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👋Good morning. Half the office spent this morning replaying one shot from Flushing Meadows instead of checking their inbox, and honestly, fair enough. Alexander Zverev's redemption story, battling back from years of near-misses to deny an American a first men's major since 2003, gave everyone a watercooler topic that had nothing to do with quarterly earnings. But underneath the small talk, the real story of the day is bigger than one match. It's about who gets to set the pace when the stakes are civilisational. Artificial intelligence, geopolitics and old alliances all got a workout yesterday, and the through-line is the same one Zverev just proved on court: sometimes redemption means changing your entire approach. Grab your coffee. Here's what you missed.
