At the sixth time of asking, the Briton crossed the finish line after producing his second ace of the set to claim the scoreboard advantage. However, it was the British No.1 who looked to be in pole position after earning a total of five set points at 6-5, but Kunieda recovered well from a 40-0 deficit to call for a tiebreak. The world No.2, Alfie Hewett, defeated Shingo Kunieda 7-6(2), 6-1 in the Wheelchair men's singles final to lift his third US Open title.Ī battle of the breaks in the opening set left spectators on the edge of their seats as there appeared to be few and far between the No.1 and No.2 seed.

Lucy Shuker, Gordon Reid and Andy Lapthorne knocked out in wheelchair singlesĭay 14 - Alfie Hewett defeats Shingo Kunieda to win his third US Open title.

Hewett and Gordon Reid finish runners-up in the men's doubles.

Alfie Hewett wins his 21st Grand Slam title after defeating Shingo Kunieda in straight-sets.

Joe Salisbury and Rajeev Ram beat Neal Skupski and Wesley Koolhof to US Open men's doubles title.

Entering Sunday's tiebreaker, Thiem boasted a career percentage of 51 percent of tiebreaks won. Zverev suffered from two double faults and for the winning point, Thiem passed Zverev at the net. In the fifth set tiebreaker, Thiem saved two championship points on second serves. With Zverev serving for the match in the fifth set at 5-3, Thiem broke at 40-30 and followed it up with three exceptional points, including back-to-back forehand winners to level the set at five apiece. Both Thiem and Zverev are known for their aggressive baseline playing, and near the end of the match, the pair continued to battle it out in long, grueling baseline rallies. In front of a noticeably quiet, fan-less crowd at Arthur Ashe Stadium in Flushing Meadows, New York, the pair played for four hours with both feeling the effects on their legs toward the end. It is the second consecutive year that the US Open men's singles final has gone the distance, and fourth consecutive Grand Slam men's singles final to have gone five sets. Thiem battled back from losing the first two sets to win three straight sets, including a fifth set tiebreaker, to win the match. Prior to the US Open win, Thiem had lost his three other Grand Slam finals appearances, with the most recent loss to Novak Djokovic in five-sets at this year's Australian Open.

Thiem joins Thomas Muster (1995 French Open) as the only Austrian men to win a Grand Slam championship. morydl1MSY- US Open Tennis September 14, 2020

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