Maand: september 2022

2:17 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — John Peers had fallen short 31 times in Grand Slam mixed doubles tournaments before finding the perfect partner — right in his own country. Peers and fellow Australian Storm Sanders won the US Open title Saturday by rallying for a 4-6, 6-4, 10-7 victory over the team

2:27 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — US Open semifinalist Frances Tiafoe pulled out of the United States team that will play group stage matches in the Davis Cup next week in Glasgow, Scotland. The U.S. Tennis Association announced Tiafoe’s withdrawal Saturday. Tiafoe, a 24-year-old from Maryland who was seeded 22nd at Flushing Meadows,

8:00 AM ET On Saturday, No. 1-ranked Iga Swiatek of Poland will take on No. 5 Ons Jabeur of Tunisia. If Jabeur wins, she will become the first African woman in the Open era to earn a Grand Slam singles title. If Swiatek prevails, it will be her third major title, having won two French

12:04 AM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Carlos Alcaraz surged into his first Grand Slam final and gave himself a chance to become No. 1 at age 19 by ending Frances Tiafoe’s run at the US Open with a 6-7 (6), 6-3, 6-1, 6-7 (5), 6-3 victory on Friday night. No. 3 Alcaraz moved

6:20 PM ET ESPN News Services NEW YORK — Casper Ruud claimed a 55-shot point to end the first set of his US Open semifinal while building a big lead against Karen Khachanov and held on for a 7-6 (5), 6-2, 5-7, 6-2 victory Friday that put him in his second Grand Slam title match

2:49 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Rajeev Ram and Joe Salisbury became the second team in the professional era to repeat as US Open men’s doubles champions, beating Wesley Koolhof and Neal Skupski 7-6 (4), 7-5. The top-seeded team joined the Hall of Fame duo of Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde in 1995

8:15 AM ET NEW YORK — The wristband on Frances Tiafoe’s racket hand reads “Believe. Why Not Me.” After defeating Rafael Nadal and Andrey Rublev in front of packed stadiums, many more have begun to believe that his time might be now. Perhaps Tiafoe will be the one who ends the 19-year drought for a

8:33 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Ons Jabeur reached a second consecutive Grand Slam title match without needing to produce her best tennis Thursday night, taking full advantage of a shaky showing by Caroline Garcia to win their US Open semifinal match 6-1, 6-3. The No. 5-seeded Jabeur, a 28-year-old from Tunisia, was

3:40 PM ET ESPN News Services The BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth has been suspended for Thursday and Friday after the death of Queen Elizabeth II, the DP World Tour announced. “On behalf of our members and everyone connected with the European Tour group and the BMW PGA Championship, it is with great sadness that

12:01 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — U.S. Davis Cup captain Mardy Fish will miss the group stage matches in Glasgow, Scotland, next week because he got COVID-19, and Bob Bryan will fill in as acting captain. “I’m gutted to not be able to be there after putting a ton of work into this

7:00 AM ET D’Arcy MaineESPN.com NEW YORK — Caroline Garcia and Ons Jabeur were both 16 years old when they first played against one another at a Grand Slam event. A year later they met again with a spot in a major junior final on the line. As heralded young players who frequently made deep

3:05 AM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — This was a match that would not end. Should not end, one might say. Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner, two of the brightest young stars of men’s tennis, traded shots of the highest quality and countless momentum swings across five sterling sets for 5 hours, 15 minutes

9:20 PM ET ESPN News Services NEW YORK — Iga Swiatek’s game is most effective, her mind most at ease, on red clay courts, where her two Grand Slam titles so far arrived. She sure seems to be getting the hang of this hard-court thing at the U.S. Open, though. The No. 1-ranked Swiatek moved

4:51 PM ET ESPN News Services NEW YORK — Frances Tiafoe became the first American man to reach the US Open semifinals since 2006 by beating Andrey Rublev 7-6 (3), 7-6 (0), 6-4 behind the backing of a boisterous partisan crowd in Arthur Ashe Stadium on Wednesday. Tiafoe, who grew up in Maryland, put on

2:12 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Aryna Sabalenka returned to the US Open semifinals Wednesday with a 6-1, 7-6 (4) victory over Karolina Pliskova. Sabalenka is the only player still alive in either draw who reached the final four in Flushing Meadows last year. She lost to runner-up Leylah Fernandez in the semifinals.

10:06 AM ET NEW YORK — In front of a sold-out Arthur Ashe crowd of 23,000 people on Sunday night at the US Open, world No. 1 Daniil Medvedev and Wimbledon finalist Nick Kyrgios get into a rally early in the first set. “Let’s go Kyrgios, let’s go,” the crowd chants in unison right before

1:03 AM ET ESPN News Services NEW YORK — Karen Khachanov stood on the court, arms raised, basking in a rowdy crowd’s cheers after reaching his first Grand Slam semifinal at the US Open. Not far away, Nick Kyrgios took out some of his frustration at the so-close-yet-so-far result on a pair of rackets. First,

11:42 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — There was quite a hairy situation at the US Open on Tuesday night. Two men’s stay in Arthur Ashe Stadium seats was, um, cut short after one buzzed the other’s head right there in the stands while Nick Kyrgios and Karen Khachanov played their quarterfinal. They had

7:24 PM ET Associated Press Serena Williams was a smash hit in the ratings for her apparent final US Open match. ESPN said Tuesday that Williams’ expected farewell to Flushing Meadows was the most-watched tennis telecast in the network’s 43-year history. Her loss last Friday to Ajla Tomljanovic drew 4.6 million viewers. The previous record

3:22 PM ET ESPN News Services NEW YORK — Casper Ruud headed into the 2022 season with just one Grand Slam appearance that lasted as far as the fourth round anywhere and was determined to improve his record at the four most important events in tennis. Then, a day before the Australian Open began in