6:27 AM ET Before sports’ megastars won their 100th match on center court at Flushing Meadows (and she’s still on the quest for Grand Slam No. 24), made their NBA debut at age 19 after a stellar freshman season at Duke, signed the biggest contract in the history of sports (Hint: A 10-year extension with

1:31 PM ET NEW YORK — Bianca Andreescu, the 2019 US Open champion, decided against traveling to New York from her home in Toronto to defend her title. Canadian fans, though, still have plenty to cheer about, as the national delegation has compensated for her absence. Canada has yet to see its first male Grand

5:56 PM ET ESPN News Services NEW YORK — The disqualification of Novak Djokovic from the US Open — and the absences of Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer — presented quite an opportunity to Alexander Zverev and the other men left in the tournament — all in their 20s, all seeking a first Grand Slam

8:27 AM ET Novak Djokovic has pleaded for compassion for the line judge he inadvertently struck in the throat with a ball at the U.S. Open on Monday after the female official faced a backlash from fans of the world No. on social media. The Serb was disqualified in the fourth round after he hit

11:17 PM ET In his fourth-round match at the US Open on Sunday, Novak Djokovic flicked a ball to the backcourt without a glance and it landed square on the throat of a line judge, resulting in the World No. 1 being defaulted from the tournament. The incident has swamped social media discourse and thrown

3:52 PM ET ESPN News Services Novak Djokovic has been fined $10,000 for unsportsmanlike conduct at the US Open, where he was defaulted for accidentally hitting a line judge in the throat with a ball after losing a game. That amount is half the $20,000 that a player can be docked for violating the unsportsmanlike

9:07 AM ET D’Arcy MaineESPN.com Victoria Azarenka hadn’t won a match in more than a year before she came to New York. Tsvetana Pironkova hadn’t played in a tournament since 2017. Now both are perhaps the unlikeliest players in the fourth round at the US Open. 1 Related They have made incredible comebacks, and what

12:59 PM ET ESPN News Services Naomi Osaka returned to the US Open quarterfinals by taking advantage of some early jitters for Anett Kontaveit and showing no ill effects from a recent left hamstring problem. The fourth-seeded Osaka never faced a break point and beat the 14th-seeded Kontaveit 6-3, 6-4 in Arthur Ashe Stadium on

4:21 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Top-seeded Novak Djokovic was forced to default from his fourth-round match at the US Open after he accidentally hit a line judge with a tennis ball Sunday. It was a stunning end to Djokovic’s bid for an 18th Grand Slam title and his 26-0 start to this

1:46 AM ET Manoj BhagavatulaESPN In the third round of the US Open, Novak Djokovic registered another comfortable win, while fourth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas squandered six match points in a five-set loss. In the women’s draw, both Naomi Osaka and Serena Williams weathered challenges from younger opponents to advance. Here are some of the best