The Chinese Zhenzhen Zhang won the duel against the American Christopher Eubanks and reached the semifinals of Halle tournament where he will face the world number one, the Italian Jannik Sinner qwho earlier defeated the German Jan Lennard Struff.
Zhang, 42 in the ATP rankings, won 6-4, 4-6 and 7-5 after one hour and 53 minutes. The American, who signed eighteen straight serves, had the win in hand with 5-3 and was serving in the final set. The Chinese tennis player, however, won four games in a row and took the win.
They were the first semifinals of the course for Zhang who had never faced Sinner. The Italian, as in previous rounds, against the Dutch Tallon Griekspoor and the Hungarian Fabian Marozsan, He needed three sets and his best tennis to win the duel against the German Jan Lennard Struff (6-2, 6-7(1) and 7-6(3) and reach the semifinals.
The tennis player Saint Candide, which debuted its number one status at this event, never achieved profitable results on this surface. Without a title or final on grass, Sinner managed to put himself in the top four after beating the German giant for the third time, all in 2024.
For the first time in his career, Sinner seeks the title in Halle. I have never come this far. And he almost lost against Struff, who pushed the Australian Open champion to the limit, because he could not break the German’s serve, who signed eighteen straight serves, neither in the second nor in the third set.
On the other side of the table, the bidding is between German Alexander Zverev second favorite, and the Polish Hubert Hurkacz. Zverev needs a comeback to advance in his duel against the Frenchman Arthur Fils (6-7(5), 6-3 and 6-4). The runner-up at Roland Garros a few weeks ago and two-time finalist in Halle, is seeking the first grass title of his career. The 27-year-old German is already in the semifinals, needing two hours and twenty-six minutes to end Fils’ push, which he won for the second time in as many matches after the Hamburg event, on dirt, in 2023.
The German will face Hurkacz in search of his third final in Halle. The Pole, ranked ninth in the world, defeated the American Marcos Giron by 7-6(5) and 6-4, after one hour and 37 minutes. This is the second time Hurkacz has beaten the North American, both on grass. One is at Wimbledon in 2021.
With eight titles in his career, including one in Halle in 2022, none this year, he will face his third semifinal of the season after scoring a match with 42 winners, eleven from direct aces.
Zverev He always beat Hurkacz. They have played three times and all on the German side. No one is in the grass
Source: La Verdad
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