Alexander Zverev, Pablo Carreno-Busta, Daniil Medvedev and Dominic Thiem are going to play the semifinals of the US Open. Here a preview of their live rankings with predictions.
Sascha Zverev’s live rankings
Currently ranked no.7, the German is still currently no.7 in the live rankings. He will keep his 7th rank if he reaches the final, but he will be no.6 if he conquers the Australian Open.
Sascha has a 11-6 win-loss record in 2020. Alexander is currently playing at the U.S. Open where he ousted Kevin Anderson 7-62 5-7 6-3 7-5, Brandon Nakashima 7-5 6-78 6-3 6-1, Adrian Mannarino 6-74 6-4 6-2 6-2, Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 6-2 6-2 6-1 and Borna Coric 1-6 7-65 7-61 6-3.
The German won 11 titles in his career: 3 on hard courts, 5 on clay courts and 3 on indoor courts. (See the list of his titles)
Pablo Carreno-Busta
Now the world no.27, Carreno-Busta is currently no.11 in the live rankings. If he wins the US Open he will be the new world no.8.
The Spaniard has a 12-6 win-loss record in 2020. Pablo is now having a run at the U.S. Open where he defeated Yasutaka Uchiyama 4-6 6-3 1-6 6-3 6-3, Mitchell Krueger 6-1 6-2 6-2, Richard Berankis 6-4 6-3 6-2, Novak Djokovic 6-5 def. and Denis Shapovalov 3-6 7-65 7-64 0-6 6-3.
The Spaniard won 4 titles in his career: 2 on hard courts, 1 on clay courts and 1 on indoor courts. (See the list of his titles)
Pablo Carreno-Busta will play Zverev in the semifinal. Alexander Zverev and Pablo Carreno-Busta played each other once. The head to head is 1-0 for Zverev.
Daniil Medvedev
Ranked world no.5, Daniil is still no.5 in the live rankings. His only option to overtake Roger Federer and become no.4 is to win the US Open.
The Russian has a 15-5 win-loss record in 2020. The Russian is currently competing at the U.S. Open where he defeated Federico Delbonis 6-1 6-2 6-4, Christopher O Connell 6-3 6-2 6-4, Jeff Wolf 6-3 6-3 6-2, Frances Tiafoe 6-4 6-1 6-0 and Andrey Rublev 7-66 6-3 7-65.
Daniil won 7 titles in his career: 4 on hard courts and 3 on indoor courts. (See the list of his titles)
Dominic Thiem
Currently the world no.3 (career-high), the Austrian will stay no.3 regardless of the outcome of this US Open.
Dominic has a 14-5 win-loss record in 2020. The Austrian is now competing at the U.S. Open where he defeated Jaume Antoni Munar Clar 7-66 6-3 ret., Sumit Nagal 6-3 6-3 6-2, Marin Cilic 6-2 6-2 3-6 6-3, Felix Auger Aliassime 7-64 6-1 6-1 and Alex De Minaur 6-1 6-2 6-4.
Dominic Thiem will face Medvedev in the semifinal. Daniil Medvedev and Dominic Thiem played each other 3 times. The head to head is 2-1 for Thiem. The last time that they played, Dominic Thiem won 6-2 3-6 7-62 in the quarter in St. Petersburg (St. Petersburg Open) in September 2018.
The Austrian was the runner-up at the Australian Open. Dominic won 16 titles in his career: 3 on hard courts, 10 on clay courts, 2 on indoor courts and 1 on grass courts. (See the list of his titles)
