Alexander Zverev says he initially believed the US Open final’s score was 5-1 as he played Ben Shelton, describing the late stages of the match as more eventful than he expected.
The outlets report the same core point: Zverev’s misunderstanding about the score and his explanation of how the contest ultimately unfolded. While the shared reporting focuses on his retrospective remarks, they differ only in presentation rather than substance, all centring on Zverev’s account of the final moments and what it felt like during play.
Overall, the coverage frames the final as a match where momentum shifted and the scoreboard’s situation was not as clear to Zverev at the time as it later became. The emphasis across sources remains on Zverev’s post-match explanation rather than on a new tactical or statistical angle, and no alternate claims about the match’s outcome are introduced in these summaries.
