Hey Steve, Sept. 10th, 2001, the day after the end of a US Open in which the singles titles were taken by Lleyton Hewitt and Venus Williams, was an eventful one for me. I’d been working on a profile of Lleyton Hewitt for Tennis Magazine, and Hewitt’s managers invited me

NEW YORK—America’s biggest celebrities turned out on Arthur Ashe Stadium to watch Taylor Fritz bid to become the first U.S. man to win the US Open in over two decades, but not even the combined star power of Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce was enough to stop world No. 1

World No. 4 Alexander Zverev comes into the US Open on an 11-match win streak. With a victory (albeit in best-of-three set play) over Novak Djokovic, an Olympic gold medal and a Western & Southern Open title in hand, Zverev and his fans have plenty of reasons to believe this

It’s an unprecedented time in tennis. The Western & Southern and US Opens are being held in a bubble with no fans or linespeople, while players like Serena Williams and Novak Djokovic are on the verge of history. There are so many incredible storylines overlapping in Flushing Meadows this year,

Walking down Fulton Street will look a little bit different in the lead up to the US Open. The USTA has taken over Seaport for the US Open Experience. The fun stretch of the lower Manhattan block boasts a covered stage, youth-sized courts, food and drink stands (complimentary Lavazza coffee

Perhaps no player benefitted more from the five-month hiatus than Shelby Rogers. Mired with injury trouble for the better part of the last two years, Rogers is finally healthy, and playing some jaw-dropping tennis. Since the resumption of the WTA Tour, Rogers has defeated three of the world’s best players

Next week's US Open will be the final one for Danielle Collins, Dominic Thiem and—as revealed on Friday morning—Shelby Rogers. The 31-year-old South Carolinian made the announcement on social media, acknowledging the physical toll the last few years have taken. She underwent knee surgery in 2023 and has played just

The ankle injury experienced by Serena Williams should not affect her significantly during the rest of the US Open, according to both Williams and her coach. Williams rolled her ankle during the second set of her during her fourth-round win against Petra Martic, calling the trainer to tape the ankle.

NEW YORK—World No. 1 Jannik Sinner improved to a perfect 13-0 at hard-court majors in 2024 on Friday, defeating Jack Draper, 7-5, 7-6 (3), 6-2 at the US Open. The reigning Australian Open champion and top seed is a win away from ending a breakout season with two Grand Slam

Former No. 1s Garbine Muguruza and Angelique Kerber say they aren't rushing to find coaches despite their first-round exits at the US Open. Both announced splits with their coaches following Wimbledon, and neither has found a new coach since then. "There is no rush for me on the coaching side,"

Ashleigh Barty isn't at the top of the rankings or the top of her game going into the US Open. The 23-year-old would have been the No. 1 seed if she had reached the final of Cincinnati, but she fell against veteran Svetlana Kuznetsova in the semifinals and will go

From the slick grass of Wimbledon and the Australian Open to the hard courts of the US Open, Martina Navratilova dominated the 1983 season, posting an 86-1 record, with her only hiccup coming at the French Open, where she fell in the fourth round. The Czech-born American made up for

During the day session at the US Open on Wednesday, fans with tickets for Arthur Ashe Stadium were treated to an enthralling five-set encounter between Matteo Berrettini and Gael Monfils. Berrettini ultimately prevailed in a decisive tiebreaker, edging the Frenchman, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2, 3-6, 7-6 (5). Here are the Top

NEW YORK—Serena Williams has played the US Open 11 times since losing in its quarterfinal stage in 2007, and she's reached the semifinals every time. While this year’s trip to the final four feels like no other, the hallmarks of the American’s one-of-a-kind game were on display Wednesday afternoon to

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 23, 2021 – Tennis Channel’s coverage of the 2021 US Open will feature daily lead-in show Tennis Channel Live at the US Open and more than 150 hours of encore matches during the two-week event. The action gets underway Monday, Aug. 30, the first day of play

NEW YORK—After winning her semifinal match against Karolina Muchova at the US Open, Coco Gauff spoke eloquently of her desire to shed any vestiges of “imposter syndrome,” a common sense among rising players of perhaps not being worthy of success. Gauff had beaten Muchova, this year’s runner-up at Roland Garros,

NEW YORK—The grounds at the US Open are quiet again. It doesn’t take long for the draws to narrow from 256 to four, and for the number of fans streaming through the gates at Flushing Meadows to shrink accordingly. For anyone who has the time and wherewithal to visit the

The women’s 2024 season has had three very different phases so far. There was Aryna Sabalenka’s fast start in Australia. There was Iga Swiatek’s counterattack on clay in the spring. And there was a wild-west month or so, when Swiatek left her beloved dirt and Sabalenka got hurt. Will the

What do you do if you don’t like the noise a crowd is making for your opponent? If you’re Aryna Sabalenka, you tell them to make it for you instead. In last year’s US Open final, Sabalenka said the roar that the pro-American audience made for her opponent, Coco Gauff,