10:10 PM ET NEW YORK — The day before Friday’s US Open semifinals, Daniil Medvedev was out on the National Tennis Center’s P3 practice court, wearing a black t-shirt with the imprint of a neon-blue alligator, with Japan’s Haru Inoue across the net. They were doing a drill in which both men kept hitting cross-court,
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4:39 PM ET NEW YORK — Patrick Mouratoglou, the coach of Serena Williams, believes that Bianca Andreescu, the 19-year-old Canadian who will meet Williams in Saturday’s US Open women’s final is on her way to the top ranking, and will get there sooner rather than later. “She’s going to be No. 1 soon,” Mouratoglou said
3:08 PM ET Associated Press Top-seed Juan Sebastian Cabal and Robert Farah became the first Colombian men’s team to win the doubles title at the U.S. Open, defeating Marcel Granollers and Horacio Zeballos 6-4, 7-5 in the final Friday. Cabal and Farah were already the first men’s doubles pairing from Colombia to win a Grand
1:05 AM ET D’Arcy MaineESPN NEW YORK — After dropping the first set of her first grand slam quarterfinal to Elise Mertens in lifeless, error-ridden fashion, Bianca Andreescu walked to her chair at Arthur Ashe Stadium, her frustration seemingly dripping off her like sweat. She sat in her chair, rummaged through her bag to find
8:33 PM ET ESPN News Services NEW YORK — By no means was Serena Williams perfect at the start of her US Open semifinal. She faced three break points in the opening game and managed to pull it out. She trailed 40-love in the second, then came through again. Another trio of break points arrived
6:31 PM ET Associated Press Wimbledon champions and No. 1 seeds Juan Sebastian Cabal and Robert Farah have advanced to the US Open men’s doubles final. They will face No. 8 seeds Marcel Granollers and Horacio Zeballos for the title. Cabal and Farah advanced by beating Jamie Murray and Neal Skupski 7-6 (5), 7-6 (8)
2:17 PM ET ESPN News Services NEW YORK — Bianca Andreescu became the first teenager to reach the US Open semifinals in a decade, beating Elise Mertens 3-6, 6-2, 6-3 Wednesday. The No. 15 seed dropped a set for the first time in the tournament, but recovered to improve to 31-4 this season, during which
12:25 AM ET D’Arcy MaineESPN NEW YORK — After dropping the first set of her first grand slam quarterfinal to Elise Mertens in lifeless, error-ridden fashion, Bianca Andreescu walked to her chair at Arthur Ashe Stadium, her frustration seemingly dripping off her like sweat. She sat in her chair, rummaged through her bag to find
6:32 PM ET Associated Press Matteo Berrettini of Italy advanced to his first Grand Slam semifinal after nearly four exhausting hours, edging Gael Monfils 3-6, 6-3, 6-2, 3-6, 7-6 (5). With both players fighting fatigue and a faulty serve down the stretch, Berrettini finally closed it out on his fifth match point — after double-faulting
6:15 PM ET ESPN staff NEW YORK — Many tennis players have superstitions. Rafael Nadal‘s finger tape and incessant water bottle placements. Serena Williams wearing the same pair of socks during a winning streak. Roger Federer counting to eight on everything during a match. 2 Related It appears that surprise US Open men’s quarterfinalist Matteo