The shock of the quarter-finals of the Australian Open gave rise to an unexpected outcome. Alexander Zverev (ATP 6) created a surprise by beating Carlos Alcaraz (2) 6-1 6-3 6-7 6-4 in 3h05.
Zverev (ATP 6) resisted the late awakening of Carlos Alcaraz (ATP 2) in the quarter-final to reach the last four. The German player (26 years old) served to win the match in the third set after less than two hours of play, before Alcaraz restarted the game at the last minute, ultimately in vain. Zverev will play the seventh major semi-final of his career, his second in Melbourne. He has only reached one final so far, losing at the 2020 US Open.
In the cool of Rod Laver Arena, Zverev came close to knocking out Alcaraz in less than two hours, when he led 6-1 6-3 5-2. On the wire, the 20-year-old Spaniard created a wind of madness, with insane passing in the deciding game, to win the third round and get back into the game.
Zverez lets the storm pass
But Zverev did not lose control and was able to take control at the right moment, at the end of the fourth set, by breaking to lead 5-4. This time, no miracle for Alcaraz, who finally lost in just over three hours.
Earlier in the Australian fortnight, Zverev came out of it twice extremely narrowly, in the super tie-break of the fifth set (in the second round and in the round of 16).
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