2:32 PM ET Patricia Maria Tig rallied from a set down to beat Canada’s Eugenie Bouchard 2-6 6-1 7-6(4) in the final of the TEB BNP Paribas Tennis Championship Istanbul on Sunday to claim her maiden WTA crown. Romanian Tig, ranked 88 in the world, dropped the first set tamely but raced through the next
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12:05 AM ET D’Arcy MaineESPN.com Naomi Osaka walked back to where she had just clinched her second US Open win and laid on the ground. She had just won the US Open title, the third Grand Slam victory of her career, against Victoria Azarenka. But the smile had now faded from her face, and she
7:57 PM ET NEW YORK — Naomi Osaka recovered from a horrific first set to beat Victoria Azarenka and win the 2020 US Open women’s title Saturday at Arthur Ashe Stadium. A dazzling first set by Azarenka helped make the numbers on the final stat sheet similar, but the match really was all about the
6:10 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — After one errant forehand in the first set of the US Open final, Naomi Osaka looked at her coach in the mostly empty Arthur Ashe Stadium stands with palms up, as if to say, “What the heck is happening?” In response to another wayward forehand against Victoria
8:26 AM ET NEW YORK — This time, the man on the other side of the net from Dominic Thiem in a Grand Slam final won’t be Rafael Nadal, greatest clay court player of all time, on the red dirt in the stade Roland Garros. This time, Thiem will not be facing Novak Djokovic, who
7:52 PM ET ESPN News Services NEW YORK — Alexander Zverev rallied to reach his first Grand Slam final, beating Pablo Carreno Busta 3-6, 2-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-3 at the US Open. The No. 5 seed completed his first career comeback from two sets down and the first in the US Open semifinals since Novak
8:04 AM ET NEW YORK — Alexander Zverev has continually fallen short of his own expectations on the largest stages in tennis, but he’s playing and thinking as if he’s finally ready to crack the challenging Grand Slam code at the US Open. Zverev, 23, moved to the semifinal stage on Tuesday, his monstrous serves
2:31 AM ET D’Arcy MaineESPN.com Serena Williams held onto the back of her legs as she bent over, wincing in pain on the court at Arthur Ashe Stadium on Thursday night. She limped over to her seat, requesting a trainer to take a look at her left ankle. Her coach, Patrick Mouratoglou, and her longtime
9:35 PM ET Associated Press Naomi Osaka has reached the U.S. Open final for the second time in three years, pulling away to beat Jennifer Brady 7-6 (1), 3-6, 6-3 in the first semifinal. The 2018 champion will meet Serena Williams or Victoria Azarenka on Saturday. If it’s Williams, it would be a rematch of
9:31 PM ET D’Arcy MaineESPN.com Jennifer Brady had a calm demeanor as she took the court for a US Open quarterfinal match against Yulia Putintseva on Tuesday at Arthur Ashe Stadium. A casual observer would never have known that it was the 25-year-old American’s first major quarterfinal. When the last point was won after just