The quarter -final matches of the fourth and final Grand Slam US Open of the year witnessed a big upset and spectacular victory on Wednesday. Italian top seed and defending champion Janik Sinner defeated compatriot larynzo Moussethi in straight sets to advance to the semi-finals, while Canada’s Felix Agar-Aliasim defeated Australia’s Alex Di Minor and made a big upset.
New York, AP: The quarter -final matches of the fourth and final Grand Slam US Open of the year witnessed a big upset and spectacular victory on Wednesday. Italian top seed and defending champion Janik Sinner defeated compatriot larynzo Moussethi in straight sets to advance to the semi-finals, while Canada’s Felix Agar-Aliasim defeated Australia’s Alex Di Minor and made a big upset.
Aliiasim won the marathon match for more than four hours and entered the last four of a Grand Slam for the first time after 2021. Similarly, in women, the second seed Ega Swaytek became a victim of reversal, while Naomi Osaka of Japan made it to the last four with a stunning victory.
Sinner dominance
The Italian sinner defeated Mousseti 6–1, 6-4, 6-2. This was the first quarter-final in the men’s Grand Slam history, where two Italian players were face to face, but the match remained one-sided. Sinner made a brilliant start to win the first set in just 27 minutes. In the entire match, he saved all the seven brake points and won the 31st service game.
His success rate on his first service was 91 percent. This is the sensor’s 26th consecutive win at Hardcort Grand Slam. With this victory, Sinner has reached the fifth consecutive Grand Slam semi -finals. Now he will face Aliasim on Friday and if he beats the Canadian player, he will become the first player to reach the final of the Grand Slam in 2025.
Amazing of Aliasim
Earlier, 25th seed Agar-Aliyasim defeated the eighth seed Di Minor 4-6, 7-6 (7), 7-6, 7-6 (4). The match lasted for four hours 10 minutes. This is the Canadian player’s second Grand Slam semi -final. Earlier, he reached the last four of the US Open in 2021.
This time he has also defeated third seed Alexander Zverev and 15th seed Andre Rublev. In the match, Agar-Aliasim put 22S and put a total of 51 winners, while Di Minor was able to remove only 29 winners. Di Minor has played six times in the Grand Slam quarterfinals, but never won.
Anisimova took revenge for the defeat in Wimbledon, Amanda Anisimova of America defeated world number two and former champion Iga Swiatek 6-4, 6-3, 6-4, 6-3. This victory is also special because Anisimova lost to these Swiatek by a shameful margin of 6-0, 6-0 in the Wimbledon final two months ago.
This third Grand Slam of 24 -year -old Anisimova is the first in the semi -finals and the flushingg meadows. After the victory, an emotional Anisimova said, it is very special for me to return like this after Wimbledon. I worked hard and got to see its result today. Playing here is really special and this is the most spectacular phase of my life.
In this match played at Arthur Ash Stadium, Anisimova showed strong strokes and confident tennis. At the beginning of the first set, Anisimova’s service broke and it seemed that the story like Wimbledon would be repeated. But he immediately returned and then dominated the match. Anisimova put a total of 23 winners while Swiatek’s names were just 13.
He also performed only 12 unforeseen errors. Anisimova lagged behind 0–2 in the second set as well, but she made a brilliant comeback. Swiatek was constantly disappointed and lagged behind 3-5 by double fault. Anisimova redeemed the opportunity and confirmed the victory by holding a service. In the semi-finals, Anisimova will face four-time Grand Slam winner Naomi Osaka, who defeated Carolina Muchova by 6-4, 7-6 (3) in the quarterfinal.
Male singles semi -finals
- First: Djokovic vs. Alakraj
- Second: Sinner vs Aliasim
Women’s singles semi -finals
- First: Sabalanka vs Pegula
- Second: Osaka vs Anisimova
