Daniel Altmaier, Alexander Zverev and Laura Siegemund today appear at the US Open in the 3rd round. All three have a good chance of reaching the next round.
When it comes to Daniel Altmaier, then it is far from over. “My dream is Grand SlamTo win tournaments. I have to keep the peace and bring for two weeks of top performance “said the 26-year-old at the US Open. The Kempeners’ self -confidence was always pronounced, now Altmaier is following off.
Heavy work for Altmaier
For the first time he has the 3rd round in new York Achieved and has completed five-set matches against the Serbs Hamad Medjedovic and the Greeks Stefanos Tsitsipas, who asked him to physically and mentally demand everything.
Enormous nine hours and twelve minutes Altmaier was already on the Courtas long as no other player. “There were two hard matches that have a lot of experience. That is the most important thing”said number 56 in the world.
De Minaur is the name of the next hurdle
On Saturday afternoon it works in Big Apple (not before 10 p.m. CEST) continued in 17th place for Altmaier. The opponent is the Alex de Minaur at number eight. The strong and extremely nimble Australian is a counter player who can drive his opponents to the brink of madness with his strong physique and his tireless efforts.
Another big task for Altmeier, who used the day break to regenerate in the best possible way. In the only previous meeting, De Minaur prevailed on an indoor hard court in Rotterdam this year significantly 6: 1, 6: 4. However, the form of Altmaier was rarely as good as at the moment.
Siegemund trusts her finesse against Alexandrowa
Laura Siegemund will only play the fourth match of the day in 5th place (the first game begins from 11 a.m. local time, 5 p.m. CEST). The opponent is the Ekaterina Alexandrowa from Russia set to 13. And regardless of the outcome: it is the year of Laura Siegemund.
Laura Siegemund in the 1st round of the US Open
For the first time in nine years, the 37-year-old has reached the third round of the US Open. At the beginning of the year she already had this with the Australian Open done. In Wimbledon She even stood in the quarter -finals and narrowly lost the world ranking aryna Sabalenka. This means that Siegemund is sure to be 41 in the world rankings – as high as it has not been since 2016.
Another highlight
And the upcoming encounter against Alexandrowa is another Highlight In her career that has been 23 years old so far. “It has increased enormously in the past one or two years without changing her game. So: very aggressive, but with much less mistakes. The question is: How can you deal with it if the each ball pretends with eight million km/h in front of the line?”says Siegemund about her opponent.
The solution: “I have to be variable and get them out of the concept.” Just as they are so many opponents this year, especially with cunning and trunk, with a lot Slicehigh balls and very little brutal violence.
Zverev works on his dream
It is difficult to say whether the back will continue to pinch. However, Alexander Zverev works in the days of Flushing MeadowsAs if his ailments were handled. The pain does not seem to impair him further. So far, the 28-year-old has done everything without major problems and quite easily. Zverev is still without loss of sets.
With Felix Auger-Al. Shooting star Started and has fallen back in the world rankings for some time.
Zverev: “Bring partying”
Zverev has a positive balance against the 25 -year -old Canadian. In eight games, Zverev left the pitch six times. “I have played against him often enough, often trained with him to know how to play against him. There are no great secrets”according to the Germans in this tournament in position.
Zverev is still running his dream of winning one Grand Slam-Tournament afterwards. However, a triumph of Zverev has not exactly become more likely whether the recent dominance of Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner.
But the native of Hamburg does not give up his dream. “I’m here to get the party going”he said after his recent victory against the British Jacob Fearnley. To do this, Zverev absolutely needs a victory against Auger-Al.