Alexander Zverev...celebrating winning his first grand slam title in Roland Garros on Sunday afternoon
Alexander Zverev finally landed the Grand Slam title that threatened to elude him by overcoming Flavio Cobolli and his own nerves to win a tense French Open final in five sets.
The 29-year-old German secured his first, long-awaited major triumph with a 6-1 4-6 6-4 6-7 (5-7) 6-1 victory over 10th seed Cobolli on Sunday evening in Paris.
After losing his three previous Grand Slam finals, second seed Zverev became increasingly tight against an opponent playing in his first championship match.
That was in marked contrast to the start of the match, with Zverev racing through the first set and quickly reasserting his authority after Cobolli snatched the second.
