{"id":5826,"date":"2026-06-05T20:32:15","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T20:32:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandiegorelocationnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/05\/alexander-zverev-on-brink-of-elusive-grand-slam-title-in-paris\/"},"modified":"2026-06-05T20:32:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T20:32:15","slug":"alexander-zverev-on-brink-of-elusive-grand-slam-title-in-paris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandiegorelocationnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/05\/alexander-zverev-on-brink-of-elusive-grand-slam-title-in-paris\/","title":{"rendered":"Alexander Zverev on brink of elusive Grand Slam title in Paris"},"content":{"rendered":"<article><!-- --><!-- --><!-- WPS-5038 -- removed the script from WPS and added the placeholder for trinity player --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- CONTENT --><!--[--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>No. 2 seed Alexander Zverev of Germany advanced to Sunday&#8217;s French Open final to face the winner of Friday&#8217;s all-Italian semifinal.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/sandiegorelocationnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/05\/where-the-salary-cap-stands-after-draft-class-signings\/\">Where the Salary Cap Stands After Draft Class Signings<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Zverev moved closer to his elusive first Grand Slam title with Friday&#8217;s 7-5, 6-2, 3-6, 6-3 victory against No. 26 seed Jakub Mensik of Czechia at Roland Garros in Paris.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Zverev, 29, has won 24 ATP Tour singles titles and an Olympic gold medal (2020) but is 0-3 in Grand Slam finals with losses at the 2020 U.S. Open, 2024 French Open and 2025 Australian Open.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>He took care of business against the 20-year-old Mensik, finishing the clay-court semifinal in just over three hours.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He started playing amazingly in the third set,&#8221; Zverev said of Mensik. &#8220;He really stepped up to another level. 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All Rights Reserved.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--]--><!-- --><\/p>\n<p>This story was originally published <span>June 5, 2026 at 9:11 AM<span>.<\/span><\/span><!-- --><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No.2 seed Alexander Zverev of Germany advanced to Sunday&#39;s French Open final to face the winner of Friday&#39;s all-Italian semifinal.Zverev moved closer to his elusive first Grand Slam title with Friday&#39;s 7-5, 6-2, 3-6, 6-3 victory against No.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5825,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5826","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Alexander Zverev on brink of elusive Grand Slam title in Paris - 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