Tennis

Sep 6, 2024, 04:25 PM ET Open Extended Reactions On Saturday, Jessica Pegula and Aryna Sabalenka will play for the US Open title (4 p.m. ET (ESPN; ESPN+). Pegula is the underdog, playing her first major final, while Sabalenka has two Australian Open titles and has made the US Open final the past two years.

Tom Hamilton, Senior WriterSep 6, 2024, 05:10 AM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2011• Covered two Olympics, a pair of Rugby World Cups and two British & Irish Lions tours• Previously rugby editor, and became senior writer in 2018 Open Extended Reactions British tennis star Jack Draper says his run to the US Open semifinals has been

Associated Press Sep 6, 2024, 12:46 AM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — After falling just short in the last Grand Slam tournament, Jordan Thompson and Max Purcell have another shot at a men’s doubles title at the US Open. The Australians moved into the championship match by beating Americans Jackson Withrow and Nathaniel

Associated Press Sep 5, 2024, 05:33 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — Sara Errani and Andrea Vavassori won the US Open mixed doubles title with a 7-6 (0), 7-5 victory Thursday over Taylor Townsend and Donald Young, who fell just short of a Grand Slam title in his final match before retiring. Errani,

D’Arcy Maine, ESPN.com Sep 5, 2024, 10:22 AM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — On Friday, under the bright lights of Arthur Ashe Stadium, Taylor Fritz and Frances Tiafoe will play in one of the biggest matches of each of their respective careers as they meet in a US Open semifinal. Both Fritz, the

ESPN News Services Sep 5, 2024, 12:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — Top-ranked Jannik Sinner used an aggressive, net-rushing style to reach the US Open semifinals for the first time by getting past 2021 champion Daniil Medvedev 6-2, 1-6, 6-1, 6-4 on Wednesday night. Sinner, a 23-year-old from Italy who was cleared

Simon Cambers Sep 4, 2024, 12:27 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — In the history of tennis, a small number of players have possessed the ability to make a crowd gasp. From the sheer venom of an Andre Agassi return to the beauty of a Roger Federer half-volley and the crack of a

ESPN News Services Sep 4, 2024, 12:17 AM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — Frances Tiafoe and Taylor Fritz set up an all-American semifinal at the US Open with victories Tuesday, guaranteeing the United States a man in the title match at the country’s Grand Slam tournament for the first time in 18 years.

Associated Press Sep 3, 2024, 10:54 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — Taylor Townsend and Donald Young advanced to the US Open mixed doubles final Tuesday, keeping alive Townsend’s chance to win two doubles titles at the tournament. Townsend and Young, who is retiring after the tournament, beat the No. 8-seeded team of

Tom Hamilton, Senior WriterSep 3, 2024, 11:04 AM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2011• Covered two Olympics, a pair of Rugby World Cups and two British & Irish Lions tours• Previously rugby editor, and became senior writer in 2018 Open Extended Reactions Be honest: Which of you had this as the quarterfinal lineup when the draw was

D’Arcy Maine, ESPN.com Sep 3, 2024, 10:21 AM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — Jessica Pegula‘s US Open run started in tears. Tasked with playing her longtime friend Shelby Rogers in the first round, Pegula knew it would be emotional no matter what happened. Rogers had announced that the tournament would be her final

ESPN News Services Sep 3, 2024, 12:13 AM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — Top-seeded Jannik Sinner reached the US Open quarterfinals by shaking off a slow start and coming through in the clutch at the end of tiebreakers that decided the first two sets, then pulling away to get past No. 14 Tommy

Simon Cambers Sep 2, 2024, 04:40 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — On a tennis tour that spans 30 countries and lasts 11 months, no one travels more than Australians. It’s a simple matter of geography. And it can also be tough, with players missing their home comforts. For Australian players at the

Tom Hamilton, Senior WriterSep 2, 2024, 06:04 AM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2011• Covered two Olympics, a pair of Rugby World Cups and two British & Irish Lions tours• Previously rugby editor, and became senior writer in 2018 Open Extended Reactions Andy Murray retired from professsional tennis this summer. Clive Brunskill/Getty Images Andy Murray has described tennis’

D’Arcy Maine, ESPN.com Sep 1, 2024, 10:14 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — Coco Gauff knew becoming a back-to-back champion at the US Open would be hard. She was likely aware that no woman had repeated at the tournament since Serena Williams won her third straight a decade ago. And Gauff knew she

Associated Press Sep 1, 2024, 04:44 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — Grigor Dimitrov withstood Andrey Rublev‘s comeback attempt and returned to the U.S. Open quarterfinals Sunday with a 6-3, 7-6 (3), 1-6, 3-6, 6-3 victory Sunday. The No. 9 seed started fast in the first meeting of top-10 seeds in this year’s

Sep 1, 2024, 06:58 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Daniel Evans walked in to the U.S. Open with no expectations but left with his faith restored in his ability to play, after his hard-fought run ended 6-3, 6-7(4), 6-0, 6-0 to Australian Alex De Minaur in the third round. Evans, once the British No. 1,

Simon Cambers Aug 31, 2024, 10:40 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — At the US Open on Saturday, Caroline Wozniacki stepped up to the baseline for her opening service game. Then she did what she almost always does. On the first point of her match with Jessika Ponchet, Wozniacki served out “wide” to