Sports
Zverev overcomes Shelton to claim US Open and second Grand Slam title
September 14, 2026 at 08:03 AM
Coverage
4 reports · over 14 hours
TGThe Guardian
The drought abides: US men still without a major since 2003 despite Shelton’s heroics
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BNBBC News
US Open 2026 results: How Alexander Zverev turned tears into triumph in New York
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ESESPN
Shelton, addressing Zverev's 2nd serve routine, says limit should exist
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ESESPN
Trinity Rodman goes from soccer game to US Open final to watch Ben Shelton
(opens the publisher’s site)Alexander Zverev defeated Ben Shelton 6-3, 7-6 (7-2), 5-7, 6-2 in the US Open final, adding a second Grand Slam title to his French Open win in June.
- Zverev, who did not immediately realise he had won until his team told him the match was over, claimed his first US Open title six years after losing the 2020 final to Dominic Thiem.
- Zverev said Germany had gone 30 years without winning a Grand Slam title and had now secured two in three months.
- Shelton, in his first major final, was seeking to become the first American man to win a Grand Slam title in 23 years.
- Trinity Rodman, Shelton's girlfriend, arrived from a soccer match during the final wearing a shirt bearing Shelton's face.