Dominic Thiem when he won the US Open in New York on September 13, 2020. -
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The 4th final was the right one, after Roland-Garros in 2018 and 2019 and the Australian Open in February.
Austria's Dominic Thiem, 3rd in the world, won the US Open on Sunday.
In Flushing Meadows, to finally lift a grand slam cup, the 27-year-old had to return a final very badly started against the German Alexander Zverev (7th) 2-6, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 , 7-6 (8/6).
It's Dominic Thiem's moment.
The point that made him a Grand Slam champion 👇 pic.twitter.com/uYMplH3TF7
- US Open Tennis (@usopen) September 14, 2020
An unprecedented turnaround
After his solid victory in the semi-final at the expense of Daniil Medvedev, finalist last year, Thiem appeared as the legitimate favorite for this final.
As much by its ranking as by the impression left during this fortnight, without forgetting a very favorable result in its confrontations with Zverev.
He was leading 7-2 and remained on three consecutive victories, the last of which was in the semi-finals in Melbourne (3-6, 6-4, 7-6, 7-6).
This 8th success has a historic flavor because it is the first to win a US Open final after being led two sets to nothing.
It is indeed at the end of a showdown of great intensity in the 5th set, the previous four having been less disputed on both sides, that Thiem made the difference.
Broken at 5-3, he immediately resumed Zverev's serve to stay alive, and once again in the 11th game to lead 6-5.
But Zverev managed to unbreak in turn to snatch a decisive game.
Three match points
It took him three match points and a direct error from the German to finally be crowned after 4 hours 01 minutes of a grueling fight.
After which his opponent favored fair play, in an embrace, to the distance imposed by protocol.
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