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US Open: Frances Tiafoe and Taylor Fritz will meet in an all-American semifinal in New York

Sep. 04, 2024 04:27 AM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Frances Tiafoe and Taylor Fritz set up an all-American semifinal at the U.S. Open with victories Tuesday, guaranteeing the United States a man in the title match at the country's Grand Slam tournament for the first time in 18 years. The 20th-seeded Tiafoe made it to...

US Open: Navarro's first Grand Slam semifinal will be against Sabalenka. Fritz and Tiafoe win, too

Sep. 04, 2024 00:20 AM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Emma Navarro's first Grand Slam semifinal will come at the U.S. Open against Aryna Sabalenka, someone trying to win her second major trophy of the year and third overall. Navarro, an American who is seeded 13th, used a stunning turnaround to grab the last six games...

Coco Gauff begins her US Open title defense with an easy win after a two-match losing streak

Aug. 27, 2024 00:06 AM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — The chant rang out in cavernous Arthur Ashe Stadium on Monday at the U.S. Open before Coco Gauff's first service game of her first match of her first Grand Slam tournament as a defending champion: “Here we go, Coco! Here we go!” Coming to Flushing Meadows off a...

Dominic Thiem, the 2020 champion, ends his US Open career with the cheers he missed when he won

Aug. 26, 2024 21:41 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Dominic Thiem never heard the unmistakable sounds of the New York crowd when he won the U.S. Open for his lone Grand Slam title. Arthur Ashe Stadium was nearly empty for his historic comeback on that 2020 night, the COVID-19 pandemic forcing the tournament to be...

Top-ranked Sinner reaches final in Cincinnati; women's No. 1 Swiatek falls to Sabalenka

Aug. 18, 2024 23:50 PM EDT

MASON, Ohio (AP) — Top-ranked Jannik Sinner outlasted Alexander Zverev in a third-set tiebreaker Sunday to reach the Cincinnati Open final, while No. 1 Iga Swiatek fell to No. 3 Aryna Sabalenka in the women's semifinals. In the final Monday, Sinner will play American Frances...

Top-ranked Iga Swiatek and Jannik Sinner reach semifinals in Cincinnati

Aug. 17, 2024 23:16 PM EDT

MASON, Ohio (AP) — Top-ranked Iga Swiatek and Jannik Sinner fended off challenges Saturday to reach the semifinals in the Cincinnati Open. Swiatek extended her match winning streak to 15 with a 6-4, 3-6, 7-5 victory over 17-year-old Mirra Andreeva. Swiatek will face third-ranked...

Rublev beats Matteo Arnaldi 6-4, 6-2 after rain delay to reach National Bank Open final

Aug. 11, 2024 23:00 PM EDT

MONTREAL (AP) — Fifth-seeded Andrey Rublev beat Matteo Arnaldi 6-4, 6-2 on Sunday in the National Bank Open semifinals after waiting out a rain delay early in the second set. Rublev, the 26-year-old Russian with victories this year in Madrid and Hong Kong, will face Alexei Popyrin...

Rublev beats top-seeded defending champion Sinner to reach Montreal semifinals

Aug. 11, 2024 00:51 AM EDT

MONTREAL (AP) — Fifth-seeded Andrey Rublev outlasted top-seeded defending champion Jannik Sinner 6-3, 1-6, 6-2 on Saturday night to reach the semifinals in the rain-delayed National Bank Open. Rublev beat Brandon Nakashima 6-2, 6-2 earlier Saturday, while Sinner also was playing...

Defending champion Jannik Sinner beats Borna Coric in Montreal in return from tonsillitis

Aug. 08, 2024 22:38 PM EDT

MONTREAL (AP) — Top-ranked Jannik Sinner opened his National Bank Open title defense with a 6-2, 6-4 victory over Borna Coric on Thursday in the second round of the National Bank Open. Sinner missed the Olympics because of tonsillitis after a quarterfinal loss to Daniil Medvedev at...

Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz meet for the Olympic tennis men's singles gold

Aug. 03, 2024 09:52 AM EDT

PARIS (AP) — Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz will meet for the men's tennis singles gold medal at the Paris Olympics on Sunday in the latest installment of a fascinating old-vs.-young rivalry that included a matchup in the Wimbledon final three weeks ago. Alcaraz won that one —...