5:20 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Defending Western & Southern Open champion Daniil Medvedev failed to close it out in the second set Wednesday, and Roberto Bautista Agut rallied for a 1-6, 6-4, 6-3 victory that knocked yet another top player out of the tune-up tournament for the U.S. Open. With the latest

3:05 PM ET Associated Press BERN, Switzerland — Juan Martin del Potro had surgery on his right knee Wednesday, the third operation for the 2009 US Open champion since getting injured two years ago. His management team tweeted the news, saying del Potro had tested his knee on a court in Argentina “in recent months”

11:43 PM ET ESPN News Services NEW YORK — Serena Williams was flustered when she got called for taking too much time between points, flung away her racket after letting a lead slip away and finished surprisingly meekly in a 5-7, 7-6 (5), 6-1 loss to Maria Sakkari at the Western & Southern Open on

1:29 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Defending champion Daniil Medvedev returned to the quarterfinals at the Western & Southern Open with a 6-3, 6-3 victory Tuesday over Aljaz Bedene, who accidentally hit a ball that struck a TV cameraman in the stands between second-set points. The cameraman did not appear hurt, but an

9:19 AM ET NEW YORK — Entering the grounds of the National Tennis Center through the West Gate gave way to a surreal sight at the Western & Southern Open on Saturday, the first day of the unusual tennis doubleheader currently underway in New York. Instead of the familiar, restless horde of fans attracted to

5:48 AM ET Andy Murray claimed the biggest win of his comeback and a place in the last 16 of the Western and Southern Open on Monday by taking out self-destructing fifth seed Alexander Zverev 6-3 3-6 7-5. Murray offered hope he was on the right track after his injury woes with a tidy first-round

5:17 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Her yells of “Come on!” filling a stadium devoid of spectators, Serena Williams was pushed to the brink of a stunning loss in her longest match since 2012 before pulling away with a perfect tiebreaker and edging Arantxa Rus 7-6 (6), 3-6, 7-6 (0) Monday at the

12:42 PM ET Carla Suarez Navarro, a two-time US Open quarterfinalist, has withdrawn from this year’s edition of the event. Suarez, 31, ranked No. 68, had previously withdrawn from the Western & Southern Open, currently underway at the National Tennis Center, citing unspecified health reasons. The US Open will follow immediately, beginning on Aug. 31.

6:54 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Two months after barely being able to walk while ill with COVID-19, Grigor Dimitrov played a professional tennis match at the Western & Southern Open on Sunday and — while the result was not what was most important — he won. “I said to myself, ‘I’ll give

1:26 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Novak Djokovic pulled out of the doubles event at the Western & Southern Open on Sunday, citing neck pain. Djokovic remained in the singles draw, where he is seeded No. 1 and is scheduled to play his second-round match Monday. He received a first-round bye. The Western