14 h. ago Naomi Osaka dominates Coco Gauff to power into US Open quarter

Four-times grand-slam champion wins 6-3, 6-2Osaka has always won title after reaching last eightNaomi Osaka turned back the clock on Monday in New York, producing the cleanest big‑stage performance of her comeback from maternity leave to overwhelm Coco Gauff 6-3, 6-2 in a blockbuster fourth-round meeting inside Arthur Ashe Stadium.In front of a packed 23,771-seat arena, the two crossover stars – who between them own three of the past seven US Open championships – reprised a rivalry that began with their famous encounter here in 2019. This time there were no tears, no consolations, only the sight of a four‑times major champion dictating terms again on the sport’s biggest stage. Continue reading...

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19 h. ago US Open 2025: Swiatek, De Minaur, Musetti and Osaka v Gauff on day nine – live

Latest fourth-round updates from Flushing MeadowsDjokovic sets up Fritz showdown | Email Taha hereA love hold from Auger-Aliassime put him up 5-4 – he’s won 10 points in a row!Auger-Aliassime is a break down but his serve is still in decent order as he holds. Rublev leads 4-3 in the first set but Auger-Aliassime has an opening at 0-30 after Rublev goes way wide with a backhand. Auger-Aliassime then thumps a forehand return on the second serve down the line to set up three break points. Rublev nets a backhand and that is a quickfire game from Auger-Aliassime, levelling up at 4-4 in the first set. Continue reading...

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20 h. ago Millionaire apologises for snatching Majchrzak’s souvenir cap from young fan at US Open

Polish businessman Piotr Szczerek says: ‘I made a grave mistake’Majchrzak had given cap to boy in crowd after five-set victoryMoments after the tennis player Kamil Majchrzak celebrated the biggest win of his career at the US Open last week, he handed his cap to a beaming young boy. What happened next sparked tears, outrage, a detective hunt across social media and, finally, a grovelling apology.It came from Piotr Szczerek, a millionaire businessman from Poland, who had snatched the cap out of the boy’s hand and stuffed it into his bag. Videos of the incident showed the youngster looking deeply upset and asking: “What are you doing?” while Majchrzak – who was oblivious to the situation after his five-set victory against the ninth seed, Karen Khachanov – walked away. Continue reading...

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35 h. ago US Open star Taylor Townsend reduced to tears after letting EIGHT match points slip in agonizing defeat

MATTHEW LAMBWELL IN NEW YORK: Townsend shot to a strange form of stardom after Jelena Ostapenko said she had 'no class and no education' after their second-round match.

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38 h. ago US Open tennis 2025: Alcaraz through, Krejcikova saves eight match points against Townsend – live

Follow the fourth-round action at Flushing MeadowsGet in touch with Katy via emailWith Pegula pushing and probing once again on Li’s serve at 15-30, time is starting to run out for the less well known of the two Americans. 15-30 turns into 30-40. We’ve seen this before. But then Li tears up the script, sending down a rare stinging second serve to save the break point, before holding from deuce. Pegula leads 6-1, 4-2.Pegula is still bossing it on Ashe, leading 6-1, 3-1. And a glance through today’s early results brings up the name “Hewitt”. It’s not the 2001 champion Lleyton, however, but his 16-year-old son Cruz, who’s suffered a 6-3, 6-0 defeat in the first round of the boys’ singles to the American fourth seed Benjamin Willwerth. Lleyton was in the stands watching. Continue reading...

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38 h. ago US Open tennis 2025: Alcaraz through, Townsend in action after Pegula eases past Li – live

Follow the fourth-round action at Flushing MeadowsGet in touch with Katy via emailWith Pegula pushing and probing once again on Li’s serve at 15-30, time is starting to run out for the less well known of the two Americans. 15-30 turns into 30-40. We’ve seen this before. But then Li tears up the script, sending down a rare stinging second serve to save the break point, before holding from deuce. Pegula leads 6-1, 4-2.Pegula is still bossing it on Ashe, leading 6-1, 3-1. And a glance through today’s early results brings up the name “Hewitt”. It’s not the 2001 champion Lleyton, however, but his 16-year-old son Cruz, who’s suffered a 6-3, 6-0 defeat in the first round of the boys’ singles to the American fourth seed Benjamin Willwerth. Lleyton was in the stands watching. Continue reading...

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39 h. ago My Tennis Maestro review – unforced errors keep Italian coming

Venice film festivalPierfrancesco Favino is a robust lead as a teenage tennis hopeful’s charming yet flawed new coach in a film that’s too long and too indecisive to stand up to recent big hittersWe have had some sparky tennis movies recently, such as Luca Guadagnino’s Challengers and Reinaldo Marcus Green’s King Richard, and it seemed at first as if this coming-of-age comedy from Italian actor turned director Andrea Di Stefano could be joining them. But despite a very robust lead performance from Pierfrancesco Favino, the enjoyably grizzled alpha male of Italian cinema, this completely runs aground in the third act, quite unable to decide if it should offer the traditional comeback story of an underdog sports movie, or if it should pursue its implied repudiation of the win-at-all-costs ethic. The other issue is whether its young hero should ignore what his dad has to say in favour of an attractive, if flawed, new mentor. The film does in fact appear finally to get off the fence on ...

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42 h. ago US Open tennis 2025: Pegula eases past Li, Alcaraz and Sabalenka in action on day eight – live

Follow the fourth-round action at Flushing MeadowsGet in touch with Katy via emailWith Pegula pushing and probing once again on Li’s serve at 15-30, time is starting to run out for the less well known of the two Americans. 15-30 turns into 30-40. We’ve seen this before. But then Li tears up the script, sending down a rare stinging second serve to save the break point, before holding from deuce. Pegula leads 6-1, 4-2.Pegula is still bossing it on Ashe, leading 6-1, 3-1. And a glance through today’s early results brings up the name “Hewitt”. It’s not the 2001 champion Lleyton, however, but his 16-year-old son Cruz, who’s suffered a 6-3, 6-0 defeat in the first round of the boys’ singles to the American fourth seed Benjamin Willwerth. Lleyton was in the stands watching. Continue reading...

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43 h. ago US Open tennis 2025: Jessica Pegula, Carlos Alcaraz, Aryna Sabalenka in action on day eight – live

Follow the fourth-round action at Flushing MeadowsGet in touch with Katy via emailLi does get her side of the scoreboard going, breaking to reduce her deficit to 3-1, but Pegula locks straight back in to restore her double break before holding to 15. Only 23 minutes in, it’s very hard to see how Li can find a way back. Her second serve is batting practice for Pegula, who’s won all 10 of those points, make that 11. And in no time at all it’s 15-40, two set points. Pegula nets on the first and Li messes up her slice on the set. Pegula rattles through the first set 6-1.Lehecka, meanwhile, has got a second set point in the opener against Mannarino, leading 5-4 and at advantage on Mannarino’s serve. Mannarino shows unrelenting resolve to save it. This match represents a big opportunity for these two left-handers, despite being at very different stages of their careers. The 37-year-old Frenchman Mannarino, in his 15th US Open, and the 23-year-old Czech Lehecka are both attempting to reach...

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62 h. ago US Open tennis 2025: Sinner wins in four sets, Gauff and Osaka advance on day seven – live

Updates from the third round at Flushing MeadowsEmail Katy with your thoughtsGauff, looking more relaxed than she did the other night against Vekic, skips from 0-15 to 0-30 to 0-40 on Frech’s serve. Three early break points. And she then drags Frech to one corner and then the other, before dispatching the forehand winner. That’ll shake off any nerves. Gauff’s got the break and leads 2-0.Musetti has pressed the accelerator on Louis Armstrong. From 2-2, he now leads 5-2, and then flashes a forehand pass on his way to set point on Cobolli’s serve. Cobolli cooly finds a way to hold. But Musetti soon has three set points on his own serve, and he serves out the 6-3 set to love. He’s the first player with a set to his name on day seven. Continue reading...

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63 h. ago US Open tennis 2025: Sinner in action, Gauff and Osaka advance on day seven – live

Updates from the third round at Flushing MeadowsEmail Katy with your thoughtsGauff, looking more relaxed than she did the other night against Vekic, skips from 0-15 to 0-30 to 0-40 on Frech’s serve. Three early break points. And she then drags Frech to one corner and then the other, before dispatching the forehand winner. That’ll shake off any nerves. Gauff’s got the break and leads 2-0.Musetti has pressed the accelerator on Louis Armstrong. From 2-2, he now leads 5-2, and then flashes a forehand pass on his way to set point on Cobolli’s serve. Cobolli cooly finds a way to hold. But Musetti soon has three set points on his own serve, and he serves out the 6-3 set to love. He’s the first player with a set to his name on day seven. Continue reading...

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66 h. ago US Open tennis 2025: Gauff advances, Sinner and Osaka in action on day seven – live

Updates from the third round at Flushing MeadowsEmail Katy with your thoughtsGauff, looking more relaxed than she did the other night against Vekic, skips from 0-15 to 0-30 to 0-40 on Frech’s serve. Three early break points. And she then drags Frech to one corner and then the other, before dispatching the forehand winner. That’ll shake off any nerves. Gauff’s got the break and leads 2-0.Musetti has pressed the accelerator on Louis Armstrong. From 2-2, he now leads 5-2, and then flashes a forehand pass on his way to set point on Cobolli’s serve. Cobolli cooly finds a way to hold. But Musetti soon has three set points on his own serve, and he serves out the 6-3 set to love. He’s the first player with a set to his name on day seven. Continue reading...

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67 h. ago US Open tennis 2025: Gauff, Sinner and Osaka in action on day seven – live

Updates from the third round at Flushing MeadowsEmail Katy with your thoughtsGauff, looking more relaxed than she did the other night against Vekic, skips from 0-15 to 0-30 to 0-40 on Frech’s serve. Three early break points. And she then drags Frech to one corner and then the other, before dispatching the forehand winner. That’ll shake off any nerves. Gauff’s got the break and leads 2-0.Musetti has pressed the accelerator on Louis Armstrong. From 2-2, he now leads 5-2, and then flashes a forehand pass on his way to set point on Cobolli’s serve. Cobolli cooly finds a way to hold. But Musetti soon has three set points on his own serve, and he serves out the 6-3 set to love. He’s the first player with a set to his name on day seven. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Novak Djokovic fights past Cameron Norrie to become oldest man to reach US Open fourth round since 1991

Serbian beats Briton in four sets in his best performance of tournamentBut he says his struggles with his body and movement are ‘frustrating’At a time when Novak Djokovic could really benefit from some straightforward wins to ease through the early rounds of his final grand slam tournament of the year, nothing has come easily in New York. But under the bright lights on Friday night, Djokovic held off an impressive Cameron Norrie to reach the fourth round of the US Open with a 6-4, 6-7 (4), 6-2, 6-3 win in his best performance of the tournament so far.The victory makes Djokovic, 38, the oldest man to reach the last 16 of the US Open in 34 years – since Jimmy Connors in 1991. He also ties Roger Federer for the most grand slam fourth round appearances in history with 69 appearances. “These kind of matches and performances always give me hope that I can go far, challenge the best players in the world,” Djokovic said. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago US Open tennis 2025: Shelton sunk by injury, Vondrousova shocks Paolini, Alcaraz flies through – live

Updates from the third round at Flushing MeadowsGet in touch with Katy | Osaka hits back at OstapenkoThis game follows the first-set script as Rybakina moves to 40-30, set point. But then she throws in a double! A glimmer, perhaps, for Raducanu. But Raducanu can’t make the most of the reprieve. She bashes a backhand return into the net on the second set point and it’s been a near-rout for Rybakina, who leads 6-1.Raducanu gets on the board as a forehand winner seals a hold to 15. That’ll have felt good. But Rybakina, undeterred, swiftly holds to 15 herself amid a flurry of errant forehands from Raducanu. Rybakina has this way of looking so calm, composed and effortless, while also being so powerful and destructive. And that’s exactly how she gets herself a double break. It’s 5-1. After just 22 minutes, the ninth seed will serve for the opening set. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago US Open tennis 2025: Pegula beats Azarenka, Vondrousova shocks Paolini, Alcaraz flies through – live

Updates from the third round at Flushing MeadowsGet in touch with Katy | Osaka hits back at OstapenkoThis game follows the first-set script as Rybakina moves to 40-30, set point. But then she throws in a double! A glimmer, perhaps, for Raducanu. But Raducanu can’t make the most of the reprieve. She bashes a backhand return into the net on the second set point and it’s been a near-rout for Rybakina, who leads 6-1.Raducanu gets on the board as a forehand winner seals a hold to 15. That’ll have felt good. But Rybakina, undeterred, swiftly holds to 15 herself amid a flurry of errant forehands from Raducanu. Rybakina has this way of looking so calm, composed and effortless, while also being so powerful and destructive. And that’s exactly how she gets herself a double break. It’s 5-1. After just 22 minutes, the ninth seed will serve for the opening set. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago US Open tennis 2025: Pegula v Azarenka, Vondrousova shocks Paolini, Alcaraz flies through – live

Updates from the third round at Flushing MeadowsGet in touch with Katy | Osaka hits back at OstapenkoThis game follows the first-set script as Rybakina moves to 40-30, set point. But then she throws in a double! A glimmer, perhaps, for Raducanu. But Raducanu can’t make the most of the reprieve. She bashes a backhand return into the net on the second set point and it’s been a near-rout for Rybakina, who leads 6-1.Raducanu gets on the board as a forehand winner seals a hold to 15. That’ll have felt good. But Rybakina, undeterred, swiftly holds to 15 herself amid a flurry of errant forehands from Raducanu. Rybakina has this way of looking so calm, composed and effortless, while also being so powerful and destructive. And that’s exactly how she gets herself a double break. It’s 5-1. After just 22 minutes, the ninth seed will serve for the opening set. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago US Open tennis 2025: Pegula v Azarenka, Shelton and Paolini in action, Alcaraz flies through – live

Updates from the third round at Flushing MeadowsGet in touch with Katy | Osaka hits back at OstapenkoThis game follows the first-set script as Rybakina moves to 40-30, set point. But then she throws in a double! A glimmer, perhaps, for Raducanu. But Raducanu can’t make the most of the reprieve. She bashes a backhand return into the net on the second set point and it’s been a near-rout for Rybakina, who leads 6-1.Raducanu gets on the board as a forehand winner seals a hold to 15. That’ll have felt good. But Rybakina, undeterred, swiftly holds to 15 herself amid a flurry of errant forehands from Raducanu. Rybakina has this way of looking so calm, composed and effortless, while also being so powerful and destructive. And that’s exactly how she gets herself a double break. It’s 5-1. After just 22 minutes, the ninth seed will serve for the opening set. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago US Open tennis 2025: Raducanu crashes out to Rybakina and Alcaraz in action – live

Updates from the third round at Flushing MeadowsGet in touch with Katy | Osaka hits back at OstapenkoThis game follows the first-set script as Rybakina moves to 40-30, set point. But then she throws in a double! A glimmer, perhaps, for Raducanu. But Raducanu can’t make the most of the reprieve. She bashes a backhand return into the net on the second set point and it’s been a near-rout for Rybakina, who leads 6-1.Raducanu gets on the board as a forehand winner seals a hold to 15. That’ll have felt good. But Rybakina, undeterred, swiftly holds to 15 herself amid a flurry of errant forehands from Raducanu. Rybakina has this way of looking so calm, composed and effortless, while also being so powerful and destructive. And that’s exactly how she gets herself a double break. It’s 5-1. After just 22 minutes, the ninth seed will serve for the opening set. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Emma Raducanu v Elena Rybakina live: US Open 2025 result as Raducanu exits in 62

Raducanu was overpowered by the ninth seed Rybakina, who raced to a 6-1 6-2 win

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