Alcaraz and Djokovic 需要・要求する attention at French Open; Ruud and Zverev are in the 半分s, too
PARIS (AP) - As intriguing as Carlos Alcaraz vs. Novak Djokovic is - and it´s plenty intriguing - there are storylines 価値（がある） に引き続いて in the other French Open men´s semifinal, too.
No, 率直に, Casper Ruud vs. Alexander Zverev, which will be played second on Friday, does not deserve the same 法案ing. It´s 行方不明の the （武器などの）隠匿場所 and the 再開するs that the other two guys remaining in the field at Roland Garros will carry into 法廷，裁判所 Philippe Chatrier.
Still, even without Djokovic´s 22 Grand 激突する 肩書を与えるs - with a chance to break a tie with Rafael Nadal for the most earned by a man in tennis history - or even Alcaraz´s 孤独な such トロフィー, and even without Alcaraz´s 現在の No. 1 最高位の or Djokovic´s 現在の No. 3 with a 発射 at moving 支援する up (along with the career 記録，記録的な／記録する for most weeks 頂上に the ATP), No. 4 Ruud and No. 22 Zverev bring terrific games and past の近くに-and-yet-so-far history at major tournaments.
Let´s 診察する Ruud first.
He is a 24-year-old from Norway who is coached by his father, a former professional player, and got as far as the fourth 一連の会議、交渉／完成する only once in his first 13 激突する 外見s and now is into his third semifinal in the past five. That 含むs 走者-up showings at Roland Garros ( losing to Nadal in the final ) and at the U.S. Open ( losing to Alcaraz in the final ) in 2022.
And Zverev?
Spain's Carlos Alcaraz clenches his 握りこぶし after 得点する／非難する／２０ing a point in the tie-break of the third 始める，決める against Greece's Stefanos Tsitsipas during their quarterfinal match of the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris, Tuesday, June 6, 2023. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
He is a 26-year-old from Germany of whom greatness was 予報するd long ago, one of the members of the 世代 that was supposed to 後継する the Big Three of Djokovic, Nadal and Roger Federer but has never やめる lived up to that.
Zverev is, however, into the 準決勝 in Paris for the third year in a 列／漕ぐ／騒動, and his sixth major 半分 全体にわたる. His best 業績／成果 was making it to the final at the 2020 U.S. Open, taking the first two 始める，決めるs against Dominic Thiem before losing that lead and the match.
Zverev´s 最高位の is not やむを得ず a fair reflection of his talent or success, because he was out of 活動／戦闘 完全に for seven months after 涙／ほころびing three ligaments in his 権利 ankle late in the second 始める，決める of his semifinal against Nadal at last year's French Open.
"It was definitely a tournament that I 示すd on my calendar this year," Zverev said. "I´m at a 行う／開催する／段階 now where I´m not thinking about the 傷害 so much anymore. I´m not thinking about what happened. I´m just happy to be 支援する where I was last year, and I have another chance. Hopefully I can take it."
He didn't compete until January, and said he wasn't 苦痛-解放する／自由な until a few months after that.
"I was not able to practice 普通は. I was not able to do the things that I 手配中の，お尋ね者. So regarding that, I think it was just getting through the 過程. I mean, after that, it also takes time to feel the 信用／信任 again in your 脚 to be 事情に応じて変わる around the 法廷，裁判所, 存在 able to move the way you were," said Zverev, who has 糖尿病 and has been 許すd to 注入する himself with insulin during （組織，政策などの）切り替えs, a 政策 he said is not sure will be in place at Wimbledon.
"But I´m talking about the 傷害 more than I´m thinking about it," Zverev said. "It´s in the past now."
Neither he nor Ruud arrived at Roland Garros a couple of weeks ago with success this season that would have portended these sorts of runs.
Zverev was just 16-14 with 無 肩書を与えるs in 2023; Ruud was 16-11 with one 肩書を与える.
Now both are one 勝利，勝つ against the other away from a chance to try to （人命などを）奪う，主張する a first Grand 激突する 選手権 on Sunday by （警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域ing Alcaraz or Djokovic.
"It´s going to be, hopefully, a fun one. I think it´s 広大な／多数の／重要な to see Sascha 支援する. I think both for him and me, this is our biggest result this year, reaching the semifinal. I think we will try to play with shoulders 負かす／撃墜する and just try to enjoy it," Ruud said, referring to Zverev by his 愛称.
"It´s been a 堅い year for Sascha, and he has fought his way 支援する, and he is 支援する in the semifinal here. The beginning of this year for me has not been 広大な／多数の／重要な, so it´s 広大な／多数の／重要な to get a good result here for me," Ruud said. "We will both just try to enjoy the moment."
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Serbia's Novak Djokovic celebrates winning his quarterfinal match of the French Open tennis tournament against Russia's Karen Khachanov in four 始める，決めるs, 4-6, 7-6 (7-0), 6-2, 6-4, at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris, Tuesday, June 6, 2023. (AP Photo/ジーンズ-Francois Badias)
Germany's Alexander Zverev clenches his 握りこぶし after 得点する／非難する／２０ing a point against Argentina' s Tomas ツバメ Etcheverry during their quarterfinal match of the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris, Wednesday, June 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)
Norway's Casper Ruud celebrates winning his quarterfinal match of the French Open tennis tournament against Denmark's Holger Rune in four 始める，決めるs, 6-1, 6-2, 3-6, 6-3, at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris, Wednesday, June 7, 2023. (AP Photo/ジーンズ-Francois Badias)
