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U.S. OPEN '18: Zverev leads group of up-and-comers in New York

By HOWARD FENDRICH Career Titles: Zero
AP Tennis Writer 2018 Record: 30-20
Alexander Zverev has Best Grand Slam Showing:
shown he can win run-of- 4th Round at Wimbledon in
the-mill tournaments and 2018
Masters titles, too. He's Best U.S. Open Showing:
shown he can make it to Making debut
the second week of a ma- His Words: "I am part of a
jor. group of (young) players
What everyone is watching that make me better —
— and waiting — for now is and I make them better.
a Grand Slam semifinal, fi- We have a very good com-
nal or trophy. petition among us. Without
"Sascha Zverev," said Citi this, I probably wouldn't
Open co-founder and even be inside the top 100."
chairman Donald Dell, us- ___
ing Zverev's nickname after BORNA CORIC
the 21-year-old German Country: Croatia
won Washington's hard- Age: 21
court tuneup for the U.S. Ranked: 20th (career high)
Open a second consecu- Plays: Right-handed; two-
tive year, "is the future of handed backhand
pro tennis." Career Titles: 2
Zverev is seeded No. 4 at In this Aug. 5, 2018, file photo, Alexander Zverev, of Germany, celebrates after he defeated Alex 2018 Record: 26-14
Flushing Meadows, where de Minaur, of Australia, in the men's finals at the Citi Open tennis tournament, in Washington. Best Grand Slam Showing:
play begins Monday, and is 3rd Round, four times
widely considered the like- is one of only five active ry over 19-year-old Alex de mote up-and-comers. "Me Best U.S. Open Showing:
liest member of the latest players who's won at least Minaur of Australia made being the oldest — that 3rd Round in 2017
generation of tennis pros three Masters events. The for the youngest final on never happened to me His Words: "I learned by
to make a deep run at this others? the ATP World Tour since a before. It's interesting. And now that this is tennis and,
U.S. Open after getting to Federer, Nadal, Djokovic 20-year-old Nadal beat a I like where tennis is going. you know, one week can
his first major quarterfinal and Murray, who are all in 19-year-old Djokovic at In- I like the development of be great; another one can
at the French Open. Zverev their 30s and have com- dian Wells in 2007. the other young guys. It's be a disaster."
isn't alone, though. He's bined to win 49 of the past And the ages of the two going to be interesting to ___
part of a crop of young- 54 Grand Slam titles. losing semifinalists in Wash- see what it'll be like in the DENIS SHAPOVALOV
sters who might be ready Men's tennis just keeps ington? Andrey Rublev is future." Country: Canada
to take over the sport from skewing older: Last month 20; Stefanos Tsitsipas turned Agreed. Zverev is one of Age: 19
the old hands who have at Wimbledon, all four semi- 20 the following week at seven men who are 21 or Ranked: 28th (career high
dominated it for more than finalists were in their 30s, the the Toronto Masters, where younger and ranked in the is 23rd)
a decade. first time that happened at he became the youngest top 50. Plays: Left-handed; one-
Stop us if you've heard that any Slam in the half-centu- player to beat four top-10 Here's a look at the other handed backhand
before, though. ry of professional tennis. opponents at one tourna- half-dozen, each worth Career Titles: Zero
"They're still there," Zverev Ah, but look closely, and ment since the ATP World keeping an eye on during 2018 Record: 25-20
said about the so-called there are signs that change Tour was established in the U.S. Open: Best Grand Slam Showing:
Big Four of Roger Feder- could be on the way. 1990. ___ 4th Round at U.S. Open in
er, Rafael Nadal, Novak "They're definitely knocking "Four 'NextGen' players in STEFANOS TSITSIPAS 2017
Djokovic and Andy Mur- on that door," Federer said, the semifinals. That's amaz- Country: Greece Best U.S. Open Showing:
ray. "Obviously, they're still "and there is some exciting ing for tennis, I think," Zverev Age: 20 2017
contenders for every single talent around." said in Washington, refer- Ranked: 15th (career high) His Words: "I'm only 19 and
tournament they play." At the Citi Open this month, ring to the marketing cam- Plays: Right-handed; one- I've proved a lot to myself
It's worth noting that Zverev for example, Zverev's victo- paign the tour uses to pro- handed backhand this year."q

French Open says 'Non!'

to Serena's black catsuit

PARIS (AP) — Serena Wil- think that sometimes we've game and the place."
liams will no longer be al- gone too far." He said Roland Garros' new
lowed to wear her skin-tight In an interview in Tennis rules won't be as strict as
black catsuit at the French Magazine's 500th edition, Wimbledon's, which require
Open. Giudicelli singled out the that players wear white,
The French Tennis Fed- figure-hugging black suit but will "impose certain lim-
eration president, Bernard that Williams wore this year its." Many player uniforms
Giudicelli, says the tourna- at Roland Garros and said for 2019 have already
In this May 29, 2018 file photo, Serena Williams of the U.S. returns
a shot against Krystyna Pliskova of the Czech Republic during ment that Williams has won made her feel like a su- been designed but Giudi-
their first round match of the French Open tennis tournament at three times is introducing perhero. Giudicelli said: "It celli said the FFT will be ask-
the Roland Garros stadium in Paris. a dress code to regulate will no longer be accept- ing manufacturers for an
Associated Press players' uniforms because "I ed. One must respect the advance look at them.q