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Germany’s Alexander Zverev claimed the US Open title with a 6-3, 7-6, 5-7, 6-2 victory over Ben Shelton on Sunday. It’s Zverev’s first US Open and his second career Grand Slam after he conquered Roland-Garros earlier this summer.
It’s been nearly a quarter century since no member of the Big Three — Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic — appeared in the top 10 of the men’s tennis rankings.
Alexander Zverev won two Grand Slam titles and reached another final this year. He was the best player in the biggest events.
The brashly confident and appealing 23-year-old was trying to become the first American to win a Grand Slam title since Andy Roddick won the U.S. Open in 2003 — and the first Black man to win the tournament since Arthur Ashe in 1968.
Canadian Bianca Andreescu started strong, but in the end was no match for sixth-seeded Cristina Bucsa of Spain in Sunday’s opening round of the Guadalajara Open.
Elena Rybakina was going to see her name on top of the women’s tennis rankings Monday no matter what happened in the U.S. Open final.
The two-time defending U.S. Open champion has been dethroned, losing to Elena Rybakina 6-4, 5-7, 6-2 in the final on Saturday. Denied the chance to become the third women’s player to win the American Grand slam tournament three times in a row, Sabalenka beat herself up throughout the 2-hour, 21-minute ordeal that was filled with self-inflicted mistakes.
American Christian Harrison and British partner Neal Skupski won their second Grand Slam men’s doubles title of the year by defeating Germany’s Kevin Krawietz and Tim Puetz 6-4, 7-6 (6) in the U.S. Open final on Saturday.










