Category: U.S. Open

Sabalenka Stuns Swiatek, Faces Garcia for WTA Finals Title

FORT WORTH, Texas—Aryna Sabalenka stood stoically ever so briefly, before crouching for an emphatic fist pump to go with a scream. Yeah, the seventh-ranked woman in the eight-player WTA Finals couldn’t hide the emotion, because she knew exactly what she had done. Sabalenka ended world No. 1 Iga Swiatek’s 15-match winning streak against top-10 opponents,…


US Open Discriminates Against Men’s Champion Carlos Alcaraz

Commentary The U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York concluded Sunday. It will be remembered on the women’s side for Serena Williams’s last professional match. On the men’s side, for the first major win by 19-year-old Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz. Unfortunately, his win comes with an asterisk, since Novak Djokovic, arguably the best player in the…


Tiafoe Comes up Short at U.S. Open but Gives Hope to Weary American Fans

NEW YORK—Frances Tiafoe came up short in his quest for a U.S. Open title but he walks out of Flushing Meadows having boosted hope for the future of American men’s tennis after reaching the semi-final. The United States have not produced a men’s Grand Slam winner for nearly two decades after Andy Roddick hoisted a…


Tiafoe Comes up Short at US Open but Gives Hope to Weary American Fans

NEW YORK—Frances Tiafoe came up short in his quest for a U.S. Open title but he walks out of Flushing Meadows having boosted hope for the future of American men’s tennis after reaching the semi-final. The United States have not produced a men’s Grand Slam winner for nearly two decades after Andy Roddick hoisted a…


Ruud Reaches US Open Final With Confident Win Over Khachanov

NEW YORK—Norwegian Casper Ruud harnessed his mighty forehand to reach his second Grand Slam final this year by beating Russian Karen Khachanov 7–6(5), 6–2, 5–7, 6–2 at the U.S. Open. Fifth seed Ruud showed he could go the distance having survived an extraordinary 55-shot rally to close the first-set tiebreak and next faces either home…


Tiafoe Keeps Alive American Hopes by Reaching US Open Semifinal

NEW YORK—With the hopes of a nation resting on his shoulders, American Frances Tiafoe rose to the occasion on Wednesday by reaching his first Grand Slam semifinal with 7–6(3), 7–6(0), 6–4 win over Russian Andrey Rublev at the U.S. Open. Not since Andy Roddick in 2003 has a U.S. man won the title at Flushing…


US Open Day 8: Tiafoe Stuns Nadal; Alcaraz Beats Cilic

Frances Tiafoe produced one of the biggest upsets at the U.S. Open after stunning 22-times Grand Slam champion Rafa Nadal in the fourth round, while Spanish teenager Carlos Alcaraz battled past Marin Cilic in a late-night thriller on Monday. Home hope Tiafoe, 24, pulled off a 6–4, 4–6, 6–4, 6–3 victory to hand Nadal his…


No. 1 Swiatek, No. 2 Nadal Head Into US Open’s 4th Round

NEW YORK—LOOKAHEAD TO MONDAY After a string of upsets and Serena Williams’ loss in what is expected to be her final match left no past U.S. Open women’s champions in the field, all eyes are now on No. 1 Iga Swiatek. The two-time French Open champion will try to make the U.S. Open quarterfinals for…


Andy Murray Bounces Back to Advance at US Open

Andy Murray stormed back from a first-set loss to defeat American wild card Emilio Nava 5–7, 6–3, 6–1, 6–0 on Wednesday in the second round of the U.S. Open in New York. Murray finished with just 22 winners compared to Nava’s 33, but made good on 46 of 58 first service points (79.3 percent) to…


4-Time Slam Champ Osaka Loses to American Collins at US Open

NEW YORK—Naomi Osaka walked off the court, headed toward the locker room and layed down, draping a towel over her face. Out-hit in Arthur Ashe Stadium by another big hitter, Danielle Collins, two-time U.S. Open champion Osaka was left to contemplate a second consecutive first-round loss at a Grand Slam tournament. Collins reached her first…