New York: Austria's Dominic Thiem defeated Germany's Alexander Zverev after making an unprecedented comeback in the five-set long marathon final 2-6, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, 7-6(6) to lift his maiden US Open title on Monday.
A message from our 2020 #USOpen champ, Dominic Thiem: pic.twitter.com/29EC5t5gsz
— US Open Tennis (@usopen) September 14, 2020
This was the first US Open final to be decided by a fifth-set tie-break. Thiem is the first player to rally from two sets down in a US Open final since Pancho Gonzales did it against Ted Schroeder in 1949 at an event then known as the US Championships.
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He also became the first Grand Slam champion born in the 1990s.
It's Dominic Thiem's moment.
— US Open Tennis (@usopen) September 14, 2020
The point that made him a Grand Slam champion ? pic.twitter.com/uYMplH3TF7
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With this win, Thiem claimed his maiden Grand Slam trophy after three previous defeats in the finals of tennis majors. Thiem joined Thomas Muster (1995 Roland Garros) as the only Austrian man to win a major championship.
After losing the first two sets, Thiem made an exceptional comeback and won the next three sets in a match that lasted for more than four hours. (ANI)
