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Zverev Finally Earns First Grand Slam

Alexander Zverev has finally gotten the monkey off his back.

The 29-year-old won the first Grand Slam title of his career, defeating Flavio Cobolli 6-1, 4-6, 6-4, 6-7(5), 6-1 to capture the trophy at Roland-Garros. Zverev battled the first-time Slam finalist in a four-hour, 16-minute thriller and emerged with the biggest victory of his career.

Last year, the world No. 3 became the eighth man in the Open Era to lose his first three major finals (2020 US Open, 2024 Roland-Garros, 2025 Australian Open). But on Sunday, the German joined Andre Agassi, Goran Ivanisevic, and Dominic Thiem, who defeated Zverev to win the 2020 US Open, as men who won their first major in their fourth final.

“This court is very, very special to me, in a positive and a negative way,” said Zverev. “I had some of the toughest moments of my tennis career here. I was lying on this court with an injury that I didn't know if I would ever come back from. I lost a Grand Slam final here. All of those memories for me, they're not wiped out. They're still with me, but this one will beat all of them.

“Now, no matter what happens, I will always be a Grand Slam champion, and nobody can take that away from me.”

Zverev captured the 25th title of his career and became the first non-Jannik Sinner or Carlos Alcaraz Grand Slam winner in the past nine majors.

The 24-year-old Cobolli rises to a new career high ranking of No. 10 after reaching his first Slam final.

Coming Up On Tour

Grass season gets into full swing this week with a pair of ATP 250 events, as players begin to look ahead to Wimbledon at the end of the month.

ATP 250 - Stuttgart

After being ousted early at Roland-Garros, American Ben Shelton enters the Boss Open as the top seed, looking to improve on a semifinal appearance at the event last year, where he fell to Zverev in straight sets. The fifth-ranked Shelton reached the quarter-final at Wimbledon last year, his best performance at the event in three appearances.

Other notables in the field include second seed Taylor Fritz, wild card Nick Kyrgios, and Canadian Alexis Galarneau, who will battle Jan-Lennard Struff after making it through qualifying.

ATP 250 - 's-Hertogenbosch

Canadian Félix Auger-Aliassime enters the Libema Open as the top seed, looking to build on his momentum after a quarter-final run at Roland-Garros. Defending champion Gabriel Diallo was also in the field but lost in the first round to Adrian Mannarino.

Jannik Sinner played in one grass event in the lead-up to his Wimbledon victory last year, but it remains unclear when the world No. 1 will return after his physical struggles in the Paris heat resulted in a shocking second-round upset.

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All Winners This Week:

Roland-Garros

Men’s Singles: Alexander Zverev* (1/1/25) d. Flavio Cobolli
Men’s Doubles: Marcel Granollers and Horacio Zeballos d. Harri Heliovaara and Henry Patten

* 2026 Titles/Career Grand Slams/Career Titles

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Feature Photo : Martin Sidorjak