One of the frontrunners in men’s singles to win the 2024 U.S. Open has been knocked out in the second round. Spanish phenom Carlos Alcaraz, winner of the French Open and Wimbledon earlier this year, was shockingly upset in the second round by the Netherlands’ Botic Van De Zandschulp in straight sets. Van De Zandschulp,...
German women’s tennis player Tatjana Maria lost 6-4, 6-0 to Coco Gauff in the second round of the women’s singles tournament at the U.S. Open on Wednesday. On Friday, Maria admitted she napped during the U.S. Open in between matches, since her match against Gauff was at 7 p.m. Maria is a 37-year-old mother of...
Defending U.S. Open Champion Coco Gauff has a simple fix to the seemingly overwhelming issue of cyberbullying: the block button. After her second-round victory over Tatjana Maria Wednesday, Gauff was asked about the topic after French tennis player Caroline Garcia posted a lengthy message on social media about bullying athletes face and the impact it...
Top-seeded Italian tennis player Jannik Sinner is competing in the U.S. Open amid a wave of controversy after it was revealed that the 2024 Australian Open winner would not be suspended after testing positive twice for an anabolic steroid in March. Last week, the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) announced its decision that Sinner was...
Daniil Medvedev has an interesting history with the U.S. Open and its fans. The Russian tennis player notoriously got into a war of words with fans at the 2019 U.S. Open when, in a post-match interview on the court, he thanked the fans for viciously booing him. Daniil Medvedev looks up into the stadium after...
Andre Agassi and Andy Roddick hold a special place in American tennis history. They both won a Grand Slam in 2003 – Agassi had just won the eighth championship of his career at the Australian Open, which was his fourth title there, and Roddick had won his sole Grand Slam singles title at the U.S....
A U.S. Open fan’s awkward interaction in the stands during a match between Frances Tiafoe and Aleksandar Kovacevic went viral on Tuesday night and into Wednesday morning. The cameras at Louis Armstrong Stadium had a break in the action when Tiafoe went up 30-0 on Kovacevic in the second set with the two competitors tied...
Carolina Garcia, a French tennis player who shockingly lost to Mexico’s Renata Zarazua in the U.S. Open on Tuesday, shared a social media post imploring critics to be mindful of their words. Garcia, the 28th-ranked women’s singles player entering the final Grand Slam of the year, shared a heartfelt message on all her social media...
British tennis player Dan Evans upset 2022 U.S. Open semifinalist Karen Khachanov in a grueling match that lasted well over the five-hour mark to advance to the second round on Tuesday, breaking the record for the longest U.S. Open match in history. The 184th-ranked Evans lost track of time at one point during the five-hour...
Jon Rahm and Carlos Alcaraz have their home country of Spain on their backs. Rahm has two majors to his name, while Alcaraz has won four Grand Slams. Alcaraz is going for his fifth during the U.S. Open. At age 21, Alcaraz has already surpassed “young prodigy” territory. “How do I put this? He’s not...
