American Players Are Going Great Guns at their Home Slam
US Open
August 29, 2024
American players have made a storming start to the US Open this year. Many will surely be there at the business end of their home home Grand Slam. Judging by their early form, several US stars will be in the hunt for silverware once more. Third seed Coco Gauff faces a fascinating match-up against Ukrainian […]
Dan Evans Makes History but Emma Raducanu Is Out of US Open
US Open
August 28, 2024
Dan Evans thought he was going home early and began to feel sorry for himself. But self-pity isn’t something Dan the Man ever likes to feel. And as he gave his match one last go, something extraordinary happened. The plucky Brit came back from the dead and created the longest match in US Open history. […]
Novak Djokovic Sets US Open Record but Rune and Sakkari Fall
US Open
August 27, 2024
Novak Djokovic is still rewriting the record books at the US Open as he continues to defy time in stunning style. It was no great surprise that the Olympic champion outgunned Radu Albot 6-2, 6-2, 6-4 in their opener. But Novak’s latest victory on Arthur Ashe brought his total to 78 wins in that special […]
Novak Djokovic Downs Daniil Medvedev To Win US Open
US Open
September 10, 2023
Novak Djokovic has made fresh tennis history in the Arthur Ashe Stadium at Flushing Meadows. No wonder he threw away his racquet at the end and buried his face in his hands. He just won his 24th Grand Slam to draw level with Australia’s Margaret Court. One more major and all the talk will be […]
Coco Gauff Is US Open Champion at Flushing Meadows
US Open
September 9, 2023
Coco Gauff just wrote the tennis story everyone has wanted to read for years. In many ways it began at Wimbledon when she was just fifteen. Still a teenager, the American sensation has just created a fairy tale in New York. It made her cry. It even made her father cry. And yet for all […]
Novak Djokovic Faces Daniil Medvedev in the US Open Final
US Open
Novak Djokovic has the chance to make more tennis history on Sunday. If he beats Daniil Medvedev in the US Open final, Djokovic will equal Margaret Court’s record 24 Grand Slam titles. The showdown is a repeat of the 2021 US Open final, won by Medvedev for his one and only major success. But potential […]
Coco Gauff and Aryna Sabalenka to Play US Open Final
US Open
September 8, 2023
Coco Gauff produced another composed display to reach her first US Open final. But there was heartbreak for Madison Keys, who twice seemed within touching distance of making it an all-American women’s showpiece. Instead Gauff will play Aryna Sabalenka in Saturday’s big match – and that also promises to be a cracker. Coco Gauff and […]
Carlos Alcaraz and Madison Keys Keep Finals Dream Alive
US Open
September 7, 2023
Carlos Alcaraz and Madison Keys enjoyed emphatic victories to keep fans dreaming of the perfect finals at the US Open. On the women’s side of the action, that could mean a thrilling all-American final between Coco Gauff and Madison Keys. In the men’s singles, two possible scenarios would have the tennis world buzzing once more: […]
Ben Shelton Shocks Frances Tiafoe in All-American Battle
US Open
September 6, 2023
Ben Shelton just became the youngest American male to reach the US Open semi-finals since 1992. He defeated top-ten star Frances Tiafoe 6-2, 3-6, 7-6 (9-7), 6-2 in a late-night thriller on Arthur Ashe. The third-set tie-break proved the key, when Shelton squandered successive set points but Tiafoe simply couldn’t take advantage. Shelton then composed […]
Alexander Zverev Downs Jannik Sinner in Brutal Epic at US Open
US Open
September 5, 2023
Alexander Zverev is back. He said it and he just proved it in four hours and forty-one dramatic minutes. The man whose body couldn’t take the humidity was the favourite, Jannik Sinner. The highly-rated Italian cramped up repeatedly – but you couldn’t fault his courage. Time and again, the man from the mountains picked himself […]