9:00 AM ET D’Arcy MaineESPN.com NEW YORK — The grounds at the US Open were noticeably quiet on Saturday morning. It was the first day of the post-Serena Williams era, and it felt as if the air had been taken out of the site. Ahead of Williams’ third-round match against Ajla Tomljanovic, there had been
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6:15 PM ET ESPN News Services NEW YORK — Frances Tiafoe‘s vision was blurry from the tears. He was thrilled — overwhelmed, even — when the last point was over and it hit him that, yes, he had ended Rafael Nadal‘s 22-match Grand Slam-winning streak on Monday and reached the US Open quarterfinals for the
2:39 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Iga Swiatek covered her head with a white towel during one changeover after falling behind by a set and a break in the US Open’s fourth round Monday. She kept making mistakes, then rolling her eyes or glaring in the direction of her guest box. Eventually, Swiatek
1:55 PM ET NEW YORK — Cameron Norrie‘s run at the US Open finished in the fourth round after he lost in straight sets to Andrey Rublev on Monday. Norrie was aiming to become the first British player to reach the quarterfinals of the men’s singles since Andy Murray back in 2016, but in a
3:29 AM ET ESPN News Services Australia’s Margaret Court believes she doesn’t get as much credit from the tennis world as she deserves for her 24 Grand Slam singles titles and that Serena Williams doesn’t reciprocate her admiration. Williams — who holds 23 Slam titles, one shy of the record Court set from 1960 to
8:15 AM ET NEW YORK — Ajla Tomljanovic‘s first words in her postmatch interview Friday after beating Serena Williams were, “I’m feeling really sorry.” She spoke just a minute after Williams had walked off the court at Arthur Ashe Stadium, for what is likely to be the final time as a pro. Tomljanovic had bested
2:28 PM ET ESPN News Services Petra Kvitova erased a pair of match points and converted her fourth to edge Garbiñe Muguruza 5-7, 6-3, 7-6 (10) on Saturday in a showdown between two-time major champions. Kvitova just kept coming back — after dropping the first set, after trailing 5-2 in the third and after being
6:26 PM ET ESPN News Services NEW YORK — No. 3 Carlos Alcaraz, a 19-year-old Spaniard, defeated unseeded Jenson Brooksby, a 21-year-old Californian, 6-3, 6-3, 6-3 on Saturday at the US Open, advancing to the fourth round in a facility he’s very comfortable in. Alcaraz became the youngest man to reach the US Open quarterfinal
3:40 PM ET D’Arcy MaineESPN.com NEW YORK — After one last week of her signature magic, Serena Williams‘ legendary playing career came to an end Friday night with a third-round loss to Ajla Tomljanovic at the US Open in front of nearly 24,000 fans. The match capped the conclusion of a whirlwind 3½ weeks since
1:22 AM ET ESPN News Services Top-ranked Daniil Medvedev ended the historic run of Yibing Wu with a 6-4, 6-2, 6-2 victory in the third round on Friday at the US Open in New York. The defending champion moves on to face Wimbledon runner-up Nick Kyrgios on Sunday. Medvedev is bidding to become the first