{"id":78566,"date":"2026-09-11T14:55:15","date_gmt":"2026-09-11T19:55:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/11\/us-open-tennis-2026-mens-semi-final-alexander-zverev-v-karen-khachanov-live\/"},"modified":"2026-09-11T14:55:15","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T19:55:15","slug":"us-open-tennis-2026-mens-semi-final-alexander-zverev-v-karen-khachanov-live","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/11\/us-open-tennis-2026-mens-semi-final-alexander-zverev-v-karen-khachanov-live\/","title":{"rendered":"US Open tennis 2026 men\u2019s semi-final: Alexander Zverev v Karen Khachanov \u2013 live"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> Updates from first men\u2019s semi-final at 8pm BST, 3pm EST<br \/> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/sport\/2026\/sep\/11\/us-open-five-set-tennis-shelton-alcaraz-late-night-matches\">Andrew Lawrence: in praise of five-set tennis<\/a> | <a href=\"mailto:billy.munday.casual@guardian.co.uk\">Mail Billy<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Karen Khachanov emerges from the tunnel first, followed by Alexander Zverev. <\/strong>Apparently the German was a minute or two late because he needed some extra time in the toilet \u2013 we\u2019ve all been there.<\/p>\n<p><strong>On Arthur Ashe Stadium, a retired servicewoman sings the American national anthem<\/strong> <strong>before the players come out.<\/strong> Flags are flying at half mast around the grounds today on the 25th anniversary of the 9\/11 attacks. Arthur Ashe was also lit up blue from dusk until dawn this morning.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/sport\/live\/2026\/sep\/11\/us-open-tennis-2026-mens-semi-final-alexander-zverev-v-karen-khachanov-live\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Updates from first men\u2019s semi-final at 8pm BST, 3pm EST Andrew Lawrence: in praise of five-set tennis | Mail Billy Karen Khachanov emerges from the tunnel first, followed by Alexander Zverev. Apparently the German was a minute or two late because he needed some extra time in the toilet \u2013 we\u2019ve all been there. On &#8230; <a title=\"US Open tennis 2026 men\u2019s semi-final: Alexander Zverev v Karen Khachanov \u2013 live\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/11\/us-open-tennis-2026-mens-semi-final-alexander-zverev-v-karen-khachanov-live\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about US Open tennis 2026 men\u2019s semi-final: Alexander Zverev v Karen Khachanov \u2013 live\">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_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-78566","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78566","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=78566"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78566\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78566"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78566"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78566"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}