Zverev recovers from poor start to win in four sets‘I was down 1-6, 2-4, nothing to lose,’ German saysEveryone knew – except, maybe,
Novak Djokovic – that change was going to come in
New York. But only gamblers, dreamers and the fool on the hill would have guessed the 2020
US Open title would go to a player in his first grand slam final. After nine days of the championships, that player could be Alexander Zverev.
In an uneven performance the Russo-German, world-educated fifth seed – in a draw shredded of past champions absent through choice (Rafal Nadal,
Roger Federer and Stan Wawrinka), early defeat (Andy Murray) or self‑destruction (Djokovic) – recovered from a poor start to beat the quarter-final debutant Borna Coric 1-6, 7-6 (5), 7-6 (1), 6-3, on Arthur Ashe Stadium.