New York. For the first time in history, the Norwegian is ready for the final at the US Open.
He was just missing it.
Now we don’t even have tennis to brag about in front of the neighbors in the west …
In order to avoid potential misunderstandings, I’d like to confirm right away that I became a huge fan of Capper Road during the two week US Open which is now nearing its climax at the leafy Flushing Meadows in Queens east of Manhattan.
The 23-year-old from Oslo played outstanding tennis throughout the tournament and did so again in the Friday half against Karen Khachanov at Arthur Ashe Stadium. Against Henrik Lundqvist and Jon Bon Jovi, among others, he won four sets (7-6, 6-2, 5-7, 6-2) by simply outsmarting the hardworking Russian at nearly every crucial moment.
Except at the end of the third set, when he had some trouble with his serve, he was ruthless every time a big ball was selected. Few passes can be written through these poetic sequences.
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Brilliant to look at, nothing more, nothing less.
It doesn’t stop the Swede from feeling a little sick that the Norwegian could become the US Open champion on Sunday – in this case also climbing to number one in the world rankings.
If we had Something To defend ourselves against neighbors who have surpassed us in recent years in almost all respected sports, this is our proud history in tennis.
When Bjorn Borg, Mats Wellander, Stefan Edberg, Anders Yarde, Henrik Sundstrom, Jock Nyström, Kent Carlson, Mikael Bernfors, Magnus Gustafsson, Magnus Larsson, Thomas Enqvist, Jonas Björkmann, Joachim Johansson in the 70s, Robin – and forced the entire tennis world of the 1990s Kneeling with a double backhand, they felt like they were anyway – they couldn’t tell the difference between a baseline and a plank in Oslo.
Imagining a boy at the big games in Melbourne, Paris, Wimbledon and New York was as impossible as imagining a Swedish gold medalist in baseball.
But in the fall of 2022, it was just the opposite.
Sweden’s best player – Mikael Ymir – compares himself to Zlatan, but he did not exactly succeed in supporting the ironic exaggeration. He ranked 99th in the world and didn’t have more time to land at JFK until he made his turn at this year’s US Open.
men Casper Road From Norway, as the first Scandinavian in exactly 30 years, he will play a final on the Arthur Ashe stage.
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