The 2022 U.S. Open continues to be exciting.
In the men's singles arena, a focus duel for a place in the final kicked off.
The two sides of the competition are Rud, the 5th seed from Norway, and The 27th seed, Russia's Khacharov.
In the quarter-finals, both sides defeated strong opponents: Ruud eliminated Italian coach Berrettini in three straight sets, while Kacharov narrowly defeated Australian bad boy Kyrgios in five sets.
After reaching the semi-finals, both sides set their own personal best records at the US Open.
Before the start of this year's US Open, in addition to the final championship competition, a total of five players have the opportunity to win the world's first throne.
Nadal, who was originally the most likely, unexpectedly lost to host player Tiafo and left early, and atp will have a chance to produce a new king candidate.
As long as one of the 3rd seedEd Alcaraz, or the 5th seed Ruud, can reach the final, regardless of whether it wins or loses, it will successfully replace Medvedev as the 28th no.1 in men's singles.
The two players have very different styles of play.
Ludd, who has always been more adept at clay fighting, has made great progress this year, starting to break through in the hard court, reaching his first hard court masters final at the North American Sunshine Doubles, and now reaching at least the semi-finals of the US Open, comprehensively improving while constantly creating personal rankings.
The Norwegian brother has a solid basic skill, the forehand attack is his killer skill to destroy the city, and the ability to hold the fast foot and the bottom line is stable;
"Thor" Kacharov has the forehand power of the Thunder Hammer, and the serve is his second winning skill.
The two sides have only met once before, with Ruud winning.
The first set was served by Rudd.
In the opening stage, Rudder even broke to get the lead, but Kacharov quickly broke back in the third set to maintain the balance of the score;
In the seventh and eighth innings, the two exchanged serves again, and the first set of the match went into the seven sets.
Grab seven innings, feel like taking a lead after a mini break, and win a set 7:5 ahead;
In the second set, it was Cacha's turn to start first.
In the first serve, Kacha encountered trouble, and was given three consecutive break points by the opponent 40:0, but fortunately, Kacha resolved them one by one;
In the third and fifth sets, the brave Ruud broke consecutively, expanding the set to 5:1, and finally the set ended with a score of 6:2, with Norway leading in two sets;
In the first 11 innings of the third set, both of them tried to keep the serve set unconfused, and the score alternated all the way up, with Kacha starting to take a 6:5 lead;
In the 12th set, Ruud had to serve the ball, under pressure to send two break points, Kacha seized the opportunity to break and win a set with a 7:5 score;
In the fourth set, Ruud set off again.
The dominant Norwegian brother, who had the upper hand at the bottom line, broke the opponent's serve twice in the third and fifth sets, and soon occupied the commanding heights of the game with a score of 5:1.
There was no suspense in the result, and the winner of the eighth set, the No. 5 seed fell straight four points to win, thus winning the fourth set with a score of 6:2.
In the end, after four fierce sets, the No. 5 seed Rudder won the match by a score of 3:1.
With Rude successfully reaching the men's singles final, it means that atP will officially give birth to the 28th ball king, if Alcaraz in the lower half of the zone does not make it to the final, Rude will successfully reach the top, if the two will meet in the final, the final winner will be crowned with the crown.
In addition, Ruud has reached the Grand Slam finals twice this season, continuing to create Norwegian tennis history that he himself has maintained.
Congratulations again to Ruud for winning!