2026 US Open Men's SF: Zverev vs. Khachanov

[britbox]

Who wins?

 

[britbox]

Sascha leads the H2H 6-3

 

[Kieran]

Hard to bet against Zverev. He’s easing into the role of dominance, especially when he hasn’t got The Two to batter him. I’d say he takes this one in straights…

 

[El Dude]

We're facing the real possibility of a year in which Sascha Zverev wins two Slams without having to beat Sincaraz, finishes YE#1, while going 0-5 vs Sinner, 0-1 vs Alcaraz.

I really hope the YE1 comes down to the Tour Finals and Zverev has to win his way to the crown.

 

[El Dude]

We're facing the real possibility of a year in which Sascha Zverev wins two Slams without having to beat Sincaraz, finishes YE#1, while going 0-5 vs Sinner, 0-1 vs Alcaraz.

I really hope the YE1 comes down to the Tour Finals and Zverev has to win his way to the crown.

 

[El Dude]

And just to clarify: If Zverev's reaches the final (as it looks like he will), he'll be tied with Sinner for #1 in the Race Rankings. If he wins the title, he'll be up by +700 points with no certainty as to when Jannik will be back.

 

[kskate2]

And true to form, Zed sends Bashy packing in straights. It never crosses KK mind to come to net and end some of these points. He is absolutely allergic to the net unless he's shaking hands. That's a tough way to earn a living. Point after point back there hitting 10+ shots for every rally.

 

[DarthFed]

And true to form, Zed sends Bashy packing in straights. It never crosses KK mind to come to net and end some of these points. He is absolutely allergic to the net unless he's shaking hands. That's a tough way to earn a living. Point after point back there hitting 10+ shots for every rally.

The man named Karen just loves to disappoint. Kind of ironic he’s such a ballbasher.

 

[Vince Evert]

let's look at the stats now, courtesy of flashscore.

The man named Karen came to the net
14 times winning 13 points there, 93%
For Zverev it is 81% (21/26).

Alexander Zverev - Karen Khachanov 3-0

ATP - SINGLES: US Open (USA), hard - Semi-finals

www.flashscore.com

 

[don_fabio]

Zverev FH is terrible this USO. He showed some imrovement around RG and Wimbledon, but now is back to just putting the ball in play on that side. Against Botox he was not able to make a FH winner until mid 3rd set.

KK had no business losing any of those TBs yesterday, but that's on him, uninspired and ball bashing when it matters. Ben has a legit chance against Zverev in the final even with 0:5 h2h.