NewzAlexander Zverev won his second major championship and kept American men without a Grand Slam title since 2003, beating Ben Shelton 6-3, 7-6 (2), 5-7, 6-2 on Sunday in the US Open final. Germany's Alexander Zverev beats American Ben Shelton 6-3, 7-6 (2), 5-7, 6-2 to win the men's singles title in New York. NEW YORK: Alexander Zverev won his second major championship and kept American men without a Grand Slam title since 2003, beating Ben Shelton 6-3, 7-6 (2), 5-7, 6-2 on Sunday in the US Open final.
Zverev finally broke through in the majors by winning this year’s French Open and followed up by finally adding the title in New York that he so painfully let slip away in 2020. 1 seed in a Grand Slam for the first time, he capitalized on Shelton’s shaky start in his first major final, played a Alexander Zverev has won the US Open for the first time, defeating Ben Shelton in the final.
It is Zverev's second Grand Slam win of 2026 after a long wait for his first title, but controversy still hangs over him. NEW YORK (AP) — Alexander Zverev's best year in tennis goes on, and so does that lengthy Grand Slam drought for American men.Zverev won his second major championship and disappointed a crowd that was desperate to see the first Grand Slam title by an American man since 2003, beating Ben Shelton 6-3, 7-6 (2), 5-7, 6-2 on Sunday in the U.S. Open final.Zverev finally broke through in the majors by winning this year’s French Open and followed up by adding the title in New York that he so painfully let slip away in 2020.The No.
He finished the match on his serve but didn't seem to realize it, dropping back behind the baseline as if set to return. Only a few moments later did he figure out he had won, raising his arms in celebration.Zverev improved to 25-2 in major matches this year and won $5.5 million, matching the prize earned by women’s champion Elena Rybakina on Saturday as the largest in Grand Slam history.He thought this title would come in 2020 and still acknowledges it should have. He won the first two sets against Dominic Thiem and got within two points of victory before becoming the first man to blow a two-set lead and lose in the final since 1949.Whatever ghosts were left from then are long gone now.Zverev also reached the final at Wimbledon, falling to Jannik Sinner, and became the No.
1 seed in New York when the top-ranked Sinner had to withdraw with a knee injury.Shelton had already eliminated the defending champion when he beat Carlos Alcaraz in a five-set quarterfinal that ended at 3:33 a.m., the latest finish in U.S. Open history.But he fell short on Sunday in his attempt to become the first man to beat the No. 8 seed fell to 0-6 against Zverev, winning a set Sunday for only the second time.The 23-year-old Shelton figures to get more chanc…
Top seed Alexander Zverev ended Ben Shelton’s hopes and dashed American dreams with a commanding four-set victory on Sunday to claim his maiden US Open title. Germany's Alexander Zverev won his second Grand Slam after finally taking home his first major title earlier this year at the French Open.
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