September 4, 2025
Amanda Anisimova has executed one of the great turnarounds in sporting history. No wonder she called it ‘the most meaningful victory of my life.’ In the space of a few short weeks, she turned the double bagel embarrassment of the Wimbledon final into a shock victory over Iga Swiatek. Amanda Anisimova has shown she will […]
September 3, 2025
Novak Djokovic has made more tennis history by reaching the US Open semi-finals. By beating Taylor Fritz in four sets, the 38-year-old became the oldest player in the Open era to reach all four Grand Slam semi-finals in a season. Novak has achieved that extraordinary quartet a magnificent seven times in his career overall. He […]
September 2, 2025
Jannik Sinner and Naomi Osaka both know what it takes to win the US Open title. The Italian is defending champion. The Japanese star has won the tournament twice before at Flushing Meadows. Both are in such irresistible form that it’s hard to see anyone else’s names on the singles trophies this year. Jannik Sinner […]
September 1, 2025
Taylor Fritz was smiling and Taylor Townsend was crying. A tale of two Taylors at the tennis. A story of sporting ecstasy and agony. Taylor Fritz and Taylor Townsend will be central to more tennis twists and turns at Wimbledon 2026. At least one will hope for a different ending. The most dramatic twist at […]
August 31, 2025
Alexander Zverev was third seed. He so nearly won this tournament five years ago. Yet again he has fallen short. Alexander Zverev often divides opinion. Some will feel sorry for him. Others will just shake their heads, unsurprised at his latest failure. The German was criticised for his patronising remark when British opponent Jacob Fearnley […]
August 30, 2025
Taylor Townsend is the best doubles player in the business. But fifth seed Mirra Andreeva probably didn’t expect her to be quite so good in the singles. And no one can deny that Taylor Townsend has become the big story of the first week at the US Open. First the unseemly stand-up argument with Jelena […]
August 29, 2025
Tommy Paul gave the New York die-hards on Arthur Ashe the epic win they had stayed up so late to see. With the clock threatening to flick from 1.46am to 1.47am, the American battler summoned one last piece of agility and skill. How he did so after four hours and twenty-four minutes of incredible action […]
August 28, 2025
Novak Djokovic knows he has faced Cameron Norrie on six occasions – and defeated him every single time. It might be tempting for the Serb to believe that his passage to the fourth round is all but guaranteed at Flushing Meadows. Equally, Norrie may have developed a mental block against Djokovic. The deep-seated belief that […]
August 27, 2025
Jacob Fearnley served eighteen double faults during his incident-filled US Open starter. No wonder he swiped away the ball with a hint of disdain when he finally got the job done overnight. But somehow he had won through to face one of the very best servers in the business in the next round. Jacob Fearnley […]
August 26, 2025
Venus Williams and Madison Keys carried rather different weights of expectation on their shoulders going into the US Open. Both will feel the adventure is over too soon, though. For Williams, the objective was surely to compete and entertain Arthur Ashe one last time with flashes of her old power and magic. In that sense, […]