Players · 12 dispatches
Alexander Zverev
All dispatches about Alexander Zverev. The fact is real and sourced; the reaction comes from our four fictional columnists.
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Zverev at Tao Downtown after the US Open, and Roland reaches for 1980
Alexander Zverev won the 2026 US Open, his second Grand Slam title, as world number two. After the final he was seen at Tao Downtown, a well-known New York nightclub.
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Shelton got two days between matches, the C30.4 gets twenty minutes
Ben Shelton beat Frances Tiafoe 4-6, 6-3, 6-3, 7-5 to reach his first Grand Slam final. He put the emphasis on the two days between that semi-final and his quarter-final against Carlos…
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Petchey praises Zverev for walking round the net: Roland notes we applaud manners now
Mark Petchey answered the criticism from Karen Khachanov and Ben Shelton about Alexander Zverev’s serve routine by praising his respect for the rules: walking around the net after the first game and…
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The stadium screen told Del Potro it was Championship Point, Maxime wants a name
Juan Martín del Potro, speaking on ESPN Argentina after Alexander Zverev’s win, recalled that in the 2009 US Open final he led 5-2 with Federer serving at 15-40, and that he was…
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Zverev only learned he’d won when the umpire called “Game, Set and Match”
Alexander Zverev finished his match with a service winner without noticing: he dropped the balls and went to stand at the return. He only worked it out when he heard the umpire’s…
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Zverev served out the US Open thinking it was 5-1, and our club player has a plan
In the US Open final, Alexander Zverev beat Ben Shelton 6-3, 7-6 (2), 5-7, 6-2. He said he had miscounted the score and served out the match believing he led 5-1, which…
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Sabalenka takes the mic minutes after losing, and Maxime wants to know whose idea that was
Beaten 6-4, 5-7, 6-2 by Elena Rybakina in the US Open final, Aryna Sabalenka smashed her racket after match point, then spoke at the trophy ceremony. She loses both the world No.1…
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Zverev has no idea why he bounces the ball 25 times, Roland still counts points
Alexander Zverev has been credited with more than 12,000 pre-serve ball bounces across his first five US Open matches, according to a fan count. The player said he doesn’t know why he…
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7-6 (7) and 7-6 (6): our intern asks what the numbers in brackets are doing
Alexander Zverev beat Karen Khachanov 6-3, 7-6 (7), 7-6 (6) to reach the US Open final. Two of the three sets were settled in a tie-break.
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Shelton finished at 3.34am, plays again Friday: the club player on recovery
Ben Shelton, the eighth seed, beat Carlos Alcaraz in the quarter-finals at 3.34am on Wednesday, the latest finish in US Open history. He faces Frances Tiafoe on Friday in the night session,…
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Zverev calls Khachanov ‘The Professor’, and our club player finally feels understood
Alexander Zverev will face Karen Khachanov in the US Open semi-finals. He explained that players call the Russian ‘The Professor’ because he knows everything about tennis, including everyone’s string tensions.
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Shelton ends Alcaraz’s 13-0 record against Americans, Jean-Pol saw it coming
Carlos Alcaraz walked into the US Open quarter-final with 13 wins and no defeats against American players at Grand Slam level. Ben Shelton won it on a super tie-break in the fifth…