Ahead of the draw for the US Open on Thursday, Novak Djokovic jumped to second in the men’s tennis rankings after outlasting world number one Carlos Alcaraz to win the Cincinnati Open. In his last warm-up event for the season’s final major...
Novak Djokovic isn’t ready to pass the torch just yet. Djokovic rallied to beat World No. 1 Carlos Alcaraz 5-7, 7-6 (7), 7-6 (4) in a dramatic final match to win the Western & Southern Open Masters 1000 event Sunday.
Venus Williams withdrew from Tennis in the Land on Sunday because of a knee injury, but the seven-time Grand Slam singles champion plans on playing in next week’s U.S. Open.
Seventh-seeded Coco Gauff became the first teenager in more than 50 years to win the Western & Southern Open with a 6-3, 6-4 victory over Karolina Muchova on Sunday.
Coco Gauff had never won a set against Iga Swiatek in seven previous meetings. On Saturday, the 19-year old beat the No. 1-ranked player in the world, 7-6, 3-6, 6-4, to advance to Sunday’s final in the Western & Southern Open.
Top-ranked Iga Swiatek overcame a rough start and a dispute with the chair umpire to defeat Wimbledon champion Marketa Vondrousova 7-6, 6-1 on Friday and advance to the semifinals of the Western & Southern Open, a tournament she has never won.
Caty McNally, a runner-up in women’s doubles at the last two U.S. Opens, withdrew from the tournament Friday because of injury.