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China News Service, September 14th. In the early morning of the 14th, Beijing time, this season's US Open men's singles final ended. No. 2 seed Tim completed a big reversal after losing two sets first to 2-6/4-6/6. -4/6-3/7-6(6), the total score defeated No. 5 seed Alexander Zverev 3:2 to win the championship.
This is the fourth time in Tim's career that he has reached the Grand Slam final and finally realized his dream after three losses.
At the same time, this is also the first Grand Slam men's singles trophy won by a post-90s generation.
Zverev took the lead in the first set and scored 9 winning goals in a single set. He broke Tim's serve twice and won the first set 6-2.
Zverev took the lead in breaking serve in the second set and took a 3:1 lead.
Subsequently, Tim saved 4 inventory points and broke Zverev's serve to win the game.
Zverev withstood the pressure in the last game and went on another set with 6:4.
In the third set, Zverev also took the lead in breaking serve, but Tim adjusted his state in time to break back and tie the score to 2:2.
Tim resisted the pressure and relied on a key break in the tenth game to recover a set 6:4.
In the fourth set, Tim and Zverev's performance continued to rise, and the quality of the game began to improve compared with the previous three sets.
After Zverev secured the battle, the two sides reached a 3:3 tie.
With a key break at the end of the set, Tim regained another set with 6:3 and drew 2:2 with Zverev. The game was dragged into the final set.
At the critical moment, the two sides did not soften their hands, and quickly reached a 1:1 tie in the fifth set.
Subsequently, Zverev scored a key break, leading 5:3.
Tim chased 3 games to complete the reversal with 6:5.
In the 12th game, Zverev broke serve and dragged the game into the tie-break.
In the end, Tim won 7:6 (6).
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