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Zverev and Shelton Set for US Open Final

Alexander Zverev and Ben Shelton will meet Sunday for the US Open men's singles title after contrasting semifinal victories at Arthur Ashe Stadium.

Zverev advanced to his third consecutive Grand Slam final with a 6-3, 7-6(7), 7-6(6) victory over Karen Khachanov. The German survived tight second and third sets, holding his nerve in both tiebreaks to return to the US Open final for the first time since his five-set loss to Dominic Thiem in 2020.

The run continues a remarkable Grand Slam season for Zverev. After winning his first major title at Roland Garros and reaching the Wimbledon final, the World No. 1 is now one victory away from adding a second major championship. He has also reached at least the semifinals of all four Grand Slams this season.

Shelton earned his place in his first Grand Slam final with a 4-6, 6-3, 6-3, 7-5 victory over fellow American Frances Tiafoe. After dropping the opening set, Shelton took control of the middle stages and broke Tiafoe late in the fourth to avoid a deciding set.

The victory makes Shelton the first American man to reach a Grand Slam singles final since Taylor Fritz at the 2024 US Open and gives him the opportunity to end one of the longest-running droughts in American tennis. No American man has won a major singles title since Andy Roddick captured the US Open in 2003.

Shelton also became the first Black American man to reach the US Open singles final since Arthur Ashe in 1972, adding another historic dimension to a breakthrough tournament in which he also eliminated defending champion Carlos Alcaraz in a five-set quarterfinal that ended after 3:30 a.m.

Sunday's final presents Shelton with another formidable challenge. Zverev enters as the top seed and World No. 1 and has never lost to Shelton, holding a 5-0 career record against the 23-year-old American. Shelton, however, arrives in his first major final after defeating Alcaraz and Tiafoe in consecutive rounds and will have the Arthur Ashe Stadium crowd firmly behind him.

A Shelton victory would make him the first American man to win a Grand Slam singles title in 23 years—and the first to win the US Open since Roddick in 2003.

Sources: theScore · Sportsnet · Tennis Majors · Gainesville Sun · Punto de Break

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