9:00 AM ET NEW YORK — Naomi Osaka did not want to be cut off. She did not want to be rescued. Yes, she was crying in her US Open postmatch news conference, crying as she struggled to find the right words so she could share what was on her mind, but each time the

4:32 PM ET ESPN News Services NEW YORK — Until now, 18-year-old Carlos Alcaraz has exhibited enough promise and precociousness to make people think he eventually could succeed Rafael Nadal as Spain’s top tennis player. On Friday at the U.S. Open, with a dramatic five-set victory over No. 3 seed Stefanos Tsitsipas, Alcaraz showed why

2:35 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Garbine Muguruza and Simona Halep have mastered the grass at Wimbledon and conquered the clay at the French Open. Maybe they finally have the answers for the hard courts of the US Open. The two-time Grand Slam champions both pulled out three-set victories Friday to reach the

9:10 PM ET ESPN News Services NEW YORK — Novak Djokovic missed an overhead along the way to getting broken for the only time Thursday night and stared at a man in the Arthur Ashe Stadium stands who made noise during the point. After breaking right back in the next game of his second-round victory

6:11 PM ET After thousands of fans were left stranded in Flushing Meadows as a result of flash floods Wednesday in New York, Daniel Zausner, the chief operating officer of the United States Tennis Association, said the organization was not adequately prepared for the large amount of rain but doesn’t believe the organization would do

5:19 PM ET ESPN News Services NEW YORK — About the only problems No. 1 seed Ash Barty and other top women’s players encountered Thursday afternoon at the US Open came in the delays trying to get to Flushing Meadows in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida’s remnants blowing through the Northeast a night earlier. Barty,

5:54 PM ET NEW YORK — Former world No. 1 Victoria Azarenka drew attention to the double standard between fans and players when it comes to vaccinations at the US Open, saying it was “bizarre” that fans have to be vaccinated while players do not. In order to enter Flushing Meadows, fans have to show

11:10 PM ET NEW YORK — Rain pelted down the gaps in the roof of Louis Armstrong Stadium on Wednesday night, disrupting second-round play at the US Open. Arthur Ashe Stadium and Louis Armstrong are the only courts at Flushing Meadows that can be covered during bad weather, but even that was an issue as

11:23 AM ET Associated Press Naomi Osaka has advanced to the third round of the US Open after her second-round opponent withdrew for medical reasons. The defending champion was set to play Olga Danilovic of Serbia in the first match of the day in Arthur Ashe Stadium. The U.S. Tennis Association said the match between

3:48 PM ET NEW YORK — After a comfortable victory against Sam Querrey (6-4 7-5 6-2) in the first round of the US Open on Tuesday, Alexander Zverev took a jab at Stefanos Tsitsipas during the news conference, sharing his own frustrations with Tsitsipas’ long bathroom breaks, saying, “It’s not normal.” “It’s happening every match.