Alexander Zverev Claims 2026 US Open Title, Defeating Ben Shelton in Four Sets
Alexander Zverev won the 2026 US Open men's singles title by defeating Ben Shelton in the final. The match lasted four sets, extending the American men's Grand Slam title drought to 23 years. Zverev's victory ended Shelton's hopes of becoming the first Black player to win the men's championship since Arthur Ashe in 1968.
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NEW YORK (AP) -- Alexander Zverev's best year in tennis goes on, and so does that lengthy Grand Slam drought for American men. Zverev won his second major championship and disappointed a crowd that was desperate to see the first Grand Slam title by an American man since 2003, beating Ben Shelton 6-3, 7-6 (2), 5-7, 6-2 on Sunday in the US Open final. Zverev finally broke through in the majors by winning this year's French Open and followed up by adding the title in New York that he so painfully l
Zverev dashed Shelton's hopes of becoming the first Black player to win the men's championship since Arthur Ashe in 1968 and the first American man to win the title since Andy Roddick in Flushing Meadows in 2003.
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