Alexander Zverev didn’t win Monday’s fourth-round showdown with Jannik Sinner so much as survive it, outlasting the sixth-seeded Italian in a punishing five-set epic to reach the US Open quarter-finals for a third time.
The 26-year-old from Germany, still gaining confidence in his ankle following an injury at last year’s French Open that sidelined him for eight months, overcame fatigue and a dogged, in-form opponent before finally closing out the 6-4, 3-6, 6-2, 4-6, 6-3 victory – the longest match of this year’s tournament – to earn a Wednesday date with the defending champion and top seed Carlos Alcaraz.
