This Sunday evening, the US Open will give birth to a new king.
Austria's Dominic Thiem, 27, and Germany's Alexander Zverev, 23, have the opportunity to sit on the throne of a Grand Slam for the first time.
A small event on a tennis planet dominated for fifteen years by the trio Federer-Nadal-Djokovic.
1.
In the New York closed-door, Zverev will experience his baptism of fire at this stage of the competition.
The native of Hamburg had never even passed the round of 16 in the United States.
Zverev has, however, already clinched a great title with his victory at the London Masters in 2018 against Djokovic.
1.
Thiem has conceded only one set in six games, notably teaching Felix Auger-Aliassime in 8th and De Minaur in quarters.
Zverev has been much slower since the start of the fortnight, letting an average of one set slip out per game.
In total, the Austrian spent almost four hours less on the court (1:28 p.m. against 5:16 p.m.).
their dream came true, friends for a long time pic.twitter.com/0ge4OkaWOI
- Christian Maier (@ ChrisiMaier1993) September 12, 2020
3.
Thiem has already invited three times to the Sunday meeting of a Major.
But Nicolas Massu's protégé has always stumbled on the ultimate step (Roland-Garros 2018 and 2019 against Nadal, Australian Open 2020 against Djokovic).
6.
We have been waiting for six years to see a new name inscribed on a Grand Slam trophy.
Marin Cilic (US Open 2014 against Nishikori) is the last to have managed to slip his Croatian surname in the middle of long Swiss, Spanish or Serbian lines.
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7.
The two men are friends on the circuit.
But that doesn't mean Thiem is generous with his younger brother.
In nine encounters, the world No. 3 has won seven times, the last in the semifinals of the Australian Open 2020. It will be their first meeting on American soil.
They were born in the 90s and qualified for a Grand Slam final ...
▪️ 1990: Milos Raonic 🇨🇦
▪️ 1993: Dominic Thiem (x3) 🇦🇹
▪️ 1996: Daniil Medvedev 🇷🇺
▪️ 1997: Alexander Zverev 🇩 🇪 pic.twitter.com/PJYRNW5kPT
- Game, Set and Math (@JeuSetMaths) September 11, 2020
26.
For 26 years, Germany had been waiting for a representative in the final of the American tournament.
Zverev succeeds Michael Stich, beaten in 1994 by Andre Agassi, who won his first coronation there in New York.
52.
Of the last 60 Grand Slams since Roland-Garros 2005, Nadal (19), Djokovic (17) and Federer (16) have won 52 titles between them.
Andy Murray, Stan Wawrinka (3 each), Martin Del Potro and Marin Cilic complete the picture.
3,000,000.
In dollars (a little over 2.5 million euros), this is the tidy sum that the winner of this extraordinary edition will receive.
