PARIS — The soundtrack at tennis as a rich one—grunts and blocks and squeaks and smacks—but you seldom hear a scream. Sadly, that was what pierced through the air at about six o’clock this evening in Paris at the 2022 French Open.
Late in the second set of the men’s semifinal between Alexander Zverev and Rafael Nadal, the 25-year-old German slid for a ball, lost his footing and turned his right ankle. He was in instant agony and was carried off the court in a wheelchair, and sadly was not fit to play another point. Nadal, in turn, reached the final of the French Open yet again, this time on his 36th birthday. On Sunday, he will now play for his 14th title at Roland Garros, and if successful, will capture his 22nd Grand Slam, putting him two ahead of Novak Djokovic in the GOAT race.
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