NEW YORK, Sept 1 : Top seed Alexander Zverev survived a huge scare at the U.S. Open after overcoming Italian Lorenzo Sonego 6-4 3-6 6-7(7) 7-5 6-4 in a first-round thriller that lasted almost five hours and stretched into the early hours of Wednesday.Zverev arrived in New York as a major champion for the firs

No. 1 seed Alexander Zverev was just two points from making the wrong kind of historic, a first-round U.S. Open exit. Then he turned history around.

NEW YORK, Sept 1 : Top seed Alexander Zverev survived a huge scare at the U.S. Open after overcoming Italian Lorenzo Sonego 6-4 3-6 6-7(7) 7-5 6-4 in a first-round thriller that lasted almost five hours and stretched into the early hours of Wednesday.Zverev arrived in New York as a major champion for the firs