German tennis star Alexander Zverev sought his maiden Grand Slam title at the 2026 French Open on Sunday. He wasn’t going to let blood sugar issues stand in his way.
Zverev suffers from type 1 diabetes, which forced him to take an insulin shot during his match against Flavio Cobolli. At the 2023 French Open, the German star was told he couldn’t take shots on court because it looked “weird,” but the Grand Slam has since changed that stance.
Zverev told Reuters’ Lidia Kelly in January that his battle with type 1 diabetes forces him to play “two games at once” whenever he’s on the court. After he won his first game on Sunday, he captured the second.
Alexander Zverev won 2026 French Open after taking insulin shot
Zverev beat Cobolli 6-1, 4-6, 6-4, 6-7 (7), 6-1, in four hours and 16 minutes, clinching the long-awaited Grand Slam title. Per OptaAce, the 29-year-old won 125 Grand Slam singles matches, the most among any player in the Open Era en route to his first major tournament win.