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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.

September 5, 2021

Djokovic lets emotions show at US Open; No. 1 Barty loses

Novak Djokovic did not seek to keep his thoughts to himself on court Saturday, the way he mostly did through his first two U.S. Open matches. Instead, he let it all out, slapping his chest or sneering with a fist raised to celebrate success, pointing to his ear to ask the crowd for noise.

September 4, 2021

Alcaraz, 18, upends No. 3 Tsitsipas at US Open; Osaka out

Until now, 18-year-old Carlos Alcaraz has exhibited enough promise and precociousness to make people think he eventually could succeed Rafael Nadal as Spain’s top tennis player.

September 4, 2021

Naomi Osaka ousted at US Open, weighs another break from tennis

Naomi Osaka looked over at her agent and said she wanted to tell the world what the two of them had discussed privately after her U.S. Open title defense ended with a racket-tossing, composure-missing, lead-evaporating defeat in the third round.

September 3, 2021

Stefanos Tsitsipas' long bathroom breaks at US Open prompt ATP, USTA to review game delay rules

The ATP and UTSA announced Thursday that they plan to review the rules surrounding match delays in response to Greek tennis player Stefanos Tsitsipas, who has come under fire this week for unusually long bathroom breaks at the U.S. Open.

September 2, 2021

Djokovic eyeing calendar-year Slam at Open

Novak Djokovic missed an overhead and stared over toward a section of the Arthur Ashe Stadium stands.