Tennis

John Peers and Storm Sanders have taken out the mixed doubles title at the US Open – the first Aussie pair in 21 years to do so. In their first-ever major tournament together, the Aussie pair had to battle from a set down to defeat Belgian Kirsten Flipkens and Frenchman Edouard Roger-Vasselin 4-6, 6-4 (10-7) … Read more

John Peers and Storm Sanders have produced a memorable triumph at the US Open, becoming the first Australian pair to win the mixed doubles title in 21 years in their first grand slam together. The new combination had to battle from a set down to defeat Belgian Kirsten Flipkens and Frenchman Edouard Roger-Vasselin 4-6 6-4 … Read more

Iga Swiatek has twice stormed Paris and last night she took New York to add the US Open to her clay court Grand Slam titles. By doing so she denied Ons Jabeur the history of becoming the first North African to win a Major, fighting off a revival from the Tunisian to win 6-2 7-6 … Read more

Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Preamble Hello and welcome to Flushing Meadows for today’s US Open women’s final. We’ve got a cracker of a match in store between the two best players in the world today: Iga Swiatek, the world No 1 and top-seeded Pole who’s … Read more

Over the course of an intense, chaotic and wildly entertaining US Open semi-final between Carlos Alcaraz and Frances Tiafoe, as their combined creativity, athleticism and joy merged to create entertainment in its purest form, Alcaraz absorbed so many blows. He conceded a difficult first set tiebreak with a double fault, then after establishing his dominance, … Read more

Wimbledon being stripped of ranking points this year would always have a ripple effect, and part of the wash-up comes in Sunday’s US Open final. It is not the only factor involved, but one unintended consequence is that whoever wins Sunday’s US Open final, Carlos Alcaraz or Casper Ruud, will make the ascent to No … Read more

Carlos Alcaraz will take on Casper Ruud for the US Open title and the world No. 1 ranking after beating American Frances Tiafoe in another five-set classic to reach his first Grand Slam final. The 19-year-old is the youngest man to make a slam final since his fellow Spaniard Rafael Nadal won his maiden title … Read more

To the casual tennis fan, there’s likely a sense that the US Open has looked and felt different this fortnight from prior years. And that impression would be entirely accurate. Aside from the return of full attendance in Flushing Meadows following the Covid intrusion upon all live events in 2020 and 2021, several rule changes … Read more

Emotional Frances Tiafoe breaks down in tears on the court and APOLOGIZES to US Open crowd after losing to Carlos Alcaraz… as he vows to return to Arthur Ashe to lift the trophy: ‘I’m gonna come back and win this!’ Frances Tiafoe was beaten by Carlos Alcaraz, agonizingly short of the final The American won … Read more

‘I can see the No. 1 in the world, but at the same time it’s so far away’: Carlos Alcaraz, 19, insists he will ‘give everything’ to win the US Open and become the youngest man to EVER top the ATP rankings Carlos Alcaraz was able to outlast American Frances Tiafoe in a five-set thriller  … Read more