Murray match highlights how tennis can be an all-night sport
Andy Murray was pleased with the result but not happy about the circumstances after finishing an Australian Open victory after 4 a.m. His marathon raised anew the issue that tennis has shown it is that rare sport where folks sometimes need to play all night.
Nelly Korda steals spotlight the last 2 tournaments of year
Lee Trevino was holding court on the practice range at the PNC Championship as only he can, mixing swing advice with Merry Mex humor. It was Nelly Korda, and he joined a growing fan club. โThese boys better be happy youโre on the LPGA,โ Trevino called out to her.
news.yahoo.comPegula, Gauff 1st 2 US women in Top 4 since Serena, Venus
Jessica Pegula and Coco Gauff are the first pair of U.S. women both in the top four spots of the WTA rankings since sisters Serena and Venus Williams were up there a dozen years ago. Gauff, who lost in the quarterfinals at that tournament, moved up from No. 7 to No. 4. The last time two Americans were that high in the womenโs tennis rankings was the week of Oct. 18, 2010, when Serena Williams was No. 2 and Venus Williams was No. 4.
news.yahoo.comUnvaccinated Novak Djokovic awaiting word on Australian Open
Novak Djokovic is still awaiting word on whether he will be allowed to return to the Australian Open in January after missing the tournament this year because he is not vaccinated against COVID-19. โItโs really not in my hands right now,โ Djokovic said Thursday at the Laver Cup. Djokovic is a 21-time Grand Slam champion โ a total that stands second among men, behind only Rafael Nadalโs 22 and one ahead of Roger Federer's 20 โ and he has won a record nine of those trophies at Melbourne Park.
news.yahoo.comEurope Ryder Cup captain Donald has a plan for beating US
One major takeaway from the just-concluded Italian Open at the Marco Simone club outside Rome that will host next yearโs Ryder Cup is that the course is being set up to reward accurate tee shots with narrow fairways surrounded by nasty rough and even higher grass beyond.
Federer, Serena retire; tennis moves on to Alcaraz, Swiatek
The timing of it all hardly could be more symbolic: All within a span of two weeks, Serena Williams plays what is believed to be her last match at age 40, Roger Federer announces heโll be retiring at 41, Iga Swiatek wins her third Grand Slam title at 21, and Carlos Alcaraz gets his first at 19.
US Open raises $2 million for Ukraine | US Open updates
The U.S. Tennis Association said the fundraising started with the โ Tennis Plays for Peace โ exhibition the week before the tournament, featuring players such as women's champion Iga Swiatek and Rafael Nadal, and continued with donations from corporate partners, fans and private donors. The funds were donated to GlobalGivingโs Ukraine Crisis Relief Fund, which supports humanitarian assistance in impacted communities in Ukraine and surrounding regions where Ukrainian refugees have fled. Carlos Alcaraz won the first set 6-4, with Casper Ruud earning a nice hand from his opponent and the crowd in the U.S. Open final.
news.yahoo.comCasper Ruud wins 55-shot point to reach US Open semifinals
Casper Ruud claimed a 55-shot point to end the first set of his U.S. Open semifinal while building a big lead against Karen Khachanov and held on for a 7-6 (5), 6-2, 5-7, 6-2 victory Friday that put him in his second Grand Slam title match of the year. Ruud, the runner-up to Rafael Nadal at the French Open in June, is a 23-year-old from Norway who can move from No. 7 to No. 1 in the rankings by winning the championship at Flushing Meadows on Sunday. โAfter Roland Garros, I was, of course, extremely happy,โ Ruud said, โbut also humble enough to think that could be my only final of my career.โ
news.yahoo.comRuud beats Khachanov to reach men's final | US Open updates
Casper Ruud moved into his second Grand Slam final of the year by beating Karen Khachanov 7-6 (5), 6-2, 5-7, 6-2. The No. 5 seed from Norway will play either No. 3 Carlos Alcaraz or No. 22 Frances Tiafoe on Sunday in the final. Ruud also kept alive his hopes of moving to No. 1 in the rankings on Monday.
news.yahoo.comAlcaraz tops Sinner at 2:50 a.m.; latest US Open finish ever
Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner, two of the brightest young stars of menโs tennis, traded shots of the highest quality and countless momentum swings across five sterling sets for 5 hours, 15 minutes until Alcaraz finally won the last point at 2:50 a.m. on Thursday, the latest finish in U.S. Open history. It was โonlyโ a quarterfinal, no trophy at stake, yet was as taut a thriller as this year's tournament has produced or, likely, will, a tour de force of big cuts on the full sprint and plenty of guts, concluding as a 6-3, 6-7 (7), 6-7 (0), 7-5, 6-3 victory for the No. 3-seeded Alcaraz, a 19-year-old from Spain. โHonestly,โ said Alcaraz, who saved a match point in the fourth set, โI still don't know how I did it.โ
news.yahoo.comTiafoe beats Rublev to reach semifinals | US Open updates
Frances Tiafoe became the first American man into the U.S. Open semifinals in 16 years by beating No. 9 Andrey Rublev 7-6 (3), 7-6 (0), 6-4. Two days after upsetting No. 2 Rafael Nadal, the No. 22-seeded Tiafoe reached the last four of a Grand Slam tournament for the first time. Rublev fell to 0-6 in Grand Slam quarterfinals.
news.yahoo.comGarcia, 28, tops Gauff, 18, at US Open for 1st Slam semi
Caroline Garcia never really let Coco Gauff โ or the crowd โ get fully involved in their U.S. Open quarterfinal on Tuesday night. From early on, Garcia played high-stakes tennis and put strokes where she wanted, sometimes right at Gauffโs feet, sometimes well out of reach. In contrast to the early success Gauff, still just 18, has experienced, itโs been a long journey for Garcia, who now gets to play in the first Grand Slam semifinal of her career at age 28.
news.yahoo.comTiafoe ends Nadal's 22-match Slam streak in US Open 4th Rd
Frances Tiafoe ended Rafael Nadalโs 22-match winning streak at Grand Slam tournaments by beating the 22-time major champion 6-4, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 in the U.S. Openโs fourth round on Monday. Nadal is about as popular as it gets in tennis and heard plenty of support in Arthur Ashe Stadium as the volume raised after the retractable roof was shut in the fourth set. Here's what happened: Tiafoe served better than No. 2 seed Nadal.
news.yahoo.comAmerican Tiafoe upsets No. 2 Nadal | US Open updates
Frances Tiafoe pulled off the biggest win of his career when the 22nd-ranked American beat second-seeded Rafael Nadal 6-4, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 to reach the U.S. Open quarterfinals. Tiafoe buried his head in his hands and cried on the court after he shook hands with Nadal. Nadal, a four-time U.S. Open champion, was the highest-seeded player left after No. 1 Daniil Medvedev lost Sunday.
news.yahoo.comKyrgios beats 2021 champ Medvedev, discusses mental state
Nick Kyrgios sat in the Arthur Ashe Stadum locker room after ending Daniil Medvedev's U.S. Open title defense and stay at No. 1 in the rankings and felt a mix of pride and relief. Pride at the big-serving, solid-returning performance that resulted in a 7-6 (11), 3-6, 6-3, 6-2 victory over Medvedev on Sunday night, the latest in a series of career-altering results that carried Kyrgios to his first quarterfinal at Flushing Meadows on the heels of his run to his first Grand Slam final at Wimbledon.
news.yahoo.comSerena's gone, Open must go on: Kvitova, Pegula set rematch
Much like for so many other folks, Serena Williamsโ last match at the U.S. Open was must-see TV for players still in the tournament, so Jessica Pegula and Petra Kvitova tuned in from their hotel rooms the night before their victories led off Saturdayโs schedule and set up a fourth-round showdown.
Nadal's nose bloodied by own racket at US Open in victory
Rafael Nadal cut himself on the bridge of his nose with his own racket when it ricocheted off the court on the follow-through from a shot, leaving himself bloodied and dizzy during his second-round victory at the U.S. Open. Play was delayed for about five minutes during a medical timeout in the fourth set of what would become a 2-6, 6-4, 6-2, 6-1 win against Fabio Fognini at Arthur Ashe Stadium in a match that began Thursday night and finished after midnight on Friday. It made for a bizarre, and briefly scary, scene, as Nadal immediately grimaced, dropped his racket, put a palm to his face and then placed both hands on his head.
news.yahoo.comNo handshake after Ukraine, Belarus players meet at US Open
A Ukrainian player declined to shake hands with Victoria Azarenka after the three-time U.S. Open runner-up from Belarus beat her at Flushing Meadows on Thursday. Marta Kostyuk waited at the net with her racket held up, which Azarenka tapped with her racket following her 6-2, 6-3 victory. Belarus helped Russia launch its invasion of Ukraine in February, and Kostyuk said it had been on her mind since she saw the U.S. Open draw that she may have to play Azarenka in the second round.
news.yahoo.comNo. 3 Sakkari out as another top player falls at US Open
The last two womenโs champions were already out of the U.S. Open and now one of last yearโs semifinalists is gone. Top players are falling fast in Flushing Meadows, and Serena Williams can topple another Wednesday night. Hours before Williams was set to face No. 2 seed Anett Kontaveit, third-seeded Maria Sakkari was ousted 3-6, 7-5, 7-5 by Wang Xiyu of China in the second round.
news.yahoo.com4-time Slam champ Osaka loses to American Collins at US Open
Naomi Osaka walked off the court, headed toward the locker room and layed down, draping a towel over her face. Out-hit in Arthur Ashe Stadium by another big hitter, Danielle Collins, two-time U.S. Open champion Osaka was left to contemplate a second consecutive first-round loss at a Grand Slam tournament. Collins reached her first major final at the Australian Open in January and displayed that same sort of hard-court talent with a 7-6 (5), 6-3 victory over Osaka in a shotmaking showdown that ended after Tuesday turned to Wednesday at Flushing Meadows.
news.yahoo.comCollins beats 4-time Slam champion Osaka | US Open updates
Four-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka lost in the first round of a second consecutive major tournament. Danielle Collins, an American seeded 19th, beat Osaka 7-6 (5), 6-3 in a big-hitting matchup at the U.S. Open. Collins reached her first Grand Slam final at the Australian Open in January and showed that same sort of hard-court form in her victory over former No. 1 Osaka that ended after midnight as Tuesday turned to Wednesday.
news.yahoo.comSerena's daughter, Olympia, sports beads, like Mom years ago
When Serena Williams won the 1999 U.S. Open for her first Grand Slam title at age 17, she wore white beads in her hair. On Monday night, when Williams won her first match of the 2022 U.S. Open at age 40, her daughter, Olympia, was courtside, sporting a hairstyle paying homage to Mom's from all that time ago. โIt was either her wear beads or me, so ...โ
news.yahoo.comPractice done, Serena heads toward match | US Open updates
Serena Williams has wrapped up her final practice before the U.S. Open after a half-hour. As she walked along the courts, back toward Arthur Ashe Stadium, fans shouted her name, โSerenaaaaa!โ She lifted her arm to wave her racket in acknowledgement. Serena Williams has started a warmup session on a practice court just outside Arthur Ashe Stadium before her first-round match at the U.S. Open.
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