The Toronto native pulled out a victory in her second qualifying match against Japan’s Mai Hontama (6-1, 2-6, 6-1) on Thursday, setting up a Friday afternoon contest against Czechia’s Domnika Salkova on Friday with a chance for a spot in the US Open draw come Saturday.
Carlos Alcaraz and Novak Djokovic will face potential difficult American opponents when they begin their quest for another US Open title.
Canadian phenom Victoria Mboko is finally set to return to the court after her victory at the National Bank Open, as she gears up for her first-ever US Open.
Nick Kyrgios withdrew from the US Open on Thursday, the third straight year the Australian has missed the last Grand Slam tournament of the season.
OK, sure, maybe it wouldn’t be rational to say there’s no point in actually holding the full US Open and instead just fast-forwarding to the inevitable matchup for the men’s championship between Jannik Sinner — assuming he’s healthy — and Carlos Alcaraz on Sept.
On the day last month that Iga Swiatek resoundingly announced to the world that she was, most definitively, back at her best — ready once again to dominate her opponents and, indeed, all of women’s tennis — she already was looking ahead.
Sara Errani and Andrea Vavassori weren’t even sure they would get to defend their U.S. Open mixed doubles title. Organizers revamped the tournament because they wanted singles superstars, not doubles specialists.
Canada’s Leylah Fernandez has been eliminated from the Monterey Open after falling 6-2, 3-6, 2-6 to Rebecca Sramkova of Slovakia on Wednesday.
