" the great come back game "

Austrian Dominic Thiem won his first Grand Slam title at the US Open and created tennis history with an astonishing comeback against German Alexander Zverev.

Having lost three of three Grand Slam finals, Thiem was facing the prospect of yet another crushing defeat when he went down two-sets and a break in the final.         But in a match, in which Thiem was clearly struggling with an injury, he dug deep and was able to hold his nerves to take the final three sets 2-6, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, 7-6.     The astonishing come back was the first time at the US Open since 1949 when a men’s player had come back from two-sets down to win the US Open final.