US Open: Dominic Thiem and Alexander Zverev target first Grand Slam title in New York

Sky Sports will have a live blog with game-by-game coverage of Sunday's men's singles final (9pm BST) at Flushing Meadows; Thiem leads head-to-head with Zverev 7-2

Amid a long-running era of dominance from tennis' Big Three, Dominic Thiem has enhanced his reputation in the men's game as a three-time Grand Slam runner-up but Sunday's US Open final against first-time finalist Alexander Zverev represents a chance he will be desperate to seize.

For the first time since the 2016 US Open, a Grand Slam men's singles tournament will finish without Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal or Novak Djokovic as the champion. Thiem knows only too well how seemingly unbeatable the trio have appeared at tennis' top table.

Thiem, the second seed from Austria, suffered an agonising five-set defeat to Djokovic at the Australian Open in January, which followed losses to Rafael Nadal in both the 2019 and 2018 French Open finals.

The 27-year-old was in a relaxed mood - understandably so after his high-quality straight sets win against last year's US Open finalist Daniil Medvedev - if not a determined one, as he joked how his Grand Slam record in finals could soon resemble that of former world No 1 Andy Murray. ราคาบอลไหล

"If I win, I have my first," Thiem said. "If not, I probably have to call Andy Murray about how it is to be 0-4."

Murray won his first Grand Slam at the fifth attempt, emulating his then coach Ivan Lendl, at the 2012 US Open and has since added two titles at Wimbledon during arguably the greatest era of men's tennis to ensure he will be remembered as one of the sport's greatest.

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