China News Agency, Paris, June 3 (Reporter Li Yang) The 2022 French Open men's singles semi-finals will be held on the 3rd local time. The No. 5 seed and Spanish star Nadal will advance to the final due to his opponent Zverev's retirement due to injury. Norway's Lud, who defeated Croatian veteran Cilic, competed for the championship.

　　Nadal happened to celebrate his 36th birthday on the 3rd, and he is bound to go all out in the "birthday battle".

His semi-final opponent was No. 3 seed, German star Zverev.

Nadal and Zverev have played against each other 9 times before, and Nadal has the advantage of 6 wins and 3 losses.

In the quarter-finals, Nadal beat top-seeded Serbian star Novak Djokovic in a fierce battle for more than four hours, while 25-year-old Zverev defeated Spanish title favorite Alcaraz.

　　Nadal and Zverev's first game started into a fierce contest. Nadal got off to a bad start, and Zverev once led 2:0.

Nadal chased the score to 4:4.

Nadal stepped up his counterattack, but Zverev saved three points and was dragged into the tiebreaker in the first set. Zverev once led 6:2.

If it is replaced by other opponents, Zverev is likely to win the set, but his opponent is the "king of clay" Nadal.

Nadal scored again and again and finally won the tiebreaker 10-8 and won the first set.

The first set took 98 minutes.

　　In the second set, the competition between the two was more intense, the score rose alternately, and the battle was inextricable.

At the end of the set, the score between the two was tied again, and another tie-break was needed to determine the outcome.

Nadal attacked in the serve game. Zverev seriously sprained his ankle when he saved the ball. He fell to the ground in pain, and was then taken away by the staff in a wheelchair, indicating that the injury was serious.

In this way, Zverev retired due to injury, and Nadal advanced to the final.

　　Nadal admitted after the game that it was a super tough match that lasted more than three hours, but the two hadn't even finished the second set.

He said that Zverev played at such a high level, which brought him a great challenge.

　　The other men's singles semifinal on the 3rd will be between No. 8 seed Rudd and No. 20 seed Cilic.

Cilic took the lead in the first set, and Rudd lost the first set 3-6.

In the second set, Rudd launched a counterattack and reversed after falling behind for a while, winning the set 6:4.

In the third set, Ruder was even more unstoppable, while Cilic gradually showed signs of decline. Ruder won another set 6-2.

In the fourth set, Cilic was unable to counterattack, and Rudd won again 6:2, and eliminated Cilic with a total score of 3:1 to advance to the final.

The entire game took 2 hours and 55 minutes.

　　The 2022 French Open men's singles final will be held on the 5th local time, when Nadal and Rudd will compete for the men's singles championship.

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