For the second straight match, top-seed Alexander Zverev has had to battle into the early morning hours in New York, this time defeating France’s Quentin Halys 6-4, 4-6, 7-6(3), 6-7(3), 6-3 to advance to the U.S. Open third round on Thursday. The French Open champion has now spent more than nine hours on court, and…
American Madison Keys was staring down another early U.S. Open exit on Thursday as she battled against Hungary’s Anna Bondar on Court 17. After dropping the first set, Keys forced a decider but found herself down 2-5, and five times was down to her final point. “That was…that was something, huh?” Keys said on-court after…
Gael Monfils will get to play at least one more match in front of the New York crowd. The Frenchman, who is set to retire at the end of this season, turned 40 years old on Tuesday but looked as young as ever as he posted a 2-6, 6-1, 6-2, 6-0 victory over Paraguay’s Adolfo…
Alexandra Eala moved onto the second round at the U.S. Open for a second consecutive year after the 21-year-old knocked off American Mary Stoiana 6-1, 6-2 inside Louis Armstong Stadium on Tuesday night. Eala came out a bit rusty as she was forced to save a couple of break points in her opening service game,…
Four former U.S. Open women’s singles champions were in first-round action at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on Monday, and all four secured victories to advance. The headliner was two-time defending champion Aryna Sabalenka. The top-ranked woman in the world defeated Camila Osorio of Colombia 6-2, 6-4, her 14th straight victory at…
Carlos Alcaraz took to the court for a professional match for the first time in 139 days as he began his U.S. Open title defense inside Arthur Ashe Stadium on Monday afternoon. The two-time champion in Queens defeated Roman Safiullin 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 to book his spot in the second round. “I kind of forgot…
American Jessica Pegula powered her way into the U.S. Open second round as she knocked off Elena-Gabriela Ruse of Romania 6-3, 6-2 in the first singles match of the tournament inside Arthur Ashe Stadium on Sunday. Pegula, the third-ranked player in the world, hammered away at Ruse’s serve from the early moments of the first…
For the first time in 20 years, Novak Djokovic was eliminated in the first round of a Grand Slam. The 24-time major champion and four-time U.S. Open champion was eliminated in the opening round in Queens for the first time in his career on Sunday night. Argentina’s Mariano Navone recorded the biggest win of his…
Jakub Mensik & Karolina Muchova are the 2026 U.S. Open Mixed Doubles champions after the all-Czech duo defeated Belinda Bencic & Flavio Cobolli 6-3, 1-6, [10-6] on Wednesday night. It’s the first Grand Slam title for either player. The new format, introduced last year, resulted in the both the semifinals and finals played on the…
In a battle between the two top-ranked American women in the world, it was the fourth-ranked Coco Gauff that got the better of third-ranked Jessica Pegula, with the former winning 6-2, 6-4 in the Cincinnati Open final on Sunday. Gauff won the title back in 2023, and with her victory on Sunday, Gauff becomes only…