US Open
No injury, no fatigue: Jodar rules out every explanation but one
Rafael Jodar, who rose from No. 168 to No. 11 this season, suffered a surprising 6-2, 6-1, 6-1 loss in his US Open debut. The 19-year-old dismissed injury, fatigue, and rain delays, attributing the defeat solely to his opponent playing better.
Jodar goes out without earning a single break point, to Bu, a lucky loser ranked No. 124 !
Rafael Jodar's first US Open ended without a contest. The No. 12 seed lost 6-2, 6-1, 6-1, won four games and never earned a break point. Bu Yunchaokete, a lucky loser ranked No. 124 who had never won a match at a major, becomes the fourth Chinese man to win one in the Open Era.
Shelton, on the best run of his season, refuses to let a four-setter become a five against Hurkacz
Ben Shelton edged out Hubert Hurkacz 6-3, 5-7, 7-6 (3), 7-5 on Wednesday evening. He'll play the winner of the match between Canadian Denis Shapovalov and Frenchman Luca Van Assche in the next round
Michelsen removes Nakashima, the man with the most hard-court wins on tour, in straight sets
Brandon Nakashima has won more hard-court matches than any man on tour this year, and Alex Michelsen beat him 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 without dropping serve at the wrong moment once. It is the 22-year-old American's first US Open third round, and it comes in the quarter Novak Djokovic vacated on Sunday night.
Two points from defeat, Zverev survives 4hr 50min and reaches 100 Grand Slam wins
Lorenzo Sonego had never won a set against Alexander Zverev and was two points from putting the No. 1 seed out of the US Open in the first round, two sets to one up and 5-4 in the fourth. Zverev survived four hours and 50 minutes, won 6-4, 3-6, 6-7 (7), 7-5, 6-4 close to 2am, and recorded his 100th Grand Slam win of the decade.
Another night of theatre in New York: Monfils turns 40 and drops three games in three sets
Serena back in singles draws? “I probably will play again, I have to”
Fritz gives Blanch nothing, and Blanch can’t enjoy his wild-card once again
Cobolli wins from two sets down for the first time in his career, at the ninth attempt
Keys gets past the round that ended her US Open last year: the first
How much longer will Novak Djokovic put himself through the pain? Only he can know and only he can decide
US Open: Tiafoe recovers from two sets to one down and finishes just before 1am
US Open: Osaka needs two tiebreaks, and admits this is the round that makes her nervous
September 1, 1987: The day a ruthless Ivan Lendl gave Barry Moir a triple bagel
Alcaraz after his winning comeback at the US Open: “It’s pain-free finally, and prevention is always good, I guess”
“A break sort of changed the whole momentum” – Tsitsipas and Fils on the game that decided it
Alcaraz wins his first match in four months, and wins it on the margins
“Remember who you are”: Tsitsipas, 0-5 against Fils, knocks out the Cincinnati champion
September 1, 1987: the day 15-year-old Michael Chang became the youngest male in the Open era to win a match at the US Open
Djokovic in tears after four hours and 36 minutes, and out of a Grand Slam in the first round for the first time in twenty years