French Open lookahead: Nadal-Zverev, Cilic-Ruud 準決勝
PARIS (AP) - LOOKAHEAD TO FRIDAY
Rafael Nadal will 直面する No. 3 seed Alexander Zverev in one French Open men´s semifinal. No. 20 Marin Cilic will play No. 8 Casper Ruud in the second semifinal in 法廷，裁判所 Philippe Chatrier on Friday. It is Nadal's 36th birthday. There is rain in the 予測（する）, so it is a good thing the stadium has a retractable roof. Nadal showed up at Roland Garros with his personal doctor because of chronic 苦痛 in his left foot. The Spaniard known as the King of Clay is 捜し出すing a 14th French Open トロフィー and 22nd Grand 激突する 肩書を与える 全体にわたる - both of those numbers would 追加する to 記録，記録的な／記録するs he already 持つ／拘留するs - and has said 繰り返して that he does not know if each match will be his last at the tournament he has 支配するd for so long. 非，不，無 of the other three players remaining the men's bracket has 参加するd in a final in Paris. And only Zverev has even been to the 準決勝 at the clay-法廷，裁判所 major, losing at that 行う／開催する／段階 a year ago. The 25-year-old German was the 走者-up at the 2020 U.S. Open and won a gold メダル at the Tokyo Olympics last summer. Cilic, a 33-year-old from Croatia, won the 2014 U.S. Open and is now one of five active players to get to the final four at least once at each Grand 激突する tournament. Ruud is a 23-year-old from Norway who hadn't been past the fourth 一連の会議、交渉／完成する at a 激突する until now. The men's final is Sunday.
FRIDAY'S FORECAST
Chance of 雷雨s. High of 79 degrees Fahrenheit (26 Celsius).
THURSDAY'S RESULTS
Women´s 準決勝: No. 1 Iga Swiatek （警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域 No. 20 Daria Kasatkina 6-2, 6-1; No. 18 Coco Gauff （警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域 Martina Trevisan 6-3, 6-1.
Spain's Rafael Nadal 反応するs after 行方不明の a point as he plays Serbia's Novak Djokovic during their quarterfinal match of the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium Tuesday, May 31, 2022 in Paris. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
Mixed （テニスなどの）ダブルス Final: No. 2 Ena Shibahara and Wesley Koolhof （警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域 Ulrikke Eikeri and Joran Vliegen 7-6 (5), 6-2.
STAT OF THE DAY
2004 - The last time a player younger than Coco Gauff, an 18-year-old American, played in a Grand 激突する final. Maria Sharapova was 17 when she won Wimbledon that year. Gauff 直面するs Iga Swiatek on Saturday at Roland Garros for the 肩書を与える.
QUOTE OF THE DAY
"I don´t think I consider myself a 退役軍人. I mean, I do when I step on the 法廷，裁判所. ... I feel like I´ve learned sooner how to 扱う myself in 確かな 状況／情勢s than other players have. But I´m still learning, day in and day out." - Coco Gauff.
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Germany's Alexander Zverev plays a 発射 against Spain's Carlos Alcaraz during their quarterfinal match at the French Open tennis tournament in Roland Garros stadium in Paris, フラン, Tuesday, May 31, 2022. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)
Croatia's Marin Cilic celebrates winning his quarterfinal match against Russia's Andrey Rublev in five 始める，決めるs, 5-7, 6-3, 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (10-2), at the French Open tennis tournament in Roland Garros stadium in Paris, フラン, Wednesday, June 1, 2022. (AP Photo/ジーンズ-Francois Badias)
Norway's Casper Ruud celebrates winning his quarterfinal match against Denmark's Holger Rune in four 始める，決めるs, 6-1, 4-6, 7-6 (7-2), 6-3, at the French Open tennis tournament in Roland Garros stadium in Paris, フラン, Thursday, June 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
