September 8, 2021 Emma Raducanu makes history as she advances to US Open semifinals Emma Raducanu has taken the U.S. Open by storm and on Wednesday she made history becoming the first qualifier to get to the tournament’s semifinals in the professional era.
September 7, 2021 Canadian teen Fernandez into US Open semis with fans' help With no players from the United States left to pull for in the U.S. Open, the fans are adopting a neighbor from the North to treat as one of their own: Leylah Fernandez, an unseeded Canadian teenager with an exciting game and enthusiasm to match.
September 7, 2021 For 1st time, no US singles players in US Open quarterfinals On the day that the U.S. Open quarterfinals began without any Americans left in singles — the first time that's ever happened at an event first held in 1881 — the man in charge of finding and grooming the country's Grand Slam champions sought to look on the bright side.
September 7, 2021 Medvedev stops van de Zandschulp, gets back to US Open semis Daniil Medvedev reached the U.S. Open semifinals on Tuesday for the third straight year, ending the surprising run of qualifier Botic van de Zandschulp with a 6-3, 6-0, 4-6, 7-5 victory.
September 7, 2021 Naomi Osaka still haunted by Serena Williams debacle, ex-USTA chair says Katrina Adams, the former USTA chair and president, spent the first 28 pages of her new leadership book/memoir, “Own the Arena” detailing the Naomi Osaka-Serena Williams debacle during the 2018 U.S. Open Finals.
September 7, 2021 Djokovic extends Slam bid; 1st time no US players in Open QF For 1 1/2 sets, including one particularly compelling and competitive 24-point game, Novak Djokovic's fourth-round opponent at the U.S. Open — Jenson Brooksby, the last American left in singles — gave him fits amid a raucous atmosphere at Arthur Ashe Stadium.
September 6, 2021 Garbine Muguruza slams ‘unprofessional’ Barbora Krejcikova in testy US Open exchange Garbine Muguruza was not going to leave the court at Arthur Ashe Stadium on Sunday without calling opponent Barbora Krejcikova “so unprofessional” to her face.
September 5, 2021 Fernandez, 18, beats Kerber at US Open to follow Osaka upset Raising her right fist overhead to celebrate winner after winner, 18-year-old Leylah Fernandez demonstrated that her upset of defending champion Naomi Osaka at the U.S. Open was certainly no fluke by beating another past title winner at Flushing Meadows.
September 5, 2021 Prepping to play Djokovic without day-before practice, plan No one all year has figured out how to beat Novak Djokovic in a Grand Slam match. Now it’s Jenson Brooksby’s turn to try — and the way he, and his coach since age 7, went about things ahead of time were as original as the 20-year-old Californian’s playing style.
September 5, 2021 Unqualified Success: van de Zandschulp stuns again at Open The fact that Botic van de Zandschulp was playing in Louis Armstrong Stadium for the first time for his 4-hour, 20-minute, will-he-or-won’t-he-blow-it victory was an incredible enough achievement for the Dutch qualifier.