7:50 PM ET ESPN News Services NEW YORK — Frances Tiafoe is the last American man in the US Open singles field — and he’s into the fourth round at Flushing Meadows for the first time. The 22-year-old who grew up in Maryland advanced Saturday by beating Marton Fucsovics of Hungary 6-2, 6-3, 6-2. “I’m
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2:50 PM ET NEW YORK — Nassau County health officials have issued strict new quarantine regulations for players who have been in contact with a person infected with COVID-19, bringing to an end the US Open’s policy, endorsed by local health officials, of allowing such players to continue competing in the ongoing Grand Slam event
9:19 AM ET NEW YORK — Dominic Thiem still likes to tee up the tape of his 2018 US Open quarterfinal with then-No. 1 Rafael Nadal, to marvel at the scene late that night in Arthur Ashe Stadium, to revel at the quality of play throughout that 4-hour, 49-minute clash. “I like to watch the
9:22 PM ET ESPN News Services Top-seeded Novak Djokovic stayed perfect for 2020 and advanced to the fourth round of the US Open with a straight-sets win Friday in New York. He beat Germany’s Jan-Lennard Struff 6-3, 6-3, 6-1 in 1 hour and 43 minutes, holding serve throughout. Struff managed only four break points and
1:15 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Naomi Osaka spiked her racket after one errant forehand late in the second set at the US Open, then flung it the length of the baseline after a missed backhand return ceded that tiebreaker. Facing an opponent competing in just her second major tournament, two-time Grand Slam
8:44 AM ET D’Arcy MaineESPN.com As one of the most highly touted junior tennis players in the country, the coaching staff at UCLA didn’t know what to expect from incoming freshman Jennifer Brady when she started at the school in the fall of 2013. She had been ranked as high as No. 36 in the
1:16 PM ET Associated Press Tsvetana Pironkova has pulled off an upset to reach the third round at the US Open, her first tournament after a three-year break to focus on motherhood. Pironkova, 32, of Bulgaria, who has no ranking because of her layoff, beat No. 10-seeded Garbine Muguruza 7-5, 6-3. Pironkova left the women’s
12:38 PM ET Anirudh Menon World no. 3 Dominic Thiem beat India’s Sumit Nagal 6-3, 6-3, 6-2 in the second round of the US Open at the Arthur Ashe Stadium in Flushing Meadows, New York. Here’s how the action unfolded. (Please wait a few seconds for the blog to load or try refreshing. Click here
8:33 AM ET NEW YORK — Like many toddlers, Stefanos Tsitsipas, at age 3, had an object he lugged everywhere he went. He was a Greek version of the iconic American comic strip character Linus, but instead of a blanket, Tsitsipas’ totem was a towel. “It was like a toy,” Tsitsipas, the No. 4 seed
6:16 PM ET ESPN News Services Novak Djokovic fell behind when he lost a tiebreaker for the first time this year but rallied past Kyle Edmund in the second round of the US Open on Wednesday in New York. The top-seeded Djokovic won 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-4, 6-2. Seeking his fourth US Open title, Djokovic