{"id":247182,"date":"2026-06-07T21:52:53","date_gmt":"2026-06-07T21:52:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/07\/blood-sugar-issues-didnt-stop-alexander-zverev-from-winning-first-grand-slam-at-2026-french-open\/"},"modified":"2026-06-07T21:52:53","modified_gmt":"2026-06-07T21:52:53","slug":"blood-sugar-issues-didnt-stop-alexander-zverev-from-winning-first-grand-slam-at-2026-french-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/07\/blood-sugar-issues-didnt-stop-alexander-zverev-from-winning-first-grand-slam-at-2026-french-open\/","title":{"rendered":"Blood sugar issues didn&#8217;t stop Alexander Zverev from winning first Grand Slam at 2026 French Open"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>German <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yardbarker.com\/tennis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tennis\u00a0<\/a>star <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yardbarker.com\/tennis\/players\/alexander_zverev\/755261\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alexander Zverev<\/a> sought his maiden Grand Slam title at the 2026 French Open on Sunday. He wasn&#8217;t going to let blood sugar issues stand in his way.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>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&#8217;t take shots on court because it <a href=\"https:\/\/idf.org\/news-and-resources\/news\/idf-response-to-zverev-incident-at-french-open-2023\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">looked &#8220;weird,&#8221;\u00a0<\/a>but the Grand Slam has since changed that stance.<\/p>\n<p>Zverev <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/sports\/tennis\/zverev-plays-two-games-once-diabetes-clock-ticks-under-australian-open-run-2026-01-26\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told Reuters&#8217; Lidia Kelly<\/a> in January that his battle with type 1 diabetes forces him to play &#8220;two games at once&#8221; whenever he&#8217;s on the court. After he won his first game on Sunday, he captured the second.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>Alexander Zverev won 2026 French Open after taking insulin shot\u00a0<\/h2>\n<p>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.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>\n    !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n    {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n    n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n    if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n    n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n    t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n    s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n    'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n    fbq('init', '1324276914788316');\n    fbq('track', 'PageView');\n  <\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yardbarker.com\/tennis\/articles\/blood_sugar_issues_didnt_stop_alexander_zverev_from_winning_first_grand_slam_at_2026_french_open\/s1_13132_43928552\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>German tennis\u00a0star Alexander Zverev sought his maiden Grand Slam title at the 2026 French Open on Sunday. He wasn&#8217;t going to let blood sugar issues stand in his way.\u00a0 Zverev suffers from type 1 diabetes, which forced him to take an insulin shot during his match against Flavio Cobolli. 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