{"id":35021,"date":"2022-06-03T13:06:10","date_gmt":"2022-06-03T13:06:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/french-open-2022-semi-finals-rafael-nadal-v-alexander-zverev-live-french-open-2022\/"},"modified":"2022-06-03T13:06:10","modified_gmt":"2022-06-03T13:06:10","slug":"french-open-2022-semi-finals-rafael-nadal-v-alexander-zverev-live-french-open-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/french-open-2022-semi-finals-rafael-nadal-v-alexander-zverev-live-french-open-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"French Open 2022 semi-finals: Rafael Nadal v Alexander Zverev &#8211; live!  |  French Open 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<div tabindex=\"0\" id=\"liveblog-body\">\n<article id=\"block-629a052b8f08f0cf4d702d25\" class=\"block false dcr-hghg3q\">\n<header class=\"dcr-hmma49\"\/>\n<p class=\"dcr-1u6kyh0\"><strong>Nadal has at 6-3<\/strong> winning record against Zverev, but the German has won three of their four most recent meetings, including one on clay in Madrid last year.<\/p>\n<footer class=\"dcr-1eoy87d\"\/><\/article>\n<article id=\"block-629a04898f08f0cf4d702d19\" class=\"block false dcr-hghg3q\">\n<header class=\"dcr-hmma49\"\/>\n<p class=\"dcr-1u6kyh0\"><strong>Out come the players.<\/strong> Huge cheers for Nadal, who emerges first, and a rather more restrained one for Zverev, but no boos.  It&#8217;s properly chucking it down in Paris, and a small huddle of spectators are braving it out in ponchos on deckchairs at Roland Garros&#8217;s Henman Hill equivalent.<\/p>\n<footer class=\"dcr-1eoy87d\"\/><\/article>\n<article id=\"block-629a00558f08f0cf4d702cde\" class=\"block false dcr-hghg3q\">\n<header class=\"dcr-hmma49\"\/>\n<p class=\"dcr-1u6kyh0\"><strong>British interest<\/strong> in the wheelchair doubles final:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"b36dc878-4195-4c42-ba8f-131b4aba8b58\" data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" data-spacefinder-type=\"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.TweetBlockElement\" class=\" dcr-10khgmf\"><gu-island name=\"TweetBlockComponent\" deferuntil=\"visible\" props=\"{&quot;element&quot;:{&quot;_type&quot;:&quot;model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.TweetBlockElement&quot;,&quot;html&quot;:&quot;&lt;blockquote class=&quot;nojs-tweet&quot;&gt;&lt;p lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot;&gt;2020 \u2705&lt;br&gt;2021 \u2705&lt;br&gt;2022 \ud83d\udd1c&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Reigning champions &lt;a href=&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/alfiehewett6?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;&gt;@alfiehewett6&lt;\/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/GordonReid91?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;&gt;@GordonReid91&lt;\/a&gt; are into the men&amp;#39;s wheelchair doubles final for the third consecutive year, getting past Caverzaschi\/De La Puente 6-2, 3-6, 7-6(8). &lt;a href=&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RolandGarros?src=hash&amp;amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;&gt;#RolandGarros&lt;\/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https:\/\/t.co\/bLzrHPHu3O&quot;&gt;pic.twitter.com\/bLzrHPHu3O&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;&amp;mdash; Roland-Garros (@rolandgarros) &lt;a href=&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/rolandgarros\/status\/1532704070212784128?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;&gt;June 3, 2022&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;\/blockquote&gt;n&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/rolandgarros\/status\/1532704070212784128&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;1532704070212784128&quot;,&quot;hasMedia&quot;:false,&quot;role&quot;:&quot;inline&quot;,&quot;isThirdPartyTracking&quot;:false,&quot;source&quot;:&quot;Twitter&quot;,&quot;elementId&quot;:&quot;b36dc878-4195-4c42-ba8f-131b4aba8b58&quot;}}\"\/><\/figure>\n<footer class=\"dcr-1eoy87d\">\n<p><time datetime=\"2022-06-03T12:43:53.000Z\" title=\"Last updated Friday, 3 June 2022, 12:43 Coordinated Universal Time\">Updated at 08.43 EDT<\/time><\/p>\n<\/footer>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"block-6299fe9e8f084d9060b742c8\" class=\"block false dcr-hghg3q\">\n<header class=\"dcr-hmma49\"\/>\n<p class=\"dcr-1u6kyh0\"><strong>Talking of Coco Gauff<\/strong>, she&#8217;s only gone and reached the women&#8217;s doubles final too, she and Jessica Pegula beating Marion Keyes and Taylor Townsend 6-4, 7-6.  The eighth-seeded American pair will play either Lyudmyla Kichenok and Jelena Ostapenko or Caroline Garcia and Kristina Mladenovic, who are currently in a deciding set, in the final.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1u6kyh0\"><strong>In weather news, it&#8217;s raining in Paris<\/strong>.  So Nadal and Zverev will face off under the roof on Philippe Chatrier.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1u6kyh0\">And the Argentinian Gustavo Fern\u00e1ndez and Shingo Kunieda of Japan are in the men&#8217;s wheelchair doubles final after beating the No2 seeds St\u00e9phane Houdet and Nicolas Peifer.<\/p>\n<footer class=\"dcr-1eoy87d\">\n<p><time datetime=\"2022-06-03T12:40:15.000Z\" title=\"Last updated Friday, 3 June 2022, 12:40 Coordinated Universal Time\">Updated at 08.40 EDT<\/time><\/p>\n<\/footer>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"block-6299fd2c8f08f0cf4d702cc1\" class=\"block false dcr-hghg3q\">\n<header class=\"dcr-hmma49\"\/>\n<p class=\"dcr-1u6kyh0\"><strong>Pre-match reading. <\/strong>Our man in Paris on Nadal&#8217;s ongoing love affair with Roland Garris:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"7f77a0d4-bace-41e6-8b45-b35e6cfe5bc6\" data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" data-spacefinder-type=\"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.RichLinkBlockElement\" class=\" dcr-10khgmf\"><gu-island name=\"RichLinkComponent\" deferuntil=\"idle\" props=\"{&quot;richLinkIndex&quot;:1,&quot;element&quot;:{&quot;_type&quot;:&quot;model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.RichLinkBlockElement&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/sport\/2022\/jun\/02\/rafael-nadal-french-open-djokovic-injuries&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Rafael Nadal\u2019s French Open love affair continues despite fears for his future | Tumaini Carayol&quot;,&quot;prefix&quot;:&quot;Related: &quot;,&quot;role&quot;:&quot;inline&quot;,&quot;elementId&quot;:&quot;7f77a0d4-bace-41e6-8b45-b35e6cfe5bc6&quot;},&quot;ajaxUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/api.nextgen.guardianapps.co.uk&quot;,&quot;format&quot;:{&quot;display&quot;:0,&quot;theme&quot;:2,&quot;design&quot;:9}}\"\/><\/figure>\n<p class=\"dcr-1u6kyh0\">And a profile of tomorrow&#8217;s teenage women&#8217;s finalist, by Caira Conner:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"d740beac-b0b6-48ef-8999-505b457ec878\" data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" data-spacefinder-type=\"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.RichLinkBlockElement\" class=\" dcr-10khgmf\"><gu-island name=\"RichLinkComponent\" deferuntil=\"idle\" props=\"{&quot;richLinkIndex&quot;:3,&quot;element&quot;:{&quot;_type&quot;:&quot;model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.RichLinkBlockElement&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/sport\/blog\/2022\/jun\/03\/coco-gauff-french-open-final-serena-williams&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Coco Gauff: the even-keeled American prodigy flirting with grand slam glory&quot;,&quot;prefix&quot;:&quot;Related: &quot;,&quot;role&quot;:&quot;inline&quot;,&quot;elementId&quot;:&quot;d740beac-b0b6-48ef-8999-505b457ec878&quot;},&quot;ajaxUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/api.nextgen.guardianapps.co.uk&quot;,&quot;format&quot;:{&quot;display&quot;:0,&quot;theme&quot;:2,&quot;design&quot;:9}}\"\/><\/figure>\n<footer class=\"dcr-1eoy87d\"\/><\/article>\n<article id=\"block-6299ca358f08f0cf4d702a47\" class=\"block false dcr-hghg3q\">\n<header class=\"dcr-hmma49\">\n<h2 class=\"dcr-1iv2nv7\">Preamble<\/h2>\n<\/header>\n<p class=\"dcr-1u6kyh0\"><strong>Afternoon everyone<\/strong>.  And welcome to men&#8217;s semi-finals day.  If the quarters were anything to go by, we&#8217;re going to be strapping in for a long ride.  We kick off of course with Rafael Nadal against Alexander Zverev, where we&#8217;ll get to see just how much that epic quarter-final win over Novak Djokovic has taken out of the Spaniard.  If his fitness di lui holds up, Nadal is well placed to claim that 14th Roland Garros title, and with Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz out of the way his chances di lui may be strengthened.  But Alcaraz&#8217;s conqueror, Zverev, will present a formidable challenge.  He&#8217;s crept through this French Open slightly under the radar but his composed defeat of Alcaraz served notice of his threat di lui.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1u6kyh0\">After that, a resurgent Marin Cilic takes on the promising Norwegian Casper Ruud, who predicted he wouldn&#8217;t sleep until 4am after his four-set victory over Holger Rune.  Assuming he&#8217;s rested up, he&#8217;ll pose a stern test to Cilic, who&#8217;s riding a crest of a wave after ousting Daniil Medvedev and seeing off Andrey Rublev in a magnificent quarter-final on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1u6kyh0\">Should all be well worth hanging around for.  Nadal v Zverev starts around 1.45pm BST.<\/p>\n<footer class=\"dcr-1eoy87d\"\/><\/article>\n<p><gu-island name=\"LiveBlogEpic\" props=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;sport&quot;,&quot;shouldHideReaderRevenue&quot;:false,&quot;tags&quot;:[{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;sport\/french-open-2022&quot;,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;Keyword&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;French Open 2022&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;sport\/frenchopen&quot;,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;Keyword&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;French Open&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;sport\/rafaelnadal&quot;,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;Keyword&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Rafael Nadal&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;sport\/alexander-zverev&quot;,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;Keyword&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Alexander Zverev&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;sport\/marin-cilic&quot;,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;Keyword&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Marin Cilic&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;sport\/tennis&quot;,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;Keyword&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Tennis&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;sport\/sport&quot;,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;Keyword&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Sport&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;type\/article&quot;,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;Type&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Article&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;tone\/minutebyminute&quot;,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;Tone&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Minute by minute&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;tone\/news&quot;,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;Tone&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;News&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;profile\/tomdavies&quot;,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;Contributor&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Tom Davies&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;profile\/david-tindall&quot;,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;Contributor&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;David Tindall&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;tracking\/commissioningdesk\/uk-sport&quot;,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;Tracking&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;UK Sport&quot;}],&quot;isPaidContent&quot;:false,&quot;contributionsServiceUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/contributions.guardianapis.com&quot;}\" clientonly=\"true\"\/><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nadal has at 6-3 winning record against Zverev, but the German has won three of their four most recent meetings, including one on clay in Madrid last year. Out come the players. Huge cheers for Nadal, who emerges first, and a rather more restrained one for Zverev, but no boos. It&#8217;s properly chucking it down &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/french-open-2022-semi-finals-rafael-nadal-v-alexander-zverev-live-french-open-2022\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">French Open 2022 semi-finals: Rafael Nadal v Alexander Zverev &#8211; live!  |  French Open 2022<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/581638ad927a5c46892ee3e6d4c995032e4f0227\/0_36_3500_2100\/master\/3500.jpg?width=1200&height=630&quality=85&auto=format&fit=crop&overlay-align=bottom,left&overlay-width=100p&overlay-base64=L2ltZy9zdGF0aWMvb3ZlcmxheXMvdGctbGl2ZS5wbmc&enable=upscale&s=f656df35e5f854bfc3e1a304ff367b44","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35021"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35021"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35021\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35021"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35021"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35021"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}