9:45 PM ET D’Arcy MaineESPN NEW YORK — Earlier this week, Bianca Andreescu told the media that as a 15-year-old, she wrote herself a fake check in the amount of the prize money of the US Open, $3.85 million. She still has it, but she can now replace it with the real thing. 2 Related
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6:26 PM ET ESPN staff The 2019 US Open women’s singles final between Bianca Andreescu and Serena Williams had a little bit of everything. History on the line for both players — Andreescu trying to become the first Canadian to win a Grand Slam title and Serena vying for a record-tying 24th Slam title. After
6:26 PM ET ESPN staff The 2019 US Open women’s singles final between Bianca Andreescu and Serena Williams had a little bit of everything. History on the line for both players — Andreescu trying to become the first Canadian to win a Grand Slam title and Serena vying for a record-tying 24th Slam title. After
10:10 PM ET NEW YORK — The day before Friday’s US Open semifinals, Daniil Medvedev was out on the National Tennis Center’s P3 practice court, wearing a black t-shirt with the imprint of a neon-blue alligator, with Japan’s Haru Inoue across the net. They were doing a drill in which both men kept hitting cross-court,
4:39 PM ET NEW YORK — Patrick Mouratoglou, the coach of Serena Williams, believes that Bianca Andreescu, the 19-year-old Canadian who will meet Williams in Saturday’s US Open women’s final is on her way to the top ranking, and will get there sooner rather than later. “She’s going to be No. 1 soon,” Mouratoglou said
3:08 PM ET Associated Press Top-seed Juan Sebastian Cabal and Robert Farah became the first Colombian men’s team to win the doubles title at the U.S. Open, defeating Marcel Granollers and Horacio Zeballos 6-4, 7-5 in the final Friday. Cabal and Farah were already the first men’s doubles pairing from Colombia to win a Grand
1:05 AM ET D’Arcy MaineESPN NEW YORK — After dropping the first set of her first grand slam quarterfinal to Elise Mertens in lifeless, error-ridden fashion, Bianca Andreescu walked to her chair at Arthur Ashe Stadium, her frustration seemingly dripping off her like sweat. She sat in her chair, rummaged through her bag to find
8:33 PM ET ESPN News Services NEW YORK — By no means was Serena Williams perfect at the start of her US Open semifinal. She faced three break points in the opening game and managed to pull it out. She trailed 40-love in the second, then came through again. Another trio of break points arrived
6:31 PM ET Associated Press Wimbledon champions and No. 1 seeds Juan Sebastian Cabal and Robert Farah have advanced to the US Open men’s doubles final. They will face No. 8 seeds Marcel Granollers and Horacio Zeballos for the title. Cabal and Farah advanced by beating Jamie Murray and Neal Skupski 7-6 (5), 7-6 (8)
2:17 PM ET ESPN News Services NEW YORK — Bianca Andreescu became the first teenager to reach the US Open semifinals in a decade, beating Elise Mertens 3-6, 6-2, 6-3 Wednesday. The No. 15 seed dropped a set for the first time in the tournament, but recovered to improve to 31-4 this season, during which