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Today in History: September 13, Rabin and Arafat sign Oslo Accord
Today in History Today is Friday, Sept. 13, the 257th day of 2024. There are 109 days left in the year. Today in history: On Sept. 13, 1993, at the White House, Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO chairman Yasser Arafat shook hands after...
Roger Federer is back at the US Open as a fan after speaking about Sinner's 'tricky' doping case
NEW YORK (AP) — Roger Federer thinks Jannik Sinner's doping case raises questions about whether the current No. 1-ranked tennis player should have been allowed to continue competing until he was absolved of intentionally using an anabolic steroid he tested positive for twice in March. ...
Rafael Nadal tells a Spanish TV show he doesn't think Jannik Sinner intended to dope
NEW YORK (AP) — Rafael Nadal told a Spanish television show that he doesn't think Jannik Sinner intended to use a banned substance and that the current No. 1-ranked man didn't receive preferential treatment when he was cleared of doping after testing positive twice in March for trace amounts of...
Djokovic's US Open loss makes 2024 the first year since 2002 without a Slam title for the Big Three
NEW YORK (AP) — Novak Djokovic tried to put on a happy face, if only briefly, after his startling third-round defeat at the U.S. Open. He raised his arms, put two thumbs up and grinned a bit before making his way toward the Arthur Ashe Stadium locker room. That 6-4, 6-4, 2-6, 6-4...
Defending champion Novak Djokovic is shocked at the US Open one night after Carlos Alcaraz's loss
NEW YORK (AP) — Novak Djokovic did not go easy on himself when assessing the listless way he performed from the start of the U.S. Open, pointing to his sloppy serving as the main reason the defense of his 2023 title surprisingly ended in the third round. “I have played some of...
Frances Tiafoe tops Ben Shelton in an all-American US Open rematch and now will face Popyrin
NEW YORK (AP) — Frances Tiafoe loves the spotlight. Loves interacting with a crowd. Loves the electricity of being an American at the U.S. Open, at Arthur Ashe Stadium, in particular. What he loves most of all, of course, is coming out on the right side of a match in that environment, at that...
Carlos Alcaraz's surprising US Open loss to Botic van de Zandschulp raises questions
NEW YORK (AP) — Everyone kept waiting for Carlos Alcaraz to turn things around at the U.S. Open. Alcaraz figured it would happen at some point. So did his opponent. And surely the Arthur Ashe Stadium crowd and folks tuning in on TV did, too. This is, after all, Carlos Alcaraz we're...
US Open: Iga Swiatek and other tennis players say their mental and physical health are ignored
NEW YORK (AP) — It's nothing new for tennis players to worry aloud about their sport's overcrowded calendar, too-tough season and too-short offseason. No. 1-ranked Iga Swiatek added an additional complaint this week at the U.S. Open: Athletes are not being heard when they express...
Alcaraz wins opening match at US Open, extends winning streak in Grand Slam matches to 15
NEW YORK (AP) — Carlos Alcaraz extended his winning streak to 15 straight Grand Slam matches with a 6-2, 4-6, 6-3, 6-1 victory over Li Tu on Tuesday night in the first round of the U.S. Open. The No. 3 seed from Spain won the French Open and Wimbledon titles earlier this year,...
How well do you know the US Open? Try an AP quiz about the year's last Grand Slam tennis tournament
How well do you know the U.S. Open, the year's last Grand Slam tennis tournament, which begins Monday? Give this AP quiz a try: 1st Round: Gauff and Djokovic defend their U.S. Open titles Coco Gauff and Novak Djokovic will be defending their 2023 U.S. Open titles. For...
