Ben Shelton vs Alexander Zverev US Open final
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After Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner dominated the Grand Slam landscape for the past two years, Alexander Zverev broke through to end their duopoly by winning two Major titles this season. After Zverev clinched the 2026 US Open title,
Soon-to-be-crowned the new No. 1 on the women's side, Rybakina held off top-seed Aryna Sabalenka in Saturday's US Open final, 6-4, 5-7, 6-2 to win her third career major. Rybakina broke Sabalenka early in the third and again at 5-2, holding off the two-time defending champion with precision and execution.
No. 1 Taylor Townsend and Katerina Siniakova won the women’s doubles tournament on Friday, September 11th, at Arthur Ashe Stadium. The title brought Townsend her first career Grand Slam win, while it also brought Siniakova her second. The pair defeated unseeded Ashlyn Krueger and Robin Montgomery in three sets.
The last time an American man won a Grand Slam title was in 2003, when Andy Roddick claimed victory at the US Open.
Could Kristina & Annika Penickova be the next generation of the Bryan brothers in American tennis history? They play for the US Open girls title on Saturday,2.
Follow live US Open semifinal updates as Frances Tiafoe and Ben Shelton guarantee an American finalist while Alexander Zverev faces Karen Khachanov.
The win clinches a full sweep of Grand Slam semifinals in 2026 for Zverev. He fell short of a comeback against a hobbled Alcaraz in the Australian Open semif inal. He triumphed in a depleted field at Roland-Garros. And he got overwhelmed by Sinner in the Wimbledon final. This Slam is shaping up to be more like the one in Paris.
Ben Shelton defeated Carlos Alcaraz in the men's singles quarterfinal of the US Open 2026, in a match that went for four hours and 28 minutes.