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Zverev nails 2nd Slam title

Agence France-Presse

September 15, 2026 | 12:00am

Zverev nails 2nd Slam title

Alexander Zverev

STAR / File

NEW YORK – Alexander Zverev held off Ben Shelton to win the US Open on Sunday, capturing the second Grand Slam of his career just months after winning the French Open.

The top-seeded German ruthlessly snuffed out a late surge by Shelton to triumph 6-3, 7-6 (7/2), 5-7, 6-2, crushing the eighth seed’s hopes of becoming the first US man in 23 years to win a Grand Slam title.

Zverev expunged the bitter memory of his 2020 US Open defeat, when he was two points from victory before falling to Dominic Thiem in five sets.

It would be six years – with two major finals disappointments – before he would break through this season.

ALEXANDER ZVEREV

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