Ben Shelton will attempt to break one of the longest droughts in American tennis when he faces Alexander Zverev in Sunday’s US Open men’s singles final at Arthur Ashe Stadium. Not since Andy Roddick defeated Juan Carlos Ferrero in the 2003 final has an American man won a Grand SlamContinue Reading
The Grand Slam season will finish as it began, with Aryna Sabalenka and Elena Rybakina facing each other across a hard court with one of tennis’s biggest prizes between them. Seven months after Rybakina recovered to defeat Sabalenka in the Australian Open final, the two leading players in the women’sContinue Reading
Alex Michelsen was just two points from his first Grand Slam semi-final. Frances Tiafoe was two sets down, one game from defeat and seemingly out of answers. But tennis scoring is unique. More than two hours later, Michelsen was crying on his countryman’s shoulder and Tiafoe was celebrating one ofContinue Reading
Alexander Blockx began 2026 outside the world’s top 100 and needing to qualify for the Australian Open. Eight months later, the 21-year-old Belgian is a US Open quarter-finalist, a Masters 1000 semi-finalist and one of the most convincing examples yet that the next generation of men’s tennis is arriving asContinue Reading
Before the match, Iva Jovic and Alexandra Eala were friends, rising stars and part of US Open Fan Week’s warmest scenes, when they brought their fathers on court during a playful doubles exhibition. For three hours and three minutes on Saturday night, however, that was all put aside. In theContinue Reading
Alexander Zverev survived his second five-set examination in three days, Coco Gauff overcame a tricky opponent and Gael Monfils brought his Grand Slam career to an emotional close on a compelling fifth day at the US Open. Taylor Fritz delivered the most emphatic performance of the day, while Madison KeysContinue Reading
Carlos Alcaraz recovered from a sluggish opening set, Aryna Sabalenka delivered one of the most dominant performances of the tournament and Daniel Mérida surprised another prominent seed as the second round began on a rain-affected fourth day at the US Open. Jessica Pegula, Ben Shelton, Frances Tiafoe and Daniil MedvedevContinue Reading
Gael Monfils celebrated his 40th birthday with one last New York show, Coco Gauff negotiated a potentially awkward opening assignment and Taylor Fritz began his latest pursuit of an American breakthrough in commanding fashion on a rain-disrupted third day of the US Open. Elena Rybakina and Mirra Andreeva also advancedContinue Reading
Carlos Alcaraz had spent 139 days waiting to play another singles match. It took him only three sets to remind the US Open why he remains one of the most dangerous players in the draw. The defending champion began his return from a right-wrist injury with a 6-4, 6-4, 6-4Continue Reading
Mariano Navone produced the victory of his career on an interesting opening day at the US Open, defeating an ailing Novak Djokovic in five sets to bring the 24-time Grand Slam champion’s latest pursuit of history to an abrupt end. The Argentine world No. 49 recovered from losing the secondContinue Reading
