Naomi Osaka and Jennifer Brady will meet for a spot in the U.S. Open finals on Thursday after both players won their respective quarterfinal matches on Tuesday. Brady was the first through as she continued her torrid fortnight in New York City by defeating 23rd seed Yulia Putintseva 6-3, 6-2. “I was just trying to…
2018 U.S. Open champion Naomi Osaka bulldozed her way into the third-round of this year’s tournament on Wednesday night, defeating Italy’s Camila Giorgi 6-1, 6-2. It was a showdown of two big hitters, and Osaka played the cleaner match with 14 winners to only 11 unforced errors, advancing in one hour and 10 minutes….
This year has not been good. From bushfires in Australia to earthquakes in Croatia, floods in Indonesia to a global pandemic, and now numerous instances of police brutality, it is safe to say things have not gone how we had hoped. However, despite all of these catastrophes, many places across the world are gradually…
In a five-set battle that required three tiebreaks and nearly four hours, American Steve Johnson ousted compatriot John Isner 6-7(5), 6-3, 6-7(5), 6-3, 7-6(3) to advance to the U.S. Open second round. Johnson withstood 52 aces from Isner, saved nine break points and played a dominant final set tiebreak to upset the 16th seed Isner…
The Western & Southern Open resumed at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Queens with Naomi Osaka and Victoria Azarenka winning their respective semifinal matches on Friday afternoon. Osaka knocked off 14th seed Elise Mertens of Belgium 6-2, 7-6(5), saving 18 break points in the process to reach her first Western &…
The draws for the Men’s Singles and Women’s Singles draws were revealed on Thursday. See the full draws below: Men’s Singles: Women’s Singles:
The United States Tennis Association (USTA) and Zoom Video Communications, Inc. today announced a new partnership to deliver virtual experiences during the US Open Tennis Championships, scheduled for August 31 to September 13, 2020. VIP Experiences will include two private VIP virtual hospitality events and a celebrity fundraising event for the USTA Foundation. The virtual…
The USTA has announced the men’s and women’s doubles fields and wild card entries for the 2020 US Open. Each doubles draw for the 2020 US Open is 32 teams. Players entered and were accepted this year using only their doubles ranking. In previous years, the better of each player’s singles or doubles ranking…
Novak Djokovic, the top-ranked man in the world, confirmed on social media on Thursday that he will be competing in the Western & Southern Open and U.S. Open tournaments later this month. “I am happy to confirm that I will participate at the Cincinnati and U.S. Open this year,” he said. “It was not…
The USTA today announced the wild cards for both men’s and women’s singles at the 2020 U.S. Open. 2012 U.S. Open champion Andy Murray and Americans Ulises Blanch, Maxime Cressy, Sebastian Korda, Thai-Son Kwiatkowski, Michael Mmoh, Brandon Nakashima and JJ Wolf will receive singles main draw wild card entries into the 2020 U.S. Open, to be played August 31-September 13 at the USTA Billie Jean…