Alexander Zverev Reaches the US Open Final and Awaits Shelton-Tiafoe Winner
Zverev improved to 24-2 in Grand Slam matches this season and moved one win from his second major title.
- On Friday, Alexander Zverev defeated Karen Khachanov 6-3, 7-6 , 7-6 in the Open semifinals, advancing the German to his second Grand Slam final of the year.
- Zverev holds a 24-2 record in Grand Slam matches this season and has won 13 consecutive sets at Flushing Meadows after reaching the French Open and Wimbledon finals.
- Seeking redemption, Zverev aims to win the title he let slip away against Dominic Thiem in a previous fifth-set tiebreaker; both were semifinalists at Flushing Meadows but never reached this Grand Slam final.
- Zverev will face the winner of Sunday's other semifinal, with Frances Tiafoe competing later Friday for the remaining spot opposite the German in the final.
- Andy Roddick's 2003 win remains the last for an American male at a major, making Frances Tiafoe's potential advancement significant for the country's Grand Slam drought.
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The German tennis pro Alexander Zverev is in the final of the US Open in New York.
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