12:10 AM ET NEW YORK — Everyone got robbed. The players, the crowd, the fans watching at home. The Serena Williams–Naomi Osaka US Open final was supposed to be a heavyweight boxing match between two of the hardest-striking players in the game. For both women, history was at stake. On the line for Williams was
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6:08 PM ET ESPN News Services NEW YORK — Naomi Osaka became the first Japanese player to win a Grand Slam after she defeated Serena Williams 6-2, 6-4 on Saturday. The match was interrupted by issues between Williams and umpire Carlos Ramos, who handed Serena three violations, including a game penalty that put Osaka up
11:21 PM ET NEW YORK — Five sets of tennis. Who could ask for anything more? Except that was over two matches. Two noncompetitive matches. On men’s semifinal day at the US Open on Friday, Novak Djokovic, the No. 6 seed, made his second consecutive major final with a convincing straight-sets performance against Kei Nishikori.
2:22 AM ET Peter BodoTennis Close Peter Bodo has been covering tennis for over 35 years, mostly recently for ESPN. He is a former WTA Writer of the Year and the author of numerous books, including the classic “The Courts of Babylon” and the New York Times bestseller (with Pete Sampras), “A Champion’s Mind.” NEW
6:31 PM ET Rafael Nadal, the defending US Open champion and world No. 1, retired from his US Open semifinal match against No. 3 seed Juan Martin del Potro. Nadal was trailing del Potro 7-6, 6-2 when he retired. Earlier in the second set, he told the chair umpire he was going to have to
12:47 AM ET NEW YORK — So let’s get this straight: There were no pools of sweat, no ice baths, no slick baselines. The heat wave finally relented. At times, it was even cool. Not as cool as Naomi Osaka, but cool. The 20-year-old brewing star overpowered Madison Keys on Thursday night, 6-2, 6-4 to
8:28 AM ET NEW YORK — Serena Williams walked into Arthur Ashe Stadium on Thursday night for her semifinal match against No. 19 Anastasija Sevastova and tried to push three years of history aside. If she was going to make the US Open final for the first time since 2014, she couldn’t allow her mind
5:40 PM ET Peter BodoTennis Close Peter Bodo has been covering tennis for over 35 years, mostly recently for ESPN. He is a former WTA Writer of the Year and the author of numerous books, including the classic “The Courts of Babylon” and the New York Times bestseller (with Pete Sampras), “A Champion’s Mind.” NEW
9:00 AM ET D’Arcy MaineESPN NEW YORK — After losing in the second round at Wimbledon earlier this summer, Eugenie Bouchard was bombarded with questions about her low ranking (then No. 188) and her inability to consistently win despite her previous success. She didn’t hesitate in her response. “The top 100, even 200, the difference
8:17 PM ET ESPN News Services NEW YORK — Kei Nishikori rallied to outlast Marin Cilic on Wednesday at the US Open, giving Japan a men’s and women’s semifinalist at the same Grand Slam for the first time, according to the ATP Tour. Nishikori won the rematch of the 2014 final with a 2-6, 6-4,