On January 21, Beijing time, the 2025 Australian Open launched the first men's singles quarterfinals, the second seed and German star Zverev defeated the 12th seed Paul 7-6(1)/7-6(0)/2-6/6-1, he saved the first two sets and defused the opponent's serve to win the set, and then won in the tie-break. Zverev has reached the semi-finals of the Australian Open for the second year in a row and awaits the winner between Djokovic and Alcaraz.

Zverev

"Honestly, it's entirely possible for me to lose the first two sets." "He played better than me, and I didn't play too well, I don't know how I won the first and second sets, and I took a 2-0 lead all of a sudden, and I was only one set away from winning," Zverev said in his post-match interview. The fourth set was definitely my best and I'm certainly very happy to be back in the last four. ”

This is Zverev's ninth career Grand Slam semi-final, and his opponent will be between Djokovic and Alcaraz. The semi-finals kick off on Friday, meaning both players will have two days off.

"These two are probably the best tennis players." Looking ahead to the quarter-finals, Zverev said, "Novak [Djokov] is now the best player of all time and I'm sure Carlos [Alcaraz] will be one of the best players of all time when he retires, so it's a battle between players of different generations, the two of them have played in Grand Slam finals before, they played in the Olympic final last year, so it's an honour to be in Australia to see the two play again, it's going to be a great match." ”

Paul

Despite missing out on the semi-finals, Paul has confirmed that he will be in the top 10 for the first time after the Australian Open, and he is currently ranked No.9 in the immediate ranking.

(Text, Editor/Faye Wong)