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Dominic Thiem’s win over Alexander Zverev worthy of a US Open final – ABC News
Though some will remain determined to remember the first COVID-era men’s major for its absences, Dominic Thiem and Alexander Zverev showed it was worth the wait for a new grand slam champion, writes Richard Hinds.
And so, at long last, a major title for tennis’s Generation Next, those ageing heirs apparent who have stood around at grand slam tournaments like customers in the queue at a busy delicatessen without a number.
Patience is a virtue that has been mercilessly imposed upon these be-sneakered bridesmaids by their three ruthless masters.
So the four hours and two minutes it took Dominic Thiem to beat Alexander Zverev 2-6, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 7-6(8/6) in an arduous, enervating and inevitably engrossing US…
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