Canadian auger – Alias horse racing shocks Zverev to the fourth round of the U.S. Open
New York-Montreal’s Felix Auger-Aliassime promises that he’s “get closer” in his recent disappointing performance.
He shaky at the Louis Armstrong Stadium after shooting down World No. 3-ranked Germany Alexander Zverev on Saturday in the third round of the U.S. Open, indicating that he wasn’t going anywhere but at the Big Apple Grand Slam.
The 25-year-old Canadian smiling Canadian said moment after the milestone victory: “It feels good.
“I tried hard to get here, but the work has not been completed. However, it felt great.”
Auger-Aliassime beat Zverev 4-6, 7-6 (7), 6-4, 6-4, and went to the fourth round and Monday date with Russia’s Andrey Rublev in 49 minutes in three hours.
Compared to ZVEREV’s 29, Aliassime of the Russian Diamond dominated the winners. Canadians have errors (35-31) and double faults (8-5) (8-5), and ACES are even less (12-10).
But the trend in the game changed in the third set and by the time it reached the fourth set, Zverev seemed to have run out of ways to solve his 25 seed competitors.
Aliassime won 78% of his first and second goals. He won three of six breakthrough points and returned to the game 14%.
Earlier Saturday, Canada’s Denis Shapovalov ousted Italy’s Jannik Sinner from the U.S. Open after a third round loss of 5-7, 6-4, 6-3, 6-3.
Richmond Hill, Ontario, led 5-2 until Sinner rushed to the round 5-5 until Shapovalov, 27th seed, held its opening.
In the second set, Shapovalov won four of the next five games at Sina, and even one set won a 3-2 advantage in a group.
Shapovalov once again jumped to an early lead with a 3-0 run in the third set. But Sina went on to win the next six games, leaving the Canadians right behind.
In the fourth and final game, Sina grabbed some early momentum and led 4-1 to finish the game.
Shapovalov had 15 aces to 9 double failures and converted three of his six breakpoint opportunities. However, he encountered Sina’s 36 unmandatory errors.
Meanwhile, the sinner had only 2 ACEs and 5 double failures in 6 of the 13 chances.
In women’s doubles action, Leylah Fernandez of Laval, Quebec, entered the third round with American tennis legend Venus Williams, beat Japan’s Eri Hozumi and Norway’s Ulrikke Eikeri 7-6 (1), 6-1.
Fernandez and Williams broke four times in their seven chances, winning 79% of their first-place score and winning 29 winners to their opponent’s 19.
Next, the duo will face the winners between Katie Boulter of England and Sonay Kartal and Shuai Zhang and Ekaterina Alexandrova of Russia.
