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Getty Photos The hopes of an American man successful the US Open took an enormous hit on Friday when No. 6 seed Ben Shelton and No. 17 Frances Tiafoe each misplaced their third-round matches. Shelton was the primary of the 2 to be bounced from the match when he was pressured to medically retire throughout…

Unseeded Taylor Townsend picked up an enormous 7-5, 6-2 win over No. 5 seed Mirra Andreeva throughout the third spherical of the 2025 US Open on Friday night time. The win brings Townsend again to the Spherical of 16 in New York for the primary time since 2019, and those that stayed at Arthur Ashe…

After shedding to Taylor Townsend within the second spherical of the US Open this week, Jelena Ostapenko instructed Townsend that she had “no class” and “no schooling.” On Saturday, Ostapenko issued an apology, claiming her feedback have been the results of English not being her first language. The pair bought right into a heated confrontation…

The primary time Naomi Osaka and Coco Gauff met on the court docket was on the 2019 US Open. Osaka was the No. 1 seed after successful the match the yr earlier than over Serena Williams and Gauff was only a 15-year-old wildcard breaking onto the scene. Osaka scorched her teenage foe, 6-3, 6-0, within…

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One win away from his second consecutive journey to the semifinals on the US Open, Taylor Fritz should make historical past Tuesday night time to get there — no strain towards all-time nice Novak Djokovic. The final remaining American on the boys’s aspect after Francis Tiafoe’s beautiful third-round loss and Ben Shelton’s unlucky harm withdrawal,…

He simply retains going, retains profitable and, specifically, retains beating Taylor Fritz. No. 7 seed Novak Djokovic is into the US Open semifinals after defeating the fourth-seeded Fritz 6-3, 7-5, 3-6, 6-4 on Tuesday night time. He’s now 11-0 towards Fritz. Djokovic put the stress on Fritz from his very first service sport, wherein Fritz…

Coming into this summer season, Amanda Anisimova had by no means been to a slam remaining. Now, she’s heading to her second in three months. The 24-year-old American is into the US Open girls’s singles remaining with a 6-7(4), 7-6(3), 6-3 win over No. 23 Naomi Osaka. Anisimova will face No. 1 seed Aryna Sabalenka…

Getty Photographs Carlos Alcaraz is searching main sport. The 22-year-old Spaniard is heading again to the US Open last after ousting 24-time main champion Novak Djokovic in straight units Friday in New York. (6-4, 7-6(4), 6-2) Now, Alcaraz awaits the winner of No. 1 Jannik Sinner and No. 24 Felix Auger Aliassime. Alcaraz took benefit…

Novak Djokovic chased down a deep nook smash from Carlos Alcaraz and laced a backhand down the road early in Friday’s US Open semifinals, a signature shot that introduced the gang to its toes. Djokovic’s 92 MPH sliding two-handed wasn’t even adequate to win the sport because the Serbian misplaced in straight units 6-4, 7-6,…