Tennis

Associated Press Sep 9, 2023, 06:23 PM ET NEW YORK — Coco Gauff set aside a so-so start and surged to her first Grand Slam title at age 19, coming back to defeat Aryna Sabalenka 2-6, 6-3, 6-2 in the US Open final on Saturday to the delight of a raucous crowd that was loud

D’Arcy Maine, ESPN.com Sep 9, 2023, 08:00 PM ET NEW YORK — The first time Coco Gauff played on Arthur Ashe Stadium ended in tears. It was 2019 and she had arrived in New York fresh off of her star-making run at Wimbledon as a 15-year-old qualifier. Suddenly everyone knew who she was, and fans

ESPN News Services Sep 8, 2023, 10:49 PM ET NEW YORK — Daniil Medvedev predicted he would need to play “11 out of 10” to get past defending champion and top-seeded Carlos Alcaraz at the US Open. How did Medvedev rate his performance against Alcaraz in the semifinals Friday night? “I played 12 out of

Alyssa Roenigk, ESPN Senior WriterSep 9, 2023, 12:52 AM ET Close Alyssa Roenigk is a senior writer for ESPN whose assignments have taken her to six continents and caused her to commit countless acts of recklessness. (Follow @alyroe on Twitter). NEW YORK — From the moment world No. 1 Carlos Alcaraz lifted the Wimbledon trophy

Sep 8, 2023, 02:47 PM ET American Coco Gauff has her chance at her first Grand Slam title in front of a home crowd, while Aryna Sabalenka — the soon-to-be new world No. 1 — will look to win her second major of the year. Who will win? We asked our experts: What can Gauff

Alyssa Roenigk, ESPN Senior WriterSep 8, 2023, 07:10 AM ET Close Alyssa Roenigk is a senior writer for ESPN whose assignments have taken her to six continents and caused her to commit countless acts of recklessness. (Follow @alyroe on Twitter). NEW YORK — As anticipated, 23-time Grand Slam champion Novak Djokovic will face a surging,

Alyssa Roenigk, ESPN Senior WriterSep 8, 2023, 12:52 AM ET Close Alyssa Roenigk is a senior writer for ESPN whose assignments have taken her to six continents and caused her to commit countless acts of recklessness. (Follow @alyroe on Twitter). NEW YORK — With a straight-sets win over Karolina Muchova of the Czech Republic Thursday

Associated Press Sep 7, 2023, 05:59 PM ET NEW YORK — Rajeev Ram and Joe Salisbury have a chance for the first US Open men’s doubles three-peat in more than 90 years. The No. 3-seeded team pulled out a 7-5, 3-6, 6-3 victory over the No. 2-seeded duo of Ivan Dodig and Austin Krajicek on

Alyssa Roenigk, ESPN Senior WriterSep 7, 2023, 07:15 AM ET Close Alyssa Roenigk is a senior writer for ESPN whose assignments have taken her to six continents and caused her to commit countless acts of recklessness. (Follow @alyroe on Twitter). NEW YORK — Madison Keys is happy to be forgotten. “Honestly, it’s been great,” Keys

Associated Press Sep 7, 2023, 12:01 AM ET NEW YORK — Carlos Alcaraz found himself in a hint of a predicament 35 minutes into his US Open quarterfinal against Alexander Zverev on Wednesday night. At 3-all in the first set under the lights in Arthur Ashe Stadium, Zverev earned the first break points of the

Alyssa Roenigk, ESPN Senior WriterSep 6, 2023, 07:15 PM ET Close Alyssa Roenigk is a senior writer for ESPN whose assignments have taken her to six continents and caused her to commit countless acts of recklessness. (Follow @alyroe on Twitter). NEW YORK — On the hottest day yet at the US Open, as temperatures soared

ESPN News Services Sep 6, 2023, 12:46 AM ET NEW YORK — Ben Shelton is still just 20, still new to this whole professional tennis thing. He is equipped with a tremendously good serve, but don’t think he can’t come through in other ways when it matters the most. On a muggy night in which,

Associated Press Sep 5, 2023, 04:48 PM ET NEW YORK — Novak Djokovic reached his record 47th Grand Slam semifinal, breaking a tie with Roger Federer for the most by a man, by defeating Taylor Fritz 6-1, 6-4, 6-4 at the U.S. Open on a steamy Tuesday. Djokovic improved to 13-0 for his career in

D’Arcy Maine, ESPN.com Sep 5, 2023, 05:00 PM ET Some names in tennis just work well together: Venus Williams and Serena Williams. Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal. Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan. Martina Navratilova and Chris Evert. Editor’s Picks But the 2023 US Open has provided us with a unexpected pairing: Novak Djokovic and Coco

Associated Press Sep 5, 2023, 03:18 AM ET NEW YORK — A fan was ejected from a US Open tennis match early Tuesday morning after German player Alexander Zverev complained the man used language from Adolf Hitler’s Nazi regime. Zverev, the No. 12 seed, was serving at 2-2 in the fourth set of his match

Sep 4, 2023, 09:30 PM ET Russian ironman Daniil Medevdev has ended Alex de Minaur‘s US Open campaign with a signature fourth-round victory in New York. De Minaur played some inspired attacking tennis early to raise hopes of an upset win before the third-seeded 2021 Open champion powered to a 2-6 6-4 6-1 6-2 triumph.

D’Arcy Maine, ESPN.com Sep 4, 2023, 11:51 AM ET NEW YORK — Coco Gauff knew she needed to make a change. She had just lost in the first round of Wimbledon — her earliest exit in four appearances at the All England Club — and it was the latest disappointing result for the 19-year-old. She

ESPN News Services Sep 4, 2023, 12:21 AM ET NEW YORK — Iga Swiatek‘s US Open title defense ended with a 3-6, 6-3, 6-1 loss to Jelena Ostapenko in the fourth round Sunday night. The loss also means Swiatek’s stay at No. 1 in the WTA rankings will end next week, when current No. 2