Many tennis players begin the sport from a young age. They might not fully commit to pursuing it as a profession until later, but they at least spend time on court early on.
Even if Carlos Alcaraz was by no means perfect during a victory in the U.S. Open’s third round on Saturday — he dropped a set, after all — the defending champion produced enough bits of brilliance to keep himself smiling and prompt his opponent, Dan Evans, to chuck his racket a couple of times.
MARIA SHARAPOVA has been branded “classy and beautiful” as she tried on a series of outfits.
Novak Djokovic came all the way back from a two-set deficit to beat Laslo Djere 4-6, 4-6, 6-1, 6-1, 6-3 in the third round of the U.S. Open to avoid what would have been his earliest exit there since 2006.
Elena Rybakina was knocked out of the U.S. Open on Friday night by Sorana Cirstea, at No. 4 becoming the highest-seeded women to be eliminated thus far.
Coco Gauff grabbed the last 10 games for a 3-6, 6-3, 6-0 victory over No. 32 Elise Mertens to reach the fourth round at the U.S. Open.
Karolina Muchova moved into the U.S. Open’s fourth round on Friday with a 7-6 (0), 6-3 victory over Taylor Townsend.
MORGAN RIDDLE dazzled on the cover of yesterday’s New York Times style magazine.
Daniil Medvedev took care of business in Round 2, as the third seed took down Australian Christopher O’Connell in four sets 6-2, 6-2, 6(6)-7(8), 6-3 to lock up a spot in the third round of the U.S. Open.
Two years ago, Jakub Mensik and his coach, Tomas Josefus, were in New York for the first time. Mensik qualified for the US Open boys’ singles event and reached the third round of the main draw. It was an invaluable experience, but one off-court memory sticks out.
The defending champion beat Lloyd Harris 6-3, 6-1, 7-6 (4) Thursday night to reach the third round, where most of the top players in his half of the bracket remain.
World No. 1 Carlos Alcaraz, of Spain, was his dominant self on Thursday, taking down Lloyd Harris, of South Africa, in straight sets (6-3, 6-1, 7-6) in the second round of the U.S. Open.
Eighth-seeded Andrey Rublev took advantage of 13 double faults from Frenchman Gael Monfils en route to a 6-4, 6-3, 3-6, 6-1 victory to advance past the second round of the U.S. Open.
