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Thiem beats Alexander Zverev to win US Open

kriralok desk:

Dominic Thiem became the first player in the Open Era, which began in 1968, to rally from two sets down and win a US Open final when he beat his friend, Alexander Zverev, 2-6 4-6 6-4 6-3 7-6 (6) in New York on Sunday.

It hadn’t been done altogether since 1949.

And there were more firsts. The popular Austrian became the first new men’s grand slam champion since Marin Cilic in 2014 and it was the first fifth-set tiebreak in a final at the US Open.

Thiem somehow prevailed in the four-hour classic despite appearing to suffer from leg cramps in the tiebreak.

“We started to know each other back in 2014 and straight away started to develop a great friendship,” Thiem said during the trophy presentation. “We’ve made great things happen on the court and off the court. It’s amazing how far our journey brought us, to share this moment. I wish we could have two winners today. We both deserved it.”

Zverev, incredibly, lost from two sets up after coming from two sets down to beat Pablo Carreno Busta in the semifinals. Further, the German led by a break in the third but more devastatingly for him, couldn’t serve out the encounter at 5-3 in the fifth.

You could understand his tears during the trophy presentation. Both his parents tested positive for the coronavirus, he said, and couldn’t be with him in New York.

“I miss them,” he said, before stepping away from the microphone. “Man, this is tough. I’m sure they’re sitting at home and even though I lost, they’re pretty proud.”

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