After Novak Djokovic of Serbia and Sofia Kenin won the men’s and women’s singles titles at the Australian Open 2020, tennis, like every other sport, entered a period of no action owing to the coronavirus. The Wimbledon was cancelled and the French Open was pushed to a September start. When tennis finally resumed in August, not all the big names on tour. And when Djokovic was defaulted for inadvertently hitting a line judge with a ball, the path was open for a new winner. Austria’s Dominic Thiem. Who had come close on a number of occasions before, grabbed the opportunity and became the first new winner of a men’s singles Grand Slam event since Marin Cilic won the 2014 US Open.
The women’s section of the US Open saw Japan’s Naomi Osaka win the title, adding to her victories in 2018 US Open and 2019 Australian Open.
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Thiem not only became the first new winner of a Grand Slam men’s singles title, but was also the first to be born in the 1990s to achieve the feat in men’s singles. He is also the first currently active male player in hi 20s to win a men’s singles Grand Slam title.
Thiem didn’t have it easy though as he had to come back from two sets down to win the final against Alexander Zverev. That made him the first player to come back from two sets down in the US Open final in the Open Era (1968 onwards).
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