Rafael Nadal Txoj Kev Mus Rau 23rd Lub Npe Loj Ntawm US Qhib tuaj yeem suav nrog Alcaraz Thiab Medvedev

Rafael Nadal txoj kev mus rau 23rd Grand Slam lub npe yuav tsis suav nrog Novak Djokovic tab sis tuaj yeem ua rau cov hluas nyiam Carlos Alcaraz thiab tiv thaiv US Open champion Daniil Medvedev.

Nrog Djokovic officially tawm ntawm qhov kev sib tw vim tsis tau txhaj tshuaj, Nadal yuav tsis tas yuav ntsib nws qhov kev sib tw hauv New York. Tseem, No. 2 noob tuaj yeem ntsib No. 3 Alcaraz nyob rau hauv semifinals thiab No. Nadal yeej Medvedev nyob rau hauv lub epic tsib-set kawg nyob rau hauv 1.

Nadal yog tus thawj coj ntawm tus txiv neej txhua lub sijhawm nrog 22 lub npe tseem ceeb, ib qho ntau dua Djokovic (21) thiab ob ntau dua Roger Federer (20), uas tsis ua si Qhib tab sis xav tias yuav rov qab los ntawm Laver Cup tom ntej.

Plaub qhov kev nyiam tshaj plaws los yeej lub npe ntawm Caesars William Hill yog Medvedev (2/1), Nadal (7/2), Alcaraz (9/2) thiab Wimbledon runner-up Nick Kyrgios (6/1).

Nadal, 36, qhib tawm tsam Australian Rinky Hijikata.

"Rafa yog ib qho ntawm cov nyiam tshaj plaws," plaub zaug US Open champion John McEnroe tau hais ua ntej kos. “Tsis muaj lus nug txog nws….Rafa muaj lub caij nyoog zoo li leej twg los yeej qhov no. Yog tias tsis muaj sijhawm ntau, pom tseeb. "

Nadal yeej thawj ob ceg ntawm Grand Slam xyoo no ntawm Australian thiab French Opens ua ntej thim tawm ua ntej nws Wimbledon semifinal nrog Nick Kyrgios vim mob plab.

Nws rov qab los ua ntej lub hlis no hauv Cincinnati, poob rau qhov kawg tau yeej Borna Coric hauv peb pawg.

McEnroe yog cov uas xav tias Nadal, uas tab tom yuav los ua txiv thawj zaug, yuav so haujlwm nyob rau yav tom ntej.

McEnroe tau hais tias "Tsis muaj laj thawj xav tias yog Rafa txuas ntxiv nyiam ua si uas nws tsis tuaj yeem tsim khoom ntawm qib siab zoo nkauj," McEnroe tau hais. "Kuv tsuas yog xav rau nws, txij li nws yeej ntau heev, yog tias nws yuav ua ntxiv yog tias nws poob tag nrho. Nws yuav tsum xav tias nws muaj yeej los yog ze rau yeej. Yog li ntawd, kuv xav tias nws yuav zoo sai sai no. Txawm hais tias yuav tsis tuav kuv rau qhov ntawd. "

Medvedev, leej twg yeej Djokovic nyob rau hauv xyoo tas los qhov kawg kom ua rau cov Serb txoj kev twv rau lub Grand Slam daim ntawv qhia hnub, yog thawj tsis-Big 4 tus tswv cuab yuav tau noob No. 1 ntawm Grand Slam hauv 19 xyoo thiab yuav ntsib American Stefan Kozlov hauv nws thawj zaug. sib tw.

Cov neeg Lavxias tuaj yeem ntsib Canadian hnub qub Felix Auger-Aliassime hauv lub quarterfinals, No. 4 noob Stefanos Tsitsipas hauv semis thiab Nadal hauv qhov kawg.

"Nws zoo li ntau dua lossis tsawg dua," McEnroe hais txog Medvedev. “Koj xav paub dab tsi tshwm sim hauv nws lub taub hau, pom tseeb, nrog dab tsi tshwm sim nrog kev ua tsov rog ntawd. Yog li, kuv tsis tuaj yeem xav tias nws tsis yog ib feem ntawm tag nrho cov neeg ua si hauv Lavxias thiab dab tsi tshwm sim hauv lub ntiaj teb ntawd.

"Tom qab hais tias, kuv tseem xav tias nws yog ib tus nyiam, ib qho ntawm ob tus txiv neej saum toj kawg nkaus, tsis muaj lus nug txog nws. Yog li ntawd yog obviously ib tug nthuav storyline ua raws. Thiab tactically muaj tag nrho lwm yam. Obviously nws plays kom deb li deb rov qab. Nws zoo li qhov ntawd yuav ntes tau rau nws…lawv yuav pom, cov neeg ua si yuav tsum paub txog txoj hauv kev los daws qhov ntawd thiab nws yuav tsum tau kho. Peb mam li saib seb qhov kev hloov kho ntawd puas tau ua lossis puas yuav tsum tau ua. "

Ntawm cov pob kws pob kws thawj zaug ntawm cov txiv neej sab yog American Jack Sock, uas tau nkag mus rau kos tom qab Djokovic tshem tawm, tawm tsam Diego Schwartzman; No. 23 Kyrgios tawm tsam nws ob tus khub Thanasi Kokkinakis; thiab 2020 tus yeej Dominic Thiem noj ntawm No. 12 Pablo Carreno Busta.