US Open
US Open: Osaka needs two tiebreaks, and admits this is the round that makes her nervous
Naomi Osaka has won this tournament twice and still could not break serve on Tuesday night, coming through 7-6 (6), 7-6 (3) against Anastasia Zakharova. The No. 13 seed put it down to nerves she only gets in the first round here, and explained the outfit that arrived with her: a tribute to Allen Iverson.
September 1, 1987: The day a ruthless Ivan Lendl gave Barry Moir a triple bagel
On September 1, 1987, Ivan Lendl won his first round match at the US Open without conceding a game against Barry Moir to mark only the fourth time a "triple bagel" had been handed out in tennis history
Alcaraz after his winning comeback at the US Open: “It’s pain-free finally, and prevention is always good, I guess”
Carlos Alcaraz played his first match in four and a half months on Monday and beat Roman Safiullin 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 without dropping a set, the defending champion's eighth consecutive win at Flushing Meadows. The wrist held, but what unsettled him was smaller than that: he says he stood in the warm-up unable to remember his own routine, having forgotten what a match day looks like.
“A break sort of changed the whole momentum” – Tsitsipas and Fils on the game that decided it
Arthur Fils was serving at 5-2 in the second set, a set up on a man he had beaten five times out of five, and lost 4-6, 7-6, 6-1, 6-4. Stefanos Tsitsipas says he started attacking; Fils says his energy went and calls the lapse almost unprofessional. Neither account mentions the other.
Alcaraz wins his first match in four months, and wins it on the margins
After a four-month competitive hiatus, Carlos Alcaraz marked his return to the court with a hard-fought straight-sets victory over Roman Safiullin at the US Open (6-4, 6-4, 6-4).
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
US Open: Atmane cramps, is refused treatment, and loses a two-set lead to Munar!
Medvedev shelves the pickleball plan and looks like a top player again
Ruud, Cilic withdraw from US Open before start
Vekic ends a five-match losing run in her first win since Queen’s
Tour’s biggest winner, still no major: Pegula makes a clean start in New York
Paolini survives a set against a winless debutante on her injury return
August 30, 1979: The day McEnroe and Nastase played one of the most tumultuous matches in tennis history
“I feel like I’m prepared” – Djokovic on 20th US Open after early Cincinnati loss
“Quite confident with the decision” – Rybakina says she could not walk after Cincinnati and arrives fit for the US Open
“A big milestone for me” – Monfils turns 40 on the day he begins his last Grand Slam
Osaka puts Cincinnati absence down to mom duties: “Tennis is my side hustle”
Wrist injuries cannot be rushed: Carlos Alcaraz is playing with fire at the US Open
WTA power rankings ahead of the US Open