If you didn't know where Hangzhou was (the city is in China, of course), you might assume it is somewhere in Russia. After all, the later we push into the 2026 Hangzhou Open, the more Russian players are making their poi...
Alexander Zverev entered 2026 as the best player of his generation to never win a Grand Slam. By the end of the year, he will have won two: the French Open and the US Open. The former didn't include Carlos Alcaraz, and t...
Most of 2025 and 2026 have been a struggle for Maria Sakkari. She reached the final of the Athens Open, but has mostly been bounced out in the opening round or second round of tournaments. She faced the same potential fa...
Alexander Zverev might prove that the best ability is availability – at least when it comes to finishing 2026 as the ATP’s year-end No. 1 player. This was further proven by Zverev winning the U.S. Open in a Jannik Sinner...
The 2026 US Open final is set on the women's side. Fittingly, the two players who have had the most successful seasons will face off, even though they will soon change positions atop the rankings on the WTA Tour. Elena R...
The semifinals on the men's side of the 2026 US Open will take place on Friday, September 11, and an American man is guaranteed to make the final. That is because Frances Tiafoe and Ben Shelton will face one another in o...
The US Open is coming to a close this weekend, and what a tournament it has been. On the women's side, for instance, Zheng Qinwen has now been pushed out of the tournament, but during her run had back-to-back comebacks f...
Ben Shelton defeated Carlos Alcaraz in the quarterfinals of the 2026 US Open on Tuesday night and Wednesday morning. The crossover between days was part of what made the match memorable, but why many people likely missed...
Of all the American hopefuls at the 2026 US Open, few likely thought it would be Alex Michelsen that stated the strongest claim to maybe win the title, becoming the first American man since Andy Roddick in 2003 to do so....
Aryna Sabalenka was facing an interesting quandary. While trying to claim her third straight US Open title, she was also likely to lose her ranking atop the WTA Tour. Should Elena Rybakina reach the semifinals -- and she...
Elena Rybakina wanted to win her first US Open, of course, but she had so much more to reach for in New York than just her latest major win. The No. 1 ranking on the WTA tour was within reach, and she had never reached t...
Iga Swiatek knew going into her round-of-16 match against Zheng Qinwen at the 2026 US Open that the Chinese player was not going to give up easily. Zheng had reached the round only after winning three straight three-set ...
Tommy Paul is a fantastic player to follow, a seemingly very nice guy who offers good athleticism and great conversation. He isn't the best American of his generation, but he is among the better ones. Mostly, he is the k...
At the beginning of the 2026 US Open match between Aryna Sabalenka and Taylor Townsend, neither player seemed to remember how to hold serve. Through four games, the first set was tied at 2-all, but neither player had hel...
Serena Williams won't want to play Maya Joint anytime soon. Oddly, the American icon has had limited matches in her return to tennis, but has faced Joint twice in those matches. Each time, Williams has lost, once in sing...
As much as sports decision-makers might want to look away from the obvious inconsistency, betting has almost always been, and likely always will be, a part of the culture. The problem becomes when the money spent on game...
The initial speculation was that Nick Kyrgios could have been banned for years by the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) for testing positive for benzoylecgonine, a metabolite of cocaine, in June. The player di...
Carlos Alcaraz is trying to do the near-impossible. The Spanish great is trying not to play in a singles event since April, after injuring his wrist at the Barcelona Open, and then win the US Open. The stress on his (hop...
Before Sebastian Gorzny knew what was happening in his second-round match at the 2026 US Open against Daniil Medvedev, the American was down a set. In 21 minutes, the Russian dominated the opener 6-1. This was, of course...
Alex Eala needs to make everything worth it. The rising Filipina star has a massive following, and that isn't going to stop anytime soon. Her fans will buy tickets to see her anywhere, but getting to New York to see her ...
If one didn't know who was the higher-ranked player when watching the first-round match at the 2026 US Open between Flavio Cobolli and Francisco Comesana, they likely would not have thought that player was the former ear...
Carlos Alcaraz was holding back just a bit in his 2026 US Open first-round match against Roman Safiullin. The Spanish icon was likely afraid to go full-go in his first singles match since the Barcelona Open in April. It ...
Before the beginning of the 2026 US Open, Novak Djokovic had not lost in the first round of a Grand Slam since the 2006 Australian Open. It took 20 years, but the Serbian icon was bounced out in the first round in New Yo...
The US Open begins on Sunday, August 30, and will finish with the women's final on Saturday, September 12, and the men's final on Sunday, September 13. What happens in between will be must-watch for tennis fans.What we k...
The final tennis major of 2026 is here, and what a year it has been. The men's side has seen a litany of injuries that have likely affected the outcomes of many tournaments, and could at the US Open, too. Carlos Alcaraz ...
