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A night-session clash booked for Arthur Ashe Stadium Carlos Alcaraz is back on court on Wednesday for the second round of the US Open, taking on Portugal’s Jaime Faria in the night of Wednesday 2 into Thursday 3 September in France. The match has been slotted into the second match of the evening session at…

914,000 average viewers, a peak of 1.3 million, and a four-hour, 36-minute Djokovic collapse in primetime. ESPN has never had a bigger opening day at Flushing Meadows.

74 minutes, and the doubt was gone Seventy-four minutes. That is how long Elena Rybakina needed on Tuesday in New York to answer three weeks of questions about her left ankle. A 6-3, 6-2 win over 17-year-old American wildcard Thea Frodin, first round of the US Open, no drama at all. The second seed was…

Two points from the biggest first-round upset in more than twenty years, Alexander Zverev found a way out against Lorenzo Sonego. The top seed survives. The numbers behind the win are another matter.

Forty years old, and a comeback out of nowhere Gael Monfils turned 40 overnight at Louis Armstrong Stadium. The first set went badly, 6-2 to Adolfo Daniel Vallejo, and then the match stopped resembling itself. Monfils won the next three 6-1, 6-2, 6-0. Thirty-seven winners. The full catalogue of tricks, including the airborne smashes that…

She applauded her opponent. Twice. Some matches get won without the winner ever really having to look up. This was not one of those. Coco Gauff paid attention to this one. Twice she stopped to clap Zeynep Sonmez. Once for a ball hauled out of the corner and struck back down the line on the…

Four hours, twelve minutes, one kit change Flavio Cobolli walked off court at Flushing Meadows on Tuesday having played 4h12 of tennis. He had also, for the first time in his career, won a match after losing the opening two sets. Final score against Francisco Comesana: 3-6, 2-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4. The Italian is seeded…

Fourteen aces, one double fault, 100 minutes on court. Taylor Fritz gave Darwin Blanch a rough introduction to the US Open main draw.

Four hours and 13 minutes, eight break points saved, and a first career comeback from two sets down. Flavio Cobolli found a way out on Louis Armstrong.