Alexander Zverev had just won the US Open and didn’t know it 😳
The German defeated Ben Shelton in a four-set final on the Arthur Ashe court in New York, but when the decisive point arrived, the chair umpire’s voice was swallowed by the roar of the stands. Zverev remained standing, waiting for the next game, convinced that the scoreboard still read 5-1. Several seconds passed—an eternity in a Grand Slam final—until he looked at the giant scoreboard and understood everything. Only then did he run to the net, amid nervous laughter, to apologize to Shelton for the delay 🎾
It’s his second major title of the year, after Roland Garros, and it heals a wound that had remained open since 2020, when he lost this same final to Dominic Thiem after going two sets up. Thirteen years of waiting for a Grand Slam, and suddenly two in three months.
