{"id":1977822,"date":"2026-06-07T20:48:38","date_gmt":"2026-06-07T17:48:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1977822"},"modified":"2026-06-07T20:48:38","modified_gmt":"2026-06-07T17:48:38","slug":"alexander-zverev-breaks-major-curse-in-dramatic-5-set-french-open-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1977822","title":{"rendered":"Alexander Zverev breaks Major curse in Dramatic 5-Set French Open final"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/e00-xlk-ue-marca-en.uecdn.es\/files\/article_main_microformat\/uploads\/2026\/06\/07\/6a25d635cbd41.jpeg&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article class=\"ue-c-article\">\n<div class=\"ue-l-article__header\">\n<div class=\"ue-l-article__main-column\">\n<div class=\"ue-c-article__header \">\n<div class=\"ue-l-article__header-content ue-l-article--expand-right-full-from-tablet ue-l-article--expand-right-half-from-desktop\">\n<div class=\"ue-c-article__kicker-group\">\n<div class=\"ue-c-article__kicker-container\">\n<div class=\"ue-c-article__kicker\">Roland Garros<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h1 class=\"ue-c-article__headline js-headline js-headlineb \">Alexander Zverev breaks Major curse in Dramatic 5-Set French Open final<\/h1>\n<p class=\"ue-c-article__standfirst\">Grand Slam Glory at last<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ue-l-article__body\" data-section=\"articleBody\">\n<div class=\"ue-l-article__main-column ue-l-article--minimum-content-from-tablet\">\n<figure class=\"ue-c-article__media ue-c-article__media--image ue-c-article--media-icon-m-from-phablet ue-l-article--expand-left-full-from-tablet ue-c-article__media--main-media\">\n<div class=\"ue-c-article__media-img-container ue-l-article--expand-edge-right-until-tablet ue-l-article--expand-edge-left-until-tablet\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1980\" height=\"1320\" class=\"ue-c-article__image\" alt=\"Alexander Zverev of Germany celebrates after winning.\" src=\"https:\/\/e00-xlk-ue-marca-en.uecdn.es\/uploads\/2026\/06\/07\/6a25d635cbd41.jpeg\"><\/div><figcaption class=\"ue-c-article__media-caption\">\n<div class=\"ue-c-article__media-caption-inner\"><span class=\"ue-c-article__media-description\">Alexander Zverev of Germany celebrates after winning.<\/span><span class=\"ue-c-article__media-source\"><span class=\"ue-c-article__media-author\">LAPRESSE<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"ue-c-article__bar has-avatar ue-c-article__bar--horizontal-from-tablet\">\n<div class=\"ue-c-article__bar-body\">\n<ul class=\"ue-c-article__byline ue-l-article--grow-from-desktop\" aria-label=\"Redacci\u00f3n:\">\n<li class=\"ue-c-article__byline-item\">\n<div class=\"ue-c-article__byline-name\">\n                                LAPRESSE\n                    <\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"ue-c-article__publishdate\" aria-label=\"Fecha de publicaci\u00f3n\"><span>Updated 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the champion receive in 2026?<\/li>\n<li class=\"ue-c-article__subtitles-item  \"><span class=\"ue-c-article__subtitles-kicker\">Roland Garros.\u00a0 <\/span>Mirra Andreeva\u2019s priceless reaction after winning her first Roland Garros title at 19<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"ue-c-article__body\">\n<p data-mrf-recirculation=\"Links P\u00e1rrafos\" class=\"ue-c-article__paragraph paragraph ue-c-article--first-letter-highlighted\">A<strong>lexander Zverev<\/strong> is no longer one of the best players never to win a major title.\u00a0He\u2019s finally <strong>a Grand Slam champion<\/strong>.\u00a0In his fourth major final, Zverev beat <strong>Flavio Cobolli<\/strong> 6-1, 4-6, 6-4, 6-7 (5), 6-1 for the <strong>French Open<\/strong> title on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p data-mrf-recirculation=\"Links P\u00e1rrafos\" class=\"ue-c-article__paragraph paragraph\">It was a unique opportunity for Zverev without <strong>Jannik Sinner or Carlos Alcaraz<\/strong> across the net and the third-ranked German took full advantage on the red clay of <strong>Roland Garros<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"ue-c-article__media ue-c-article__media--video  video-player\">\n<div class=\"ue-c-article__media-img-container ue-l-article--expand-edge-right-until-tablet ue-l-article--expand-edge-left-until-tablet\" id=\"player_cef0ce441fe59f7f89af9b1e_xadup6q_parent\">\n<div class=\"ue-c-video-player-frame\">\n<div class=\"ue-c-video-player-frame__wrapper\">\n<div id=\"player_cef0ce441fe59f7f89af9b1e_xadup6q\"><\/div>\n<header class=\"ue-c-video-player-frame__header\">\n<div class=\"ue-c-video-player-frame__headline\">Alexander Zverev breaks Major curse in Dramatic 5-Set French Open final<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"ue-c-article__media-caption\">\n<div class=\"ue-c-article__media-caption-inner\"><span class=\"ue-c-article__media-description\">Mirra Andreeva&#8217;s reaction to seeing her name in Roland Garros history says it all<\/span><\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p data-mrf-recirculation=\"Links P\u00e1rrafos\" class=\"ue-c-article__paragraph paragraph\">When Cobolli missed an overhead on the second championship point <strong>after more than four hours<\/strong> of the five-set encounter, Zverev dropped on his back to the clay and covered his face with his hands as he began sobbing. When he got up, with his shirt and arms covered in clay, Zverev put his hands back on his face before he lifted both arms in celebration.<\/p>\n<p data-mrf-recirculation=\"Links P\u00e1rrafos\" class=\"ue-c-article__paragraph paragraph\">When Zverev was handed the <strong>Coupe des Mousquetaires trophy<\/strong>, he lifted it with both hands and let out a liberating roar.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ue-c-article__embedded\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet-lazy\" data-lang=\"es\"><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p data-mrf-recirculation=\"Links P\u00e1rrafos\" class=\"ue-c-article__paragraph paragraph\">\u201cThis court is so special to me in so many ways. I\u2019ve had the best moments of my life on this court; <strong>I had the worst moment of my life on these courts<\/strong>,&#8221; Zverev said, referring to when he was injured and pushed off on a wheelchair during a semifinal against <strong>Rafael Nadal in 2022<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-mrf-recirculation=\"Links P\u00e1rrafos\" class=\"ue-c-article__paragraph paragraph\">\u201cI was laying in that corner over there four years ago with seven broken ligaments and two fractured bones,&#8221; Zverev said. \u201cI lost a Grand Slam final here two years ago but now finally it\u2019s a happy end.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-mrf-recirculation=\"Links P\u00e1rrafos\" class=\"ue-c-article__paragraph paragraph\">Zverev has now joined an elite group of players that captured their first major in their fourth final: Eight-time major champion <strong>Andre Agassi<\/strong>, 2001 Wimbledon winner Goran Ivanisevic and 2020 U.S. Open champion Dominic Thiem.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"ue-c-article__subheadline\">No Sinner or Alcaraz<\/h2>\n<p data-mrf-recirculation=\"Links P\u00e1rrafos\" class=\"ue-c-article__paragraph paragraph\">Zverev had been an overwhelming favorite for the title ever since the top-ranked Sinner struggled in the first week\u2019s heat wave and wasted a two set and 5-1 lead against <strong>Juan Manuel Cerundolo<\/strong> in the second round. A day later, 24-time Grand Slam champion <strong>Novak Djokovic<\/strong> was also eliminated.<\/p>\n<p data-mrf-recirculation=\"Links P\u00e1rrafos\" class=\"ue-c-article__paragraph paragraph\"><strong>Alcaraz<\/strong>, the two-time reigning champion, withdrew before the tournament with an <strong>injured right wrist<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-mrf-recirculation=\"Links P\u00e1rrafos\" class=\"ue-c-article__paragraph paragraph\">It was Zverev\u2019s second French Open final, having wasted a lead of two sets to one against Alcaraz in the 2024 championship match.<\/p>\n<p data-mrf-recirculation=\"Links P\u00e1rrafos\" class=\"ue-c-article__paragraph paragraph\">Zverev had an even bigger advantage \u2014 two sets to none \u2014 <strong>in the 2020 U.S. Open final<\/strong> and lost that one, too, to Thiem. He was also beaten in straight sets by Sinner in the <strong>2025 Australian Open final<\/strong>.\u00a0It was the 25th title of Zverev\u2019s career<\/p>\n<div class=\"ue-c-article__embedded\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet-lazy\" data-lang=\"es\"><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"ue-c-article__subheadline\">Cobolli&#8217;s 1st Slam final<\/h2>\n<p data-mrf-recirculation=\"Links P\u00e1rrafos\" class=\"ue-c-article__paragraph paragraph\">The <strong>14th-ranked Cobolli<\/strong> had never been past a Grand Slam quarterfinal until this week. He was attempting to become the first Italian man to raise the singles trophy at Roland Garros since Adriano Panatta 50 years ago.<\/p>\n<p data-mrf-recirculation=\"Links P\u00e1rrafos\" class=\"ue-c-article__paragraph paragraph\">Cobolli comes from the same tennis club in Rome as Panatta did and Panatta was asked by tournament organizers to present the trophy to the champion to celebrate the anniversary of his 1976 triumph.\u00a0The honors, however, went to Zverev.<\/p>\n<p data-mrf-recirculation=\"Links P\u00e1rrafos\" class=\"ue-c-article__paragraph paragraph\">Russian teenager <strong>Mirra Andreeva<\/strong> won the women\u2019s singles trophy on Saturday.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"ue-c-article__subheadline\">Zverev took control early on<\/h2>\n<p data-mrf-recirculation=\"Links P\u00e1rrafos\" class=\"ue-c-article__paragraph paragraph\">The match was played in perfect conditions and Zverev\u2019s game was almost flawless at the start.<\/p>\n<p data-mrf-recirculation=\"Links P\u00e1rrafos\" class=\"ue-c-article__paragraph paragraph\">Zverev broke Cobolli\u2019s serve in a long opening game when Cobolli shanked a forehand into the first row of the stands. The break came after Zverev had a bit of luck when a backhand return hit the net but dribbled over on game point for Cobolli.<\/p>\n<p data-mrf-recirculation=\"Links P\u00e1rrafos\" class=\"ue-c-article__paragraph paragraph\">A group of women in the stands held up letters to form Zverev\u2019s nickname: <strong>\u201cSascha.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-mrf-recirculation=\"Links P\u00e1rrafos\" class=\"ue-c-article__paragraph paragraph\">Cobolli likes to stand way over near the corner of the court and hit big kick serves out wide into the ad court. Zverev knew what was coming and returned one such kick serve early in the first set with a backhand that he wrapped around the outside of the net post. <strong>Cobolli ended up winning the point, but it was a message from Zverev<\/strong> that he knew how to handle his opponent\u2019s tactics.<\/p>\n<p data-mrf-recirculation=\"Links P\u00e1rrafos\" class=\"ue-c-article__paragraph paragraph\">The next time Zverev hit a <strong>wrap-around-the-net-post return<\/strong>, Cobolli couldn\u2019t handle it and Zverev won the point.<\/p>\n<p data-mrf-recirculation=\"Links P\u00e1rrafos\" class=\"ue-c-article__paragraph paragraph\">Cobolli\u2019s supporters in his box were all dressed in blue, the color of Italy\u2019s national teams, and as Cobolli worked his way back into the match, there were chants of \u201c<strong>Ole, Ole, Ole; Flavio, Flavio<\/strong>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-mrf-recirculation=\"Links P\u00e1rrafos\" class=\"ue-c-article__paragraph paragraph\">After Zverev held for a 6-5 lead in the fourth, he had his upper right leg treated by a trainer. Then Zverev wasted a 3-1 lead in the tiebreaker, which Cobolli concluded with a forehand winner up the line that produced a roar from the crowd.<\/p>\n<p data-mrf-recirculation=\"Links P\u00e1rrafos\" class=\"ue-c-article__paragraph paragraph\">But <strong>Cobolli appeared to run out of energy<\/strong> in the fifth, running down a drop shot only for Zverev to then pass him up the line for a 3-0 lead and a double break.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"ue-c-article__subheadline\">Abuse allegations<\/h2>\n<p data-mrf-recirculation=\"Links P\u00e1rrafos\" class=\"ue-c-article__paragraph paragraph\">Moments after Zverev\u2019s previous Grand Slam final in Australia in 2025, a person in the stadium yelled out the names of <strong>two of his ex-girlfriends who accused him of physical abuse<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-mrf-recirculation=\"Links P\u00e1rrafos\" class=\"ue-c-article__paragraph paragraph\">One case was resolved following an agreement between German prosecutors, lawyers for Zverev and his former partner. 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