Latest U.S. Open Tennis Championships News
Boxer Claressa Shields, basketball player Natalie Schneider win Sportswoman of the Year awards
NEW YORK (AP) — Boxer Claressa Shields and basketball player Natalie Schneider won the Sportswoman of the Year awards at the Women’s Sports Foundation's annual dinner. Shields, a two-time Olympic gold medalist, won in the individual category, while Schneider, a three-time...
Approaching 80, Billie Jean King is still globetrotting for investment in women’s sports
NEW YORK (AP) — Billie Jean King is still globetrotting in support of more investment and equity in women’s sports. She attended the Women’s World Cup in Australia, kicked off the player draft for the new women’s professional hockey league in Toronto and is opening an office...
Novak Djokovic wins the US Open for his 24th Grand Slam title by beating Daniil Medvedev
NEW YORK (AP) — Halfway through a second set that lasted 1 hour, 44 minutes, a test of tenacity as much as talent amid a U.S. Open final as exhausting as it was exhilarating, Novak Djokovic and Daniil Medvedev engaged each other in a 32-stroke point. It was among many such...
Djokovic celebrates No. 24 with a tribute to Kobe Bryant, who wore that number and became a friend
NEW YORK (AP) — Novak Djokovic couldn't think about No. 24 without thinking of Kobe Bryant. So after winning the U.S. Open on Sunday night for a historic 24th Grand Slam title, Djokovic put on a blue T-shirt that honored the Los Angeles Lakers great. The shirt read...
US Open 2023: Novak Djokovic wins his record 24th Grand Slam title by beating Daniil Medvedev
NEW YORK (AP) — Novak Djokovic might quickly increase his record total of Grand Slams, because the next major is the one he wins the most. Djokovic won his 24th Slam singles title Sunday by beating Daniil Medvedev 6-3, 7-6 (5), 6-3 in the U.S. Open final. He moved one ahead of...
Novak Djokovic's US Open title gives him 24 Grand Slam titles. No one in tennis history has won more
NEW YORK (AP) — Novak Djokovic’s U.S. Open championship gives him 24 career Grand Slam singles titles, adding to the record he already held for the most by a man in tennis history. Djokovic defeated Daniil Medvedev 6-3, 7-6 (5), 6-3 in the final at Flushing Meadows on Sunday. ...
Diede de Groot wins US Open women's wheelchair for her 12th straight Grand Slam title
NEW YORK (AP) — Diede de Groot won her 12th straight Grand Slam wheelchair singles title Sunday, beating Yui Kamiji 6-2, 6-2 in the U.S. Open women's final. The Dutch star completed her third straight calendar-year Grand Slam, including a Golden Slam in 2021, when she also won the...
Dabrowski and Routliffe win US Open women's doubles, beating 2020 champs Siegemund and Zvonareva
NEW YORK (AP) — Gabriela Dabrowski and Erin Routliffe won the U.S. Open women's doubles title in just their fourth tournament together, beating 2020 champions Laura Siegemund and Vera Zvonareva 7-6 (9), 6-3 on Sunday. It was the first Grand Slam women's doubles title for both...
Analysis: US Open champ Coco Gauff wants to get better and win more major titles. Don't doubt her
NEW YORK (AP) — Now that Coco Gauff is a Grand Slam champion, she’s ready for stardom. “100%,” she said, without a hint of hesitation. “That was the dream since I started this sport.” She’s also eager. “I know that this feeling is...
Presidents Biden, Obama, Clinton congratulate Coco Gauff on her US Open tennis title
NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Barack Obama congratulated Coco Gauff on her U.S. Open title Saturday, less than two weeks after attending her first comeback of the tournament. After Gauff rallied to beat Aryna Sabalenka 2-6, 6-3, 6-2, messages quickly poured onto the social media...
