Novak Djokovic battled past Daniil Medvedev 6-3 7-6(5) 6-3 and into the tennis record books on Sunday, winning the US Open to equal Margaret Court’s record haul of 24 Grand Slams. Issued on: 11/09/2023 – 01:47 2 min The victory, his fourth in 10 Flushing Meadows finals, capped another remarkable Grand Slam campaign for Djokovic with wins … Read more
Their match Sunday afternoon is a rematch of the 2021 final in Flushing Meadows. Medvedev won that day for his lone Grand Slam title. The 27-year-old from Russia also denied Djokovic what would have been the first calendar-year Grand Slam in men’s tennis since 1969. Djokovic has gone on to win two more major titles … Read more
NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Barack Obama congratulated Coco Gauff on her U.S. Open title Saturday, less than two weeks after attending her first comeback of the tournament. After Gauff rallied to beat Aryna Sabalenka 2-6, 6-3, 6-2, messages quickly poured onto the social media platform formerly known as Twitter in celebration of the … Read more
Nineteen-year-old tennis sensation Coco Gauff has won the U.S. Open, making her the youngest American champion of the competition since Serena Williams in 1999. She beat out Belarusian tennis star Aryna Sabalenka, the 25-year-old winner of the Australian Open singles final earlier this year, at Saturday’s final in New York, scoring 2-6, 6-3 and 6-2. … Read more
Coco Gauff followed up her U.S. Open semifinal victory Thursday by showing love to Naomi Osaka as she sat in the crowd. During an on-court interview, the Florida native joyfully waved to Osaka, who was watching from the “president’s box” at Arthur Ashe Stadium in New York City. Gauff had just defeated the Czech Republic’s … Read more
NEW YORK (AP) — Coco Gauff never wavered. Not when a big lead in the first set evaporated. Not when match point after match point went by the wayside. And not, most distracting of all, when her U.S. Open semifinal against Karolina Muchova was interrupted for 50 minutes Thursday night by environmental activists — one … Read more
Naomi Osaka’s recent remarks about wanting her newborn daughter to one day look up to Coco Gauff will make you teary. During a sit-down interview with ESPN on Wednesday, the four-time Grand Slam singles champion discussed her admiration for Gauff, who qualified for the semifinals of the U.S. Open earlier this week. “I’m always really … Read more
NEW YORK (AP) — Soaked with sweat as the temperature neared 95 degrees Fahrenheit (35 Celsius) on the hottest day at this year’s U.S. Open, 2021 champion Daniil Medvedev walked slowly to towel off between points of his victory Wednesday, looked into a courtside camera and issued what sounded like a mix between a warning … Read more
NEW YORK (AP) — Naomi Osaka returned to the U.S. Open — the site of some of the tennis star’s greatest triumphs on a court and some difficult moments off it — for the first time in about a year to participate in a panel about mental health in sports, a topic she helped focus … Read more
Coco Gauff may have channeled her inner Queen Bey during her third-round match at the U.S. Open on Friday night. The young tennis star revealed in a post-match interview that she was thinking about Beyoncé’s ongoing Renaissance World Tour in her 3-6, 6-3, 6-0 win against Belgium’s Elise Mertens at Arthur Ashe Stadium in New … Read more