NEW YORK — Alexander Zverev knew what he was up against, playing a US Open final in a stadium full of people desperate to at last see another American champion. Zverev dashed Shelton's hopes of becoming the first Black player to win the men's championship since Arthur Ashe in 1968 and the first American man to win the title since Andy Roddick in Flushing Meadows in 2003. Key points and original sources are listed below.

• NEW YORK — Alexander Zverev knew what he was up against, playing a US Open final in a stadium full of people desperate to at last see another American champion. He tuned out the screams for Ben Shelton for so long that he didn’t even realize when he won, not h...S1

• Zverev dashed Shelton's hopes of becoming the first Black player to win the men's championship since Arthur Ashe in 1968 and the first American man to win the title since Andy Roddick in Flushing Meadows in 2003.S2

• Alexander Zverev defeated Ben Shelton to win the 2026 US Open. In doing so, Zverev became the only player to win multiple Grand Slam men’s...S3

• The man who won two Grand Slams in the same year walked onto Arthur Ashe Stadium with something Carlos Alcaraz never found: the blueprint to beat Ben Shelton. Zverev knew Shelton’s biggest weapon could become his biggest weakness if he stopped feeding him pace...S4