Tennis

Simon Cambers Aug 30, 2024, 05:33 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — Here’s a piece of advice for any men hoping to have a successful US Open in an Olympic year: Don’t win the silver medal. Carlos Alcaraz‘s shock second-round defeat by Botic van de Zandschulp at Flushing Meadows on Thursday night was

ESPN News Services Aug 30, 2024, 01:53 PM ET Open Extended Reactions No. 26 seed Paula Badosa came back from a set down and staved off a match point late in the third set Friday to reach the Round of 16 at the US Open for the first time. Badosa ultimately prevailed against Romanian qualifier

D’Arcy Maine, ESPN.com Aug 30, 2024, 01:03 AM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — After a dominant summer that saw him win the titles at the French Open and Wimbledon — becoming just the sixth man to win both in the same season — Carlos Alcaraz was handed his earliest exit at the US

D’Arcy Maine, ESPN.com Aug 29, 2024, 08:05 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — It was only a few moments after his dominant second-round win that Ben Shelton was asked about his next opponent. Covered in sweat and with a drenched towel draped over his shoulder on the blistering hot Wednesday afternoon, Shelton claimed

ESPN News Services Aug 28, 2024, 11:39 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — Defending champion Novak Djokovic reached the third round of the US Open on Wednesday night when his opponent had to stop in the third set of their match with an injury. Djokovic led Laslo Djere 6-4, 6-4, 2-0 when his

ESPN News Services Aug 28, 2024, 09:44 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — Victoria Azarenka said she suffered a migraine during her match against Clara Burel at the US Open on Wednesday, but the former world No. 1 still managed to claim a 6-1, 6-4 victory to move into the third round. Azarenka

ESPN News Services Aug 28, 2024, 09:06 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — Coco Gauff overcame some uneven serving early in the second round of the US Open before stretching her winning streak to nine matches at the site of her first Grand Slam title with a 6-4, 6-0 victory over 99th-ranked Tatjana

D’Arcy Maine, ESPN.com Aug 28, 2024, 12:26 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — One year ago, Naomi Osaka sat in the stands at Arthur Ashe Stadium and watched Coco Gauff and Karolina Muchova battle for a spot in the US Open final. From her seat, she privately wished she could be back out

D’Arcy Maine, ESPN.com Aug 27, 2024, 11:25 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — Danielle Collins unceremoniously packed up her bag and quickly headed for the exit at Louis Armstrong Stadium, as US Open tournament director Stacey Allaster followed behind her, awkwardly carrying a bouquet of flowers. Collins had just lost to Caroline Dolehide

ESPN News Services Aug 27, 2024, 07:31 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — A few hours into a match that eventually set a US Open record for length, Daniel Evans glanced over at the scoreboard. Not to see how he was doing, but to clarify exactly how long he had been playing. “In

Aug 27, 2024, 03:24 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Harriet Dart is into the second round of the U.S. Open. Matthew Stockman/Getty Images Britain’s Harriet Dart breezed into the second round of the U.S. Open on Monday with a straight sets win over Chloe Paquet, though her compatriot Jan Choinski fell to a heartbreaking defeat in

Associated Press Aug 27, 2024, 12:31 AM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — Novak Djokovic began his bid for a record 25th Grand Slam title and tied Roger Federer with his 89th match win at the US Open by defeating qualifier Radu Albot of Moldova 6-2, 6-2, 6-4 on Monday night. The second-seeded Djokovic,

D’Arcy Maine, ESPN.com Aug 26, 2024, 07:02 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — Four years after his only major title, Dominic Thiem stood on the same court at Arthur Ashe Stadium and played the final Slam match of his career. Although the stadium was the same, just about everything else was different. In

Bill Connelly, ESPN Staff WriterAug 26, 2024, 08:56 AM ET Close Bill Connelly is a staff writer for ESPN.com. Open Extended Reactions Things never quite go according to script in New York. Serena Williams entered the 2015 US Open ready to accomplish the only thing she hadn’t: a calendar Grand Slam. Instead, she lost to

Aug 25, 2024, 09:51 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The US Open begins Monday and defending champions Coco Gauff and Novak Djokovic are both in the draw. But are either of them the favorite, with Jannik Sinner, Carlos Alcaraz, Aryna Sabalenka, Iga Swiatek and so many others in the mix? We asked our experts: Who

Bill Connelly, ESPN Staff WriterAug 25, 2024, 07:48 AM ET Close Bill Connelly is a staff writer for ESPN.com. Open Extended Reactions The Big Three of men’s tennis — Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic — owned the sport for most of the 2000s. No one had won more than 14 men’s Grand Slam

Aug 25, 2024, 06:21 AM ET Open Extended Reactions American McCartney Kessler stunned No. 1 seed Beatriz Haddad Maia of Brazil on Saturday, shaking off a brutal first set for a 1-6, 6-1, 7-5 victory in the final of Tennis in the Land in Cleveland. It was Kessler’s first career WTA Tour title. Kessler thrived

Associated Press Aug 25, 2024, 12:21 AM ET Open Extended Reactions MONTERREY, Mexico — Sixth-seeded Linda Noskova won the Monterrey Open on Saturday night for her first WTA Tour title, beating Lulu Sun 7-6 (6), 6-4 at Sonoma Club. Noskova avenged a straight-sets loss to Sun last week in the first round of the Cincinnati