edition.
This ‘gunner’ from Atlanta has generated a lot of expectations, exploding with his game and talking to the stands, with whom he can easily connect. More than home.
The organization of the tournament, owned by the USTA (United States Tennis Association), has to decide which of the two matches will complete the program of the day in the afternoon session, which is mostly quoted on national television.
Logic left no room for doubt: if the Serbian Novak Djokovic and Ben Shelton They have been preparing for two days, since they settled for the quarterfinals on Tuesday, they said they will open on Friday.
Daniil Medvedev and Carlos Alcarazwhich ended on Wednesday night, intended to close it according to an equal share of each other’s efforts.
Finally, the US Open announced that this would be the order. No earlier than 3:00 pm New York time, 9 pm central European time, they will jump into Arthur Ashe Stadium Ben Shelton and Novak Djokovican unprecedented match on the circuit.
Not before 7 pm local time, one in the morning Spanish from Friday to Saturday, it’s the turn of Daniel Medvedev and the champion and number 1, Carlos Alcaraz, in his fourth duel, third on this course. Balance in favor of Espanyol 1-2, 0-2 this season. In the semis of Wimbledon triple 6-3. If your match is extended, you will have less recovery time for the final than your opponent.
It’s even worse when the US Open semi-finals are both played on Saturday, leaving the winner of the final match at the mercy of another finalist the following day.
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FRIDAY’S ORDER OF PLAY
ARTHUR ASHE STADIUM
6:00 pm (men’s doubles finals)
Bopanna/Ebden (Ind/Aus)-Ram/Salisbury (USA/GBR)
not before 9:00 pm
Ben Shelton (USA)-Novak Djokovic (Srb/2)
not before 1:00 am Spanish morning on Saturday
Carlos Alcaraz (Esp/1)-Daniil Medvedev (Rus/3)
Source: La Verdad
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