Zverev will face Shelton in the US Open final. Neither of the two Grand Slam finals met the top 20 players.

Zverev. (File photo)

[Reporter Lu Yangxuan/Comprehensive Report] German star Alexander Zverev is entering a career year this year and has reached the finals of three consecutive Grand Slams. Tomorrow he will face local slugger Ben Shelton in the men's singles final of the US Open. Foreign media have also compiled his advancement path at the French Open and the US Open, but he has not met the top 20 players in the ATP world rankings. It can be said that he has both strength and luck.

Zverev won his first career Grand Slam title at the French Open in June this year. This year's clay court Grand Slam was a series of upsets, and many seeds were defeated in advance. It was not until the final that Zverev met the 10th seed Flavio Cobolli of Italy that he met a player ranked among the top 20 in the world for the first time.

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Coming to Flushing Park, the finale of the Grand Slam, Zverev defeated the 89th-ranked Italian Lorenzo Sonego in five sets in the first round. In the second round, he defeated the 52nd-ranked French Quentin Halys in the same five-set battle. Then he was overwhelmed by his on-the-spot performance and defeated the 28th-ranked Chilean Alejandro Tabilo and the 22nd-ranked Italian Luciano in straight three sets. Darderi), Botic Van de Zandschulp of the Netherlands ranked 70, and Karen Khachanov of Russia who defeated the 50th ranked Russian in the semi-finals yesterday.

Zverev also did not meet the top 20 players in the ATP world rankings on his way to the US Open, and he did not face the world's No. 9 Shelton until the final. According to "Opta", Zverev is the second player since 1973, following the former Swiss golf champion Roger Federer in 2008, who did not meet the top 20 players in the world on the way to two Grand Slam finals in the same year.

Feder did not meet the top 20 players in the world on his way to the finals of the French Open and Wimbledon in 2008, but he lost in the finals and finished runner-up. Zverev will challenge for the second Grand Slam gold cup in his career and the first US Open title. In the past, he had the upper hand against Shelton with 5 wins and 0 losses.