NEW YORK — Novak Djokovic's attempt to win a calendar Grand Slam was stopped Sunday by Daniil Medvedev, a lanky, 25-year-old Russian who showed no fear in dominating the 20-time Grand Slam singles champion in a shockingly short U.S. Open final.

Medvedev became a first-time Grand Slam event champion with a 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 sweep of Djokovic, who ...Read more

NEW YORK — Only two months ago, Emma Raducanu pulled out of Wimbledon because of “breathing difficulties” during a match. Most assumed it was a panic attack. Either way, it left the impression Raducanu would have issues coping with pressure.

She then had to win qualifiers just to enter the U.S. Open, coming into Flushing ranked 150th in ...Read more

NEW YORK — There is no single element in Novak Djokovic’s game that makes him better than everyone else, nothing that can be pinpointed as the sole reason he’s in position to become the first man in 52 years to win a calendar Grand Slam.

Nor is there a magic potion to explain why he’s on the verge of passing Roger Federer and Rafael ...Read more

NEW YORK — In dramatic fashion, Novak Djokovic kept alive his quest for a calendar Grand Slam and a men’s record 21st Grand Slam singles title. Pushed harder by No. 4 seed Alexander Zverev on Friday than any other opponent had pushed him at this year’s U.S. Open, the top-ranked Djokovic relied on his superior conditioning and versatile ...Read more

NEW YORK — Second-seeded Daniil Medvedev of Russia reached his third Grand Slam singles event final and second at the U.S. Open by relentlessly wearing down No. 12 seed Felix Auger-Aliassime of Canada in a 6-4, 7-5, 6-2 victory on Friday at Arthur Ashe Stadium.

Medvedev was opportunistic and solid in earning a spot in Sunday's final against ...Read more

NEW YORK — A pair of teenagers will play for the U.S. Open women’s title Saturday, and while that isn’t a matchup anyone expected when the tournament began, it’s the matchup we — and they — deserve.

The poise and ice-water-in-their-veins shotmaking displayed by unseeded 19-year-old Leylah Fernandez of Canada and 18-year-old ...Read more

NEW YORK — Leylah Fernandez of Canada shrieked and fell to her knees on the court at Arthur Ashe Stadium. She had just continued her magical run through the U.S. Open, advancing to the women’s final by upsetting No. 2 seed Aryna Sabalenka 7-6 (3), 4-6, 6-4, and for a moment she was merely a happy teenager and not a professional tennis player...Read more

More than two days after Netflix had released "Untold: Breaking Point," the latest episode in its sports-themed documentary series, its central figure — the man whose tennis career is detailed in honest, thought-provoking detail — hadn't watched it yet.

Mardy Fish lived the story at the center of the documentary. In interviews with sibling ...Read more

NEW YORK — While we celebrate Emma Raducanu’s amazing journey from a nervous hopeful who had a flight booked home to London in case she didn’t graduate to the main draw of the U.S. Open to becoming the first qualifier to reach the semifinals of this tournament, it’s vital to remember that her path has been followed by many young tennis ...Read more

NEW YORK — Desirae Krawczyk of Palm Desert, Calif., doesn't have a place to display her tennis trophies yet, but her collection is growing fast enough for her to give that idea some serious consideration.

Krawczyk, who attended Palm Desert High and Arizona State, partnered with Joe Salisbury of Great Britain to win the mixed doubles title at ...Read more

NEW YORK — Desirae Krawczyk of Palm Desert, Calif., doesn't have a place to display her tennis trophies yet, but her collection is growing fast enough for her to give that idea some serious consideration.

Krawczyk, who attended Palm Desert High and Arizona State, partnered with Joe Salisbury of Great Britain to win the mixed doubles title at ...Read more

NEW YORK — Leylah Fernandez’s father, Jorge, is also her coach. Before each match, they go over the tactics he thinks she should employ, but he also reminds her to have fun on the tennis court.

Jorge, a former professional soccer player and native of Ecuador, isn’t with his daughter in New York, but he was in her ear as she prepared ...Read more

NEW YORK — It was the biggest point of the match, probably the biggest of Leylah Fernandez’s young career.

The third-set tiebreaker was tied at 5, and Fernandez was on her heels after squandering a 4-1 advantage. The point looked lost. Ukranian fifth seed Elina Svitolina had sent Fernandez into a scramble, and it would’ve been excusable ...Read more

NEW YORK — It was a late one, even for the city that never sleeps.

The fourth-round match between No. 6 seed Bianca Andreescu of Canada and No. 17 Maria Sakkari of Greece ended at 2:13 a.m. Eastern time Tuesday, the latest-ever finish of a women's singles match at the U.S. Open. The previous latest finish was 1:46 a.m. in a 2016 match between...Read more

NEW YORK — Things are happening fast for Emma Raducanu. Good things. But the British teenager was wise enough to pause the mad rush of her U.S. Open run to appreciate where she was.

Before starting her fourth-round match against Shelby Rogers on Monday and taking the biggest leap of her tennis life, Raducanu looked around Arthur Ashe Stadium ...Read more

NEW YORK — British teenager Emma Raducanu, who had to compete in a qualifying tournament to earn a spot in the main draw of the U.S. Open, continued her impressive march through the field with a 6-2, 6-1 flattening of American Shelby Rogers on Monday at Arthur Ashe Stadium. Raducanu, 18, will make her first appearance in the quarterfinals of a...Read more

NEW YORK — Controversy over the timing of a medical timeout and the use of gamesmanship erupted again at the U.S. Open, this time in the final match on Sunday's schedule at Arthur Ashe Stadium.

No. 9 seed Garbine Muguruza of Spain labeled No. 8 Barbora Krejcikova of the Czech Republic "so unprofessional" as they met at the net after ...Read more