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He won his first Grand Slam and he did it big. The Austrian tennis player Dominic Thiem he won the US Open this Sunday after defeating German Alexader Zverev in an epic duel.
With a heroic and unprecedented comeback, the Austrian defeated his rival, conquering the first ‘giant’ that the ‘Big Three’ (Djokovic, Federer and Nadal) of tennis left free since 2016.
Thiem, second seed, defeated Zverev, fifth, 2-6, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 and 7-6 (8/6) in four hours and one minute of play on the main court in Flushing Meadows (New York), without an audience in the stands due to the coronavirus.
On the brink of losing his fourth straight Grand Slam final, Thiem was the first tennis player able to come back two sets against in an American Open final since the start of the open era half a century ago.
Opening a new chapter in the history of the sport, Thiem ended a streak of 13 Grand Slam tournaments accumulated by Djokovic, Nadal and Federer and is also the first winner of a ‘Major’ born in the 1990s.
A triumph that consolidates the relationship between the Austrian and the double Olympic champion in Athens 2004, which began in May last year. Massú has given him strength, concentration in the important moments of the matches and his particular claw.
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