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The final lasted four hours, but at first it looked like it could be a walking win for Germany’s Alexander Zverev, who took home the opening two sets convincingly.
In the third, Thiem managed They came again and the final became a thriller in five sets that led to a decisive tiebreaker. In the end, Thiem could see Zverev make a return off the field and the Austrian lay exhausted on his back behind the baseline and cheered the victory with 2-6, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, 7- 6 and 8-6 in the tiebreak. .
– We started getting to know each other in 2014 and immediately developed a nice friendship, and in 2016 we started a fantastic rivalry. We have done fantastic things both on and off the field. I wish we had two winners today. We both deserve it, says Thiem in his victory speech.
The final between two players who had never won a Grand Slam title before was marked by nervousness and many simple mistakes. Thiem was also marked by cramps during the fifth set and limped precariously between balls in the tiebreaker.
Never before Since the 1968 US Open was opened to professional players, a finalist has managed to take home a 0-2 disadvantage and win a final. In fact, the last time this happened was in 1949 when the competition was called the United States Championship. It was also the first time a tiebreaker final was decided in the fifth set and Thiem, 27, is the first US Open champion on the men’s side to be born in the 1990s.
It is also Thiem’s first Grand Slam title, having reached the Australian Open final earlier this year and at the French championships in both 2018 and 2019.
