5:48 PM ET ESPN News Services NEW YORK — Leylah Fernandez has reached the US Open semifinals, one day after turning 19. The Canadian continued her stunning run through the tournament by upsetting No. 5 seed Elina Svitolina 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (5). Fernandez won the last two points of the tiebreaker to give her another
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7:48 AM ET NEW YORK — On Monday afternoon, Arthur Ashe Stadium witnessed a quiet celebration of two of Britain’s finest women tennis players. One is an 18-year-old phenomenon, who is keeping both the UK — and the world — spellbound with her forehand rippers. The other is a 76-year-old legend and former US Open
1:49 PM ET Associated Press Belinda Bencic is back into the quarterfinals of the US Open. The Olympic gold medalist from Switzerland beat Iga Swiatek 7-6 (12), 6-3 to make the last eight in Flushing Meadows for the third time. The 11th-seeded Bencic won the lengthy first-set tiebreaker, then took the second set in 43
5:28 PM ET NEW YORK — After her disappointing US Open defeat at the hands of Great Britain’s Emma Raducanu in straight sets, Shelby Rogers said she’s now going to have to deal with “nine million death threats” on her social media accounts from strangers who are unhappy with her loss. Talking about the spotlight
3:06 AM ET NEW YORK — An upset Garbine Muguruza let Barbora Krejcikova know that she thought the eighth-seeded Czech was “unprofessional” by taking a medical timeout just as the ninth-seeded Spaniard had the momentum in the second set of their fourth-round match at the US Open. Krejcikova beat Muguruza 6-3, 7-6 (4) in a
4:05 PM ET ESPN News Services NEW YORK — Carlos Alcaraz became the youngest male quarterfinalist at the US Open since 1963 on Sunday. The 18-year-old from Spain reached the final eight at Flushing Meadows by beating 141st-ranked qualifier Peter Gojowczyk of Germany 5-7, 6-1, 5-7, 6-2, 6-0. Alcaraz also becomes the youngest men’s quarterfinalist
1:58 PM ET Associated Press No. 5 seed Elina Svitolina beat two-time Grand Slam champion Simona Halep 6-3, 6-3 to advance to the quarterfinals at the US Open. Svitolina has never won a Grand Slam tournament. She had lost twice before to the 12th-seeded Halep in majors. Svitolina, an Olympic bronze medalist, has emerged as
8:00 AM ET NEW YORK — While all eyes have been on Novak Djokovic and his quest for the Calendar Slam, three teens have been creating their own storylines at this year’s US Open. It has been an impressive stretch — Carlos Alcaraz, 18, became the youngest man to beat a top-three player at the
Sep 3, 2021 NEW YORK — From the very first game, it looked like Stefanos Tsitsipas had a big problem: 18-year-old Carlos Alcaraz’ crosscourt forehand. It came in at a deep angle, and it was incredibly fast. And before Tsitsipas could readjust after going on the defense to return that crosscourt forehand — if he
5:13 PM ET NEW YORK — One. That’s how many games Emma Raducanu lost in her third-round dominance against World No. 41 Sara Sorribes Tormo. You read that right. The 18-year-old Brit routed Tormo 6-0, 6-1 enroute to her second ever Round of 16 in as many Grand Slam events. She did it first at