World No. 2 Alexander Zverev beat the American Tommy Paul (11th) this Tuesday in four sets to reach the semi-finals of the Australian Open, where he will face the winner of the clash between Novak Djokovic (7th) and Carlos Alcaraz (3rd), scheduled for the evening.
The German won 7-6 (1), 7-6 (0), 2-6, 6-1 against Paulhis first victory in three confrontations against the American. Zverev had to work against Paulwho led 6-5, service to follow in the first set and 5-2 in the second, before the Hamburger managed to turn the tide to win the two opening sets.
In the last four he will face the ten-time winner of theAustralian Open Novak Djokovic or Spanish Carlos Alcarazwho at 21 can become the youngest winner of the four Grand Slam tournaments if he wins the title. Their quarter-final is scheduled for this Tuesday evening in Melbourne.
At 27, the Olympic champion Tokyo Games in 2021 qualified for the third semi-final of his career at theAustralian Openafter that of 2020 lost against Dominic Thiem (now retired) and that of 2024 where he was beaten by Daniil Medvedev (5ᵉ).
-With now 30 matches won Melbourne since the beginning of his career, Zverev on Tuesday became the German player to have won the most singles in history at theAustralian Openin front Boris Becker (29).
But unlike the former world No. 1, winner of six Grand Slam tournaments including two Australian Open (1991, 1996), Zverev is still looking for his first major title.
