Sabalenka edges Navarro 6-3, 7-6 to reach second consecutive US Open final Aryna Sabalenka from Belarus achieved a career-high ranking of #1 last September and is currently ranked and seeded two. She defended her Australian Open title in January and is still seeking her first title in NY having lost the last final in three…
Jannik Sinner is one win away from the second Grand Slam title of his career–and second of the season–after beating Jack Draper 7-5, 7-6(3), 6-2 in the U.S. Open semifinals on Friday afternoon. Sinner, the reigning Australian Open champion, needed three hours and three minutes to advance even though it was straight-set match. The second…
American Jessica Pegula plays Aryna Sabalenka in the US Open final on Saturday. Photo credit: Garrett Ellwood/US Open/USTA US Open Flushing Meadows, New York August 26-September 8, 2024 Surface: Hard Court Prize Money: $75 Million US Open Is a Quest for History Olympic gold-medal champion Novak Djokovic plays for a record-extending 25th Grand Slam crown…
By Richard Pagliaro | @Tennis_Now | Friday, September 6, 2024Photo credit: Garrett Ellwood/US Open/USTA NEW YORK—In his maiden major semifinal, a gritty Jack Draper lost his lunch on court. Draper’s appetite for major achievement remains undiminished. More: Depleted Djokovic on What Went Wrong The 25th-seeded Draper vomited on court a few times during his 7-5,…
Jannik Sinner in action during a men’s singles semifinal match at the 2024 US Open on Friday, Sep. 6, 2024 in Flushing, NY. (Garrett Ellwood/USTA) (September 6, 2024) FLUSHING, NY – World No. 1 Jannik Sinner of Italy has reached his first US Open final on Friday when he defeated lefty Jack Draper of Great…
There will be an American in both the men’s and women’s singles finals at the 2024 U.S. Open. While Taylor Fritz and Frances Tiafoe have been making a ton of headlines as the contingent of American men try to end a Grand Slam title drought of more than two decades, Jessica Pegula has also emerged…
By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Saturday September 6, 2024 New York—After years of toiling in relative obscurity, late-blooming Jessica Pegula rose up the rankings to join the elite, starting in 2021. The Buffalo, NY native reached six major quarterfinals from 2021 to 2023, but she lost them all – and still wasn’t satisfied. It…
Photo by Pete Staples/USTA (Seprember 6, 2024) FLUSHING, NY – Lyudmyla Kichenok was supposed to get married this week to Jelena Ostapenko’s coach, but a run at the US Open put an end to that. The No. 7 seeds won their first major title as a team beating Kristina Mladenovic and Zhang Shuai 6-4, 6-3…
Aryna Sabalenka demonstrated why she is the favorite to win the women’s singles at the US Open by thrashing the Olympic gold medalist Qinwen Zheng. Sabalenka’s level had been getting better throughout the tournament before her quarterfinal against Zheng. Her previous best match was in the fourth round against Elise Mertens. The Belarusian’s powerful hitting…
