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Williams, a 23-time Grand Slam singles champion, returned to Flushing Meadows on Saturday — but she was watching tennis, not playing it.
Williams, a 23-time Grand Slam singles champion, returned to Flushing Meadows on Saturday — but she was watching tennis, not playing it.
Jannik Sinner never gave his third-round opponent at the U.S. Open on Saturday, Chris O’Connell, even a moment to contemplate pulling off the sort of monumental upsets that eliminated Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz.
American Tommy Paul eliminated Canada’s Gabriel Diallo in a 6-7 (7), 6-3, 6-3, 7-6 (7) match in the third round of the US Open on Saturday.
Jasmine Paolini joined Coco Gauff as the only women to reach at least the fourth round at every Grand Slam tournament in 2024, getting that far at the U.S. Open for the first time with a 6-3, 6-4 victory over No.
Looking at the larger picture, there is this statistic of significance: 2024 will go in the books as the first season since 2002 without a Slam title for any member of the so-called Big Three of men’s tennis — Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer.
Sabalenka finally got rolling in the latest-starting match in U.S. Open history, topping Alexandrova early Saturday to reach the fourth round.
Pickleball has seen participation boom 223% in the past three years while tennis is coming off its own 10% growth during the same time period.
Alexei Popyrin may have put an end to an era. For the first time since 2002, no grand slam in a calendar year will have been won by one of Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal or Novak Djokovic.
Frances Tiafoe solved Ben Shelton’s big serve and played brilliantly at the net to win their all-American rematch at the US Open 4-6, 7-5, 6-7 (5), 6-4, 6-3 on Friday and get back to the fourth round at Flushing Meadows for the fifth consecutive year.