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Sabalenka on being asked about “parties” last week: “Why would you even say that?”
Aryna Sabalenka has dropped four games in two matches at the US Open and has not won a tournament since March, and it was the second of those facts she was invited to connect to a week of sponsor appearances. The World No. 1 called the question a joke and told the room to move on, then spoke about her season more openly than she has all year.
“Impossible to play them all” – Three days into his return, Alcaraz is already planning to miss tournaments
Carlos Alcaraz lost four and a half months of this season to a wrist injury, and he says he will now start taking time off by choice. The defending champion put a number on the problem in New York: 40 weeks of tennis a year if a player honors every mandatory event, and more injuries to come if nothing changes.
US Open: Alcaraz concedes five games in three sets and moves past Nadal on an all-time list
Carlos Alcaraz lost the first set to Jaime Faria and won five of the next twenty-three games against him, coming through 4-6, 6-0, 6-3, 6-2 on his second night back from a four-and-a-half-month absence. The defending champion's career Grand Slam win rate now trails only Bjorn Borg's in the Open Era.
September 3, 2006: The day Agassi played his final professional match
Every day, Tennis Majors takes you back to look at the some of the most memorable moments in tennis history. On this day in 2006, Andre Agassi's career came to an end in front of the US Open crowd that had carried him through all his ups and downs
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.
Two points from defeat, Zverev survives 4hr 50min and reaches 100 Grand Slam wins
September 2, 1977: The day Stan Smith was beaten by a spaghetti racquet
Another night of theatre in New York: Monfils turns 40 and drops three games in three sets
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: 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”
“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
“A tennis player, plain and simple” – Federer, undone by his own tears, takes his place in the Hall of Fame