Alexander Zverev has ended his long wait for a first grand slam crown and rid himself of the unwanted title of 'best player never to win a major' with his five-set victory over Flavio Cobolli in the French Open final.
It is nearly six years since the German blew a golden chance to win the US Open against Dominic Thiem, while he also lost in Paris to Carlos Alcaraz two years ago and to Jannik Sinner at the Australian Open last year.
But injured Alcaraz did not even get to Paris and Sinner's early exit made this the opportunity Zverev had been waiting for as he repelled a brave comeback from the Italian 10th seed Cobolli, who was contesting his first slam final on Sunday (Monday AEST), to prevail 6-1 4-6 6-4 6-7 (5-7) 6-1.
