{"id":31100,"date":"2025-01-21T07:31:32","date_gmt":"2025-01-21T07:31:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/21\/alexander-zverev-knocks-out-tommy-paul-to-return-to-australian-open-semis\/"},"modified":"2025-01-21T07:31:32","modified_gmt":"2025-01-21T07:31:32","slug":"alexander-zverev-knocks-out-tommy-paul-to-return-to-australian-open-semis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/21\/alexander-zverev-knocks-out-tommy-paul-to-return-to-australian-open-semis\/","title":{"rendered":"Alexander Zverev knocks out Tommy Paul to return to Australian Open semis"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>No 2 seed books spot in last four with 7-6(1), 7-6(0), 2-6, 6-1 win<\/li>\n<li>German to face Novak Djokovic or Carlos Alcaraz in semi-final<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Alexander Zverev has survived an extraordinary meltdown to sink Tommy Paul in four sets and charge into the Australian Open semi-finals.<\/p>\n<p>Second-seeded Zverev, chasing an elusive grand slam title, was almost knocked down by, of all things, a feather before he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/sport\/live\/2025\/jan\/21\/australian-open-quarter-finals-gauff-v-badosa-djokovic-v-alcaraz-later-live\">steadied to prevail 7-6 (1), 7-6 (0), 2-6, 6-1<\/a>. Zverev will next face either world No 3 Carlos Alcaraz or 10-time champion Novak Djokovic, who play on Tuesday night, in his third Melbourne Park semi-final.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/sport\/2025\/jan\/21\/australian-open-2025-men-quarter-finals-results-report-alexander-zverev-vs-tommy-paul\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No 2 seed books spot in last four with 7-6(1), 7-6(0), 2-6, 6-1 win German to face Novak Djokovic or Carlos Alcaraz in semi-final Alexander Zverev has survived an extraordinary meltdown to sink Tommy Paul in four sets and charge into the Australian Open semi-finals. Second-seeded Zverev, chasing an elusive grand slam title, was almost &#8230; <a title=\"Alexander Zverev knocks out Tommy Paul to return to Australian Open semis\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/21\/alexander-zverev-knocks-out-tommy-paul-to-return-to-australian-open-semis\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Alexander Zverev knocks out Tommy Paul to return to Australian Open semis\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31100","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31100","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31100"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31100\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31100"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31100"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}