No Chinese man had ever reached the main draw of the US Open in the Open Era until Wu and his compatriot Zhang Zhizhen both qualified for this year’s tournament last week. Wu then became the first Chinese man to win a singles match at any grand slam for 63 years with a 6-3 6-4 […]
The Australian, who battled past France’s Benjamin Bonzi 7-6 (7-3) 6-4 4-6 6-4, was his vocal self during the match, including when he complained to the chair umpire about the smell emanating from the stands of the Louis Armstrong Arena. “People don’t know that I’m a heavy asthmatic so when I’m running side to side […]
“I have never liked the word retirement. It doesn’t feel like a modern word to me. I’ve been thinking of this as a transition, but I want to be sensitive about how I use that word, which means something very specific and important to a community of people,” Williams said in the Vogue article published […]
It means Nadal remains unbeaten in his 20 grand slams matches this year having triumphed at the Australian Open and French Open before withdrawing from the Wimbledon semifinals due to injury. The Spaniard was playing his first US Open match since winning his fourth title at Flushing Meadows in 2019, and he had to overcome […]
Appearing in an Open-era record 23rd US Open, Williams lost her first-round match 6-1, 7-6 (5) at Arthur Ashe Stadium in New York. She and Serena will play their first doubles match either Wednesday or Thursday. It will be the first time the sisters, who have won 14 Grand Slams as partners, have played together […]
Tsitsipas lost out on the chance to claim the title of world No. 1 after an epic showdown in Louis Armstrong Stadium, where world No. 94 Galán took the victory on his ninth match point. Winning only seven points in the opening set, Tsitsipas lost the first 11 games to the Colombian before picking up […]
Andreescu was out on the Grandstand court to play Harmony Tan but the winds at the open arena kept blowing her skirt up and affecting her shots, forcing the 22-year-old to approach the chair umpire and request an additional bathroom break to change. “Will this not count as one of my changeovers? I mean it’s […]
Williams will open doubles play with her sister Venus on Wednesday. Williams will face world No. 2 Anett Kontaveit of Estonia in the round of 64, also on Wednesday. It will be their first career meeting. After early struggles with her serve Monday evening, Williams took 10 of the final 13 games against Kovinić, a […]
However, despite her momentous first grand slam victory in London in July, she describes her experience as a Wimbledon champion as “not the greatest,” saying she feels like she’s “not the Wimbledon champion.” Rybakina’s frustrations come after world ranking points were not awarded at Wimbledon this year in response to the tournament organizer’s decision to […]
Participating in the event held in New York were Rafael Nadal, Iga Swiatek, John McEnroe, Coco Gauff, Carlos Alcaraz, Leylah Fernandez, Felix Auger-Aliassime, Jessica Pegula, Matteo Berrettini, Maria Sakkari, Stefanos Tsitsipas, Taylor Fritz, Frances Tiafoe, Tommy Paul, Sebastian Korda and Ben Shelton. Nadal and Swiatek took on McEnroe and Gauff in one of the highlights […]
