Following several close calls—needing five sets to beat the unseeded pair of Frances Tiafoe and Mikhail Youzhny in…
For the first time since 1985, a major event will feature an all-American women’s semifinal.
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Tuesday’s quarterfinal collision between two great storylines—Venus Williams still rolling through Slams at age 37,…
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QUEENS, N.Y.—Sir, I am sorry that I missed your U.S. Open tennis match on Monday evening. I missed it because I saw…
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As the U.S. Open heads into its first weekend, let’s have a moment of silence for all the top seeds gone too soon.
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Let’s revisit the one part of yesterday’s Roger Federer match that made me happy. Lob falling back to earth, a few…
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The best article I’ve read this U.S. Open is about the one Nick Kyrgios supporter who can never opt out of the constant pain of fandom: his mom. [New York Times]
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After her second-round upset loss to the perpetually underestimated Ekaterina Makarova, U.S. Open five-seed Caroline…
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No. 8 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga won the point of the match, and probably the point of the night, against 18-year-old potenti…
Former top-20 player Alexandr Dolgopolov came under the scrutiny of tennis’s anti-corruption group last week because…
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Nick Kyrgios, to his credit, did not retire after injuring his shoulder early in the third set of his first-round…
In a markedly soft U.S. Open field—no Novak Djokovic, no Stan Wawrinka, no Andy Murray—third-ranked Roger Federer…