American Shelton to face Zverev in US Open final

Zverev through to third Grand Slam final in a row Alexander Zverev is into his second US Open final, after losing to Dominic Thiem in 2020 Germany's Zverev ended his long wait for a Grand Slam title with his French Open triumph in June and the 29-year-old reached the Wimbledon final in July, losing in four sets to world number one Jannik Sinner.

Zverev will play in his second US Open final six years after his first - a five-set defeat by Dominic Thiem in 2020.

Shelton becomes the first black American male player to reach the US Open singles final since Arthur Ashe in 1972, and the first black male player to reach a Grand Slam singles final since Jo-Wilfried Tsonga was beaten in the 2008 Australian Open final.