Austrian second seed Dominic Thiem has become the first man in 71 years to win the USOpen after dropping the first two sets of the final | SMHsport
Pancho Gonzalez delivered a similar turnaround against Ted Schroeder in 1949 to win the event then known as the US Championships.Stan Wawrinka's triumph at Flushing Meadows four years ago was the last time a man outside of Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic tasted success in a major.That win, Wawrinka's third in a grand slam, came just months after Andy Murray's second Wimbledon title.
Thiem also thanked the tournament organisers for staging a major championship under unprecedented pressures."To the USTA and to everybody who did such an awesome job, I think all the players felt super safe in the bubble," he said. Because of the COVID-19 outbreak, Wimbledon was canceled for the first time since World War II, while the French Open was postponed from its originally scheduled May start and now will begin in two weeks.
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