Novak Djokovic easily beat 144th-ranked qualifier Jan-Lennard Struff 6-3, 6-3, 6-2 despite dealing with some neck issues to reach his record 64th Grand Slam quarterfinal.
Carlos Alcaraz has dealt with a brief problem with his right knee and managed to easily advance to the fourth round at the U.S. Open.
Althea Gibson is front and center at the U.S. Open this year on the 75th anniversary of her breaking the color barrier in tennis.
There are some tennis players, such as Frances Tiafoe or Madison Keys or Ben Shelton, who can’t wait for the U.S. Open to come around each year, with its boisterous crowds, its bold-faced names in the stands, its music at changeovers, its buzz.
There’s a larger contingent of Americans in the U.S. Open men’s bracket than at any time in the past quarter-century.
Venus Williams is back at the U.S. Open to play a Grand Slam singles match for the first time in two years.
If there’s such a thing as momentum from tournament to tournament in tennis, the American men have some right now.
Three-time Grand Slam semifinalist Grigor Dimitrov has pulled out of the U.S. Open a little more than a month after tearing a chest muscle against Jannik Sinner at Wimbledon.
Venus Williams’ bid for her first winning streak since 2019 has ended with a 6-2, 6-2 loss to 24th-ranked Magdalena Frech at the D.
There are plenty of reasons why this particular victory by Venus Williams in this particular tennis match resonates with so many folks.
Venus Williams has competed at a tournament for the first time in more than a year — and in doubles for the first time in nearly three — and has come out with a victory.
Venus Williams is paired with Reilly Opelka, and Wimbledon runner-up Amanda Anisimova is joined by Holger Rune on the updated list of teams signed up to try to enter the newfangled U.S. Open mixed doubles tournament.
Aryna Sabalenka has come back after being two points from dropping the opening set of her second-round Wimbledon match three times.
Wimbledon's latest of many steps into the modern era involves choosing technology over the human touch to decide whether a ball lands in or out.
Wimbledon players and spectators have been hit by record-breaking Day 1 heat as the temperature rose to 91 degrees Fahrenheit — 33 Celsius — at the oldest Grand Slam tournament.
Lorenzo Musetti has reached his first semifinal at the French Open and second at a Grand Slam tournament.
Lorenzo Musetti has been warned for unsportsmanlike conduct for kicking a tennis ball that inadvertently hit a linesperson during his French Open quarterfinal against Frances Tiafoe.
Tennis players at Grand Slam tournaments such as the French Open can have to play at 11 a.m. or 8 p.m. or anywhere in between.
Loïs Boisson had never even played at the French Open before, let alone on the biggest court at Roland-Garros.
Coco Gauff has earned her fifth consecutive trip to the French Open quarterfinals with a straight-set victory but still is catching flak because she forgot to bring her rackets to an earlier match.
Frances Tiafoe has defeated Daniel Altmaier 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 (4) to reach the French Open quarterfinals for the first time.
Tommy Paul has become the first American man in the French Open quarterfinals since Andre Agassi in 2003.
When Jannik Sinner’s opponent in the French Open’s third round finally won a single game, the Court Suzanne-Lenglen crowd responded with a standing ovation.
Ben Shelton beat Lorenzo Sonego for the second straight time at a Grand Slam this year, winning 6-4, 4-6, 3-6, 6-2, 6-3 under floodlights to reach the second round of the French Open.
Brittney Sykes knocked down the game-winning free-throw and Rose beat Vinyl in the Unrivaled championship game, capping the inaugural season of the women’s 3-on-3 basketball league.
Two friends from California, Learner Tien and Alex Michelsen, have both reached the fourth round at the Australian Open.
U.S. Open semifinalist Frances Tiafoe has aimed a torrent of expletives at the chair umpire after losing a match at the Shanghai Masters.
Four-time Grand Slam champion Carlos Alcaraz overcame Taylor Fritz in the deciding match as Team Europe rallied to beat Team World 13-11 and win the Laver Cup.
Jannik Sinner has defeated Taylor Fritz 6-3, 6-4, 7-5 with a relentless baseline game to win the U.S. Open men’s championship less than three weeks after being exonerated in a doping case.
Taylor Fritz can end a Grand Slam drought for American men by beating Jannik Sinner in the U.S. Open men's final on Sunday.
Taylor Fritz has defeated a fading Frances Tiafoe 4-6, 7-5, 4-6, 6-4, 6-1 in an all-American matchup at the U.S. Open to reach his first Grand Slam final.
It's been 21 years since an American man won a Grand Slam title, but the country is guaranteed a male finalist at the U.S. Open this weekend.
Frances Tiafoe has reached the U.S. Open semifinals for the second time in three years when his quarterfinal opponent, Grigor Dimitrov, stopped playing because of an injury in the fourth set.
Emma Navarro's first Grand Slam semifinal will come at the U.S. Open against Aryna Sabalenka.
ESPN has gone off the air on a major carrier for the second straight year during the U.S. Open tennis tournament and in the midst of the first full weekend of college football.
Aryna Sabalenka finally got rolling after a bad beginning to the latest-starting match in U.S. Open history and beat No. 29 Ekaterina Alexandrova 2-6, 6-1, 6-2 to reach the fourth round.
Frances Tiafoe has solved Ben Shelton’s big serve and played brilliantly at the net to win their all-American rematch at the U.S. Open 4-6, 7-5, 6-7 (5), 6-4, 6-3.
Actor Dustin Hoffman and Super Bowl winner Patrick Mahomes were among the celebrities watching Carlos Alcaraz play Frances Tiafoe in the third round on Centre Court at Wimbledon.
Defending Wimbledon champion Carlos Alcaraz has come back to eliminate Frances Tiafoe 5-7, 6-2, 4-6, 7-6 (2), 6-2 to reach the fourth round.
Tennis players insist that initial matches at one of their sport’s four most prestigious events — the Australian Open in January, the French Open in May, Wimbledon in late June or early July, and the U.S. Open in August — give them reason to worry, no matter how many times they’ve won at that stage.
Novak Djokovic says his right knee has responded well after surgery to repair a torn meniscus less than a month ago and he considers himself ready to contend at Wimbledon.
Unseeded American Peyton Stearns’ elimination of No. 10 Daria Kasatkina at the French Open was one of several losses for seeded women on a rainy day filled with matches.
Novak Djokovic has eliminated qualifier Borna Gojo 6-2, 7-5, 6-4 to reach the U.S. Open quarterfinals.
Rinky Hijikata knows what he’s facing at the U.S. Open, and it’s more than just Frances Tiafoe.
Frances Tiafoe loves the spotlight that comes with playing at night in Arthur Ashe Stadium and he has picked up another victory in that setting to reach the U.S. Open's third round.
Former President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, were in the Arthur Ashe Stadium stands to watch Coco Gauff’s first-round victory at the U.S. Open.
Coco Gauff has come back to win her first-round match at the U.S. Open after losing a set against an opponent who frustrated her with the time she took between points.
Frances Tiafoe and the other American men getting set to play at the U.S. Open are well aware of the facts.
The developments at Wimbledon include Novak Djokovic joining Roger Federer and Serena Williams as the only players in tennis history to win 350 Grand Slam matches.
Frances Tiafoe heads into Wimbledon on the heels of his first title at a grass-court tournament and his first appearance in the Top 10 of the ATP rankings.
The group that runs the French Open tennis tournament has hired an artificial intelligence company to monitor players' social media accounts in a bid to try to protect athletes from cyberbullying.
Frances Tiafoe has saved four match points to beat Stefanos Tsitsipas 1-6, 7-6 (11), 10-8 and clinched victory in the Laver Cup for Team World over Roger Federer’s Team Europe for the first time.
Filling in for the retired Roger Federer at the Laver Cup, 2021 Wimbledon finalist Matteo Berrettini posted a victory for Team Europe when he edged Team World’s Felix Auger-Aliassime 7-6 (11), 4-6, 10-7.
Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal will team up in doubles at the Laver Cup on Friday in what Federer has announced will be the final match of his long and illustrious career.
The timing of it all hardly could be more symbolic: All within a span of two weeks, Serena Williams plays what is believed to be her last match at age 40, Roger Federer announces he’ll be retiring at 41, Iga Swiatek wins her third Grand Slam title at 21, and Carlos Alcaraz gets his first at 19.
Frances Tiafoe has come up just short of being the first American man to reach the U.S. Open final in 16 years with a five-set loss to Carlos Alcaraz in the semifinals.
Carlos Alcaraz has outlasted Jannik Sinner in the latest-finishing match in U.S. Open history, advancing to the semifinals with a 6-3, 6-7 (7), 6-7 (0), 7-5, 6-3 victory.
Frances Tiafoe has ended Rafael Nadal’s 22-match winning streak at Grand Slam tournaments by beating the 22-time major champion 6-4, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 in the U.S. Open’s fourth round.
Eleventh-seeded Jannik Sinner held off feisty Ilya Ivashka and won his U.S. Open match 6-1, 5-7, 6-2, 4-6, 6-3 to clinch a spot in all four Grand Slam quarterfinals this year.
