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Seven points on serve, all night Seven. That is how many points Jessica Pegula lost behind her serve on Wednesday night in New York, and she never faced a break point at all. The No. 3 seed beat fellow American Sofia Kenin 6-3, 6-1. Fifty-six minutes, start to finish. Eighteen winners, eight unforced errors. The…

One set point at 5-5 was all Sloane Stephens got. Marta Kostyuk took it away and moved on in New York.

Eighteen aces were not enough for Rei Sakamoto. Forty unforced errors were too many. Frances Tiafoe is through in three.

He had already lost in qualifying and taken a day off. Then Bu Yunchaokete got the call, and dismantled one of the men’s game’s fastest risers on Court 17.

Four sets, one tiebreak and a crowd loud enough to drown out the on-court interview. Ben Shelton is into the third round.

The defending champion lost the opening set to Jaime Faria on Arthur Ashe. Then he remembered who he was.

Alex Michelsen needed three sets and no tie-breaks to end Brandon Nakashima’s US Open. The 16th seed never found an answer.

Around 10pm on Court 7, give or take Two sets down, three sets won. That was Adrian Mannarino’s opening round against Thiago Agustin Tirante (4-6, 3-6, 6-3, 6-3, 6-3), and the world No. 67 is back at Flushing Meadows for the second round of the 2026 US Open. Alexander Bublik had a far tidier evening,…

A 1am start for the defending champion Round one barely raised her heart rate. Aryna Sabalenka, world No. 1 and defending champion at Flushing Meadows, opens her second round against qualifier Polina Iatcenko, and she does so with half the women’s draw already looking shakier than expected after a run of nervous seeds in New…