U.S. Open

The player known as Queenwen won Olympic Gold, and is moving through the early rounds of the U.S. Open.

In the U.S. Open final, against Daniil Medvedev, he battled and even seemed to tire before, as usual, emerging victorious.

In Saturday’s final, the champion overcame Aryna Sabalenka’s formidable power with indefatigable defense.

The young American player has inherited the mantle of the big servers of the past—and it’s thrilling to watch.

Gauff has the charisma and talent to be not just a champion but a star, and this summer she has played better than ever before.

The nineteen-year-old, who just won the U.S. Open and became the No. 1 men’s player in the world, has a whole host of skills. But his speed is essential, and unmatched.

Along with their agility and power, Iga Świątek and Ons Jabeur brought to the court an openness about processing the pressures of the sport.

The son of immigrants from Sierra Leone, Tiafoe is the first Black American to make the men’s semifinals at the U.S. Open since Arthur Ashe did it fifty years ago.

Williams, who lost possibly her last match on Friday night, made herself felt beyond the game as arguably no player ever has.

“Hey, buddy, where can I catch the 7 train?”

Medvedev’s victory felt like tennis thrusting itself toward a future of fresh champions. It’s time.

In a U.S. Open final with no precedent, the qualifier Emma Raducanu held her nerve to see off Leylah Fernandez.

Emma Raducanu and Leylah Fernandez have brought a feeling of possibility to a sport where the spotlight has lately shone on just a handful of players.

For a fan, the day sessions of tennis’s Grand Slams are like nothing else, even—or especially—now.

During four hours of unpredictable tennis, the men’s final between Dominic Thiem and Alexander Zverev represented the game stripped to its essentials: a court, a ball, two challengers.

With a change of tactics, Osaka came from behind to defeat Victoria Azarenka in a match that featured terrific hard-court baseline tennis.

Fans want to see Williams win a twenty-fourth major and make history. But that is the wrong way to watch her play now.

The coronavirus has illuminated the stark divides in a global game—and spurred new efforts to bridge them.

The match will be remembered as a moment of arrival for Medvedev, but it will also figure in the ongoing reëvaluation of Nadal as one of the greatest hard-court players of all time.

Before 2019, Andreescu was mostly unknown. On Saturday, in defeating Williams, she carried herself like a queen.