Was Alexander Zverev’s US Open Victory Redemption at Last for the “Lost Generation”?
For more than a decade, men’s tennis treated its 1990s cohort with a quiet, persistent skepticism. The generation produced talent, consistency and a steady supply of near-misses, but Grand Slam titles remained stubbornly beyond the reach of almost all its leading figures. Dominic Thiem and Daniil Medvedev each won one. Stefanos Tsitsipas, Andrey Rublev and …
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Is Karolina Muchová The Most Talented Woman Never To Win A Major?
Karolina Muchová finally won a Grand Slam title at the 2026 US Open, but it was far from being the one that she and her legions of fans around the world had hoped for. She began the tournament by winning the mixed doubles title alongside her fellow Czech Jakub Menšík, but ended it on the …
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U.S. Open takeaways: Best matches, worst moments and abiding memories from New York
Welcome back to the Monday Tennis Briefing, where The Athletic will explain the stories behind the stories from the past week on court. This week, a riveting and discourse-laden U.S. Open ended with a new queen at the top of women’s tennis and a second men’s Grand Slam title for a player who waited longer than most for his moment. In the women’s final, Elena Rybakina backed up her rise to the top of the sport by dethroning reigning champion Aryna Sabalenka. Rybakina, a 27-year-old who represents
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Boris Becker predicts when Alexander Zverev will become world number one over Jannik Sinner
