US Open

Women's tennis expert Jose Onorato has revealed his U.S. Open 2022 picks and predictions for Serena Williams' possible last tournament.

So who wins the 2022 U.S. [Visit SportsLine now to see Jose Onorato's bets for the 2022 U.S. The top U.S. The 2022 U.S. In the three tournaments since her loss at the All-England Club, the Polish star has lost in the third round twice and in a quarterfinal. And which long shot could make a serious run at the Grand Slam trophy? She has won two Grand Slams over the past two years and has the best record on tour this year. She is 28-5 on hard courts and won three straight tournaments on the surface as part of a dominant 37-match win streak. Keys (+3500) and Stephens (+6500) are longer shots, along with Serena Williams (+5000). She won the first of her 23 Grand Slam titles at Flushing Meadows in 1999 and went on to win the U.S. Raducanu (+2000), Naomi Osaka (+2000) and Pegula (+2500) also are expected to contend. While she's a longshot to contend, she will soak in the adoration of the crowd and watch the players she influenced during her dominant run.

The champions of the women's and men's singles titles will each be rewarded with $2.6 million. The tournament will conclude on Sept. 11, when the men's final is ...

The US Open is tennis’ grandest stage, where hundreds of players come to compete and hundreds of thousands of fans come to watch the closing act of the Grand Slam season. The main tournament consists of five different event championships: men’s and women’s singles, men’s and women’s doubles, and mixed doubles, with additional tournaments for senior, junior, and wheelchair players. Tennis matches take place during the day at 11AM and night at 7PM. Defending champion Daniil Medvedev enters the US Open as its top seed and the world No. Since then, the event has grown to include both men and women, with over 600 participants and over $7 million in prizes. The women’s final is scheduled for Sept.

There are 63 other matches on opening day, but they have been relegated to the background as Williams prepares to play what could be her final singles ...

Open final](https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/09/sports/serena-osaka-us-open-penalty.html) in a match where Williams was penalized a game after a series of code violations by chair umpire Carlos Ramos. “I think it’s great that we have somebody like that in our sport who cleared the path and showed us that you can do anything,” she said. “I was really scared: Dang, when is the last time she’s going to play? “Basically she was everywhere, because she always won and was somewhere in the semifinals or the finals. Open men’s champion](https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/13/sports/tennis/us-open-mens-final-zverev-thiem.html), will return to the tournament after missing last year’s Open with a serious wrist injury. Stories like this are possible because of our deep commitment to original reporting, produced by a global staff of over 1,700 journalists who have all dedicated themselves to helping you understand the world. “I watch her my whole life,” Swiatek, the 21-year-old Polish star, said of the 40-year-old Williams. But they are all relegated to the background for now as Williams, one of the greatest athletes of any generation, prepares to play what could be her final singles match on Monday night in the first round against the unseeded Danka Kovinic. 10 seed and top-ranked American who is himself the son of former top 10 women’s player Kathy May. Until this year, no Chinese man had qualified to play in the U.S. Open, Swiatek had another priority: finally working up the courage to meet Serena Williams, a formidable champion whom Swiatek said made her feel like “a kid from kindergarten just looking at her.” 1 for the first time this year at the U.S.

When the US Open tennis tournament begins this week in New York's Flushing Meadows, expect handshakes both on the court and on the sidelines.

Daniil Medvedev, Coco Gauff, Nick Kyrgios are in action on the opening day of the US Open while there are four British players in action - including Andy ...

She went on to reach four Grand Slam finals in 2018 and 2019 but lost in straight sets on each occasion. But she was hiding a secret, playing in the early stages of pregnancy, and, a month short of her 41st birthday, Williams has decided now is the time to step away. [skysports.com/tennis](http://www.skysports.com/tennis), our Twitter account [@skysportstennis](https://twitter.com/SkySportsTennis) & Sky Sports - on the go! For the first time at a major tournament, in-match coaching will be allowed. "Her and Venus have had a massive impact on the sport. She will probably want this week to be about everything she has achieved, having She could still engineer a remarkable ending, bowing out having finally made it to 24, but, having won only one singles match since the French Open last summer, that appears a pipe dream. "Serena is much bigger than tennis. Due to her longevity - she turns 41 at the end of September - Williams has played two-thirds (66 per cent) of her matches against younger players. When Serena Williams won her 23rd Grand Slam singles title at the Australian Open in 2017, it seemed inevitable she would break Margaret Court's all-time record of 24. Expect tears, cheers, thrills and spills when Andy Murray and Serena Williams take to the court to headline the action on the opening day of the US Open. Daniil Medvedev, Coco Gauff, Nick Kyrgios are in action on the opening day of the US Open while there are four British players in action - including Andy Murray; Will Serena Williams wave goodbye to the tennis world if she is beaten by Danka Kovinic?

In 1999, at just 17 years old, Serena Williams won the first of her legendary 23 Grand Slam titles at the U.S. Open in Flushing Meadows, Queens, ...

With the crowd on her side and a favorable route to the later rounds, this is her time. Doubles play begins on Wednesday, with Serena and Venus’s first match—against the Czech pair of Lucie Hradecka and Linda Noskova—on Wednesday or Thursday (if Serena wins her first match, let’s assume this will be Thursday, hopefully during prime time, making this perhaps the most-watched doubles match in history). [last professional tennis tournament](https://www.vogue.com/article/serena-williams-retirement-in-her-own-words) against Danka Kovinic of Montenegro—who, while ranked only 80th in the world, made it through to the third round of both the Australian Open and the French this year, knocking off the reigning U.S.

The US Open will have extra oomph this year as it appears to be marking the end of Serena Williams' legendary tennis career, or at least her Grand Slam ...

The US Open will be held at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York City, Aug. This will be Swiatek's fourth US Open appearance; she was eliminated in the fourth round in 2021. The US Open will have extra oomph this year as it appears to be marking the end of Serena Williams' legendary tennis career, or at least her Grand Slam career.

Nick Kyrgios and Thanasi Kokkinakis meet in a blockbuster opening-round clash while Daniil Medvedev begins his title defence on Day 1 at the US Open in New ...

[Nikoloz Basilashvili](https://www.atptour.com/en/players/nikoloz-basilashvili/bg23/overview) on Court 13. [View Singles Draw](https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/current/us-open/560/draws?matchType=Singles) [Arthur Ashe](https://www.atptour.com/en/players/arthur-ashe/a063/overview) Stadium, where 23rd seed Kyrgios will hope to maintain his strong form at the majors after reaching his maiden Grand Slam final at [Wimbledon](https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/wimbledon/540/overview) in July. [Arthur Ashe](https://www.atptour.com/en/players/arthur-ashe/a063/overview) Stadium for the first time since clinching his maiden Grand Slam crown there a year ago. [US Open](https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/us-open/560/overview) action kicks off Monday with a host of big names seeking a strong start at the fourth and final Grand Slam of the year. The fourth seed is yet to make it past the third round in four main draw appearances in New York, but he has already found his winning groove on the hard courts of North American this summer with a run to the championship match at the Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati two weeks ago. The 2012, 2016, and 2020 champions, respectively, they nonetheless face tricky opening duels as they bid to kick-start another successful fortnight at Flushing Meadows. [Stefanos Tsitsipas](https://www.atptour.com/en/players/stefanos-tsitsipas/te51/overview) run at the [US Open](https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/us-open/560/overview)? Medvedev has a story of his own with the New York fans, however, appearing to have won them over with a combination of blistering on-court performances and dry wit in interviews after a rocky start. 111 who will be looking to channel the support of his home crown on his [US Open](https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/us-open/560/overview) main draw debut. "I feel like in New York I have a special relationship with the crowd," he said in his pre-tournament press conference. Both players have already enjoyed hard-court success in 2022 — Kokkinakis claimed his first ATP Tour title in Adelaide in January, while Kyrgios lifted his seventh tour-level trophy in Washington, D.C.

The US Open will have extra oomph this year as it appears to be marking the end of Serena Williams' legendary tennis career, or at least her Grand Slam ...

The US Open will be held at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York City, Aug. This will be Swiatek's fourth US Open appearance; she was eliminated in the fourth round in 2021. The US Open will have extra oomph this year as it appears to be marking the end of Serena Williams' legendary tennis career, or at least her Grand Slam career.

USOpen.org previews Day 1 at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, with men's and women's singles play springing into action at Flushing Meadows. 1.

With Serena Williams' retirement looming large, Emma Raducanu back at the site of her sensational triumph, and Novak Djokovic not allowed to enter the US to ...

Stefanos Tsitsipas is burning with ambition too, while Carlos Alcaraz, Matteo Berrettini and Cameron Norrie will feel they're right on the verge of winning their first major. The men's singles promises to be fascinating after Novak Djokovic's forced withdrawal. Huge threats could also be posed by Dennis Shapovalov and Holger Rune, two of the brightest young stars in the game. The rapidly rising Chinese starlet Zheng Qinwen is also in the mix, and has caused Swiatek plenty of trouble before. Prices start at $69.99 a month after a [FREE FuboTV trial](https://geni.us/YkQAuWd) (opens in new tab). Just remember that it won't be showing either of the singles finals. [Sling TV](https://www.techradar.com/news/sling-tv-explained) (opens in new tab) is a complete cable replacement service that includes ESPN, ESPN 2 and ESPN 3 in its Orange plan. We've put all the major VPNs through their paces and we rate ExpressVPN as our top pick, thanks to its speed, ease of use and strong security features. The Russian shares a section with Kyrgios, who's no stranger to rabble-rousing, while his old pal Stefanos Tsitsipas, teen sensation Carlos Alcaraz, and the fit-again Matteo Berrettini will also fancy their chances of going deep. It's not 100% confirmed yet, but Williams is expected to call it a day regardless of how things play out. [Amazon Prime FREE trial](https://target.georiot.com/Proxy.ashx?tsid=8428&GR_URL=https%3A%2F%2Famazon.co.uk%2Famazonprime%3Ftag%3Dhawk-future-21%26ascsubtag%3Dtrd-us-3503281213888180000-21) (opens in new tab) (UK) With Serena Williams' retirement looming large, Emma Raducanu back at the site of her sensational triumph, and Novak Djokovic not allowed to enter the US to compete, a spectacular show awaits as US Open tennis returns at Flushing Meadows.

Daniil Medvedev had an easy start to his U.S. Open title defense, beating Stefan Kozlov 6-2, 6-4, 6-0 on Monday.

Fellow American Sebastian Korda also got his first win at his home Slam, beating Facundo Bagnis in four sets. Williams figured to face more comfortable conditions after a hot start under sunny skies in Flushing Meadows. Andy Murray was another early winner, 10 years after winning the first of his three Grand Slam titles in Flushing Meadows. Williams, the 23-time major champion who has said she is preparing to end her tennis career, was scheduled to face Danka Kovinic. The Russian is trying to become the first repeat champion at the U.S. He had one of the first upsets of the tournament by beating No.

Former U.S. Open champion Bianca Andreescu made a winning start to her 2022 campaign in Flushing Meadows, New York on Monday.

Félix Auger-Aliassime, Rebecca Marino, and Leylah Fernandez are still to come on day one of the U.S. Open record to 11-1 after winning the title in 2019 and reaching the Round of 16 last year. The 22-year-old Canadian needed just 25 minutes to take the opening set 6-0 on the strength of just one unforced error.

Bianca Andreescu advanced to the second round of the U.S. Open with a 6-0, 3-6, 6-1 win over France's Harmony Tan on Monday.

Andreescu returned to form in the third set, scoring an early break in Game 2 and taking a 3-0 lead. Open final before losing to Britain's Emma Raducanu, was scheduled to face France's Oceane Dodin in the evening session. Tan came back with a strong second set, scoring two early breaks and jumping to a 4-0 lead.

On the same Arthur Ashe Stadium court where that night Serena Williams was set to begin what could be the final tournament of her career, the top-seeded ...

Wolf](https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3211) ousting No. 31 seed [Nikoloz Basilashvili](https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2498) 6-3, 6-4, 6-0. Zhang lost to [Tim Van Rijthoven](https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=9973) on Monday in five sets. [Tommy Paul](https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2964) overcame the heat to outlast [Bernabe Zapata Miralles](https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3055) 4-6, 6-3, 2-6, 6-0, 7-5 in 3 hours, 10 minutes. 16 seed [Roberto Bautista Agut](http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=1733) in straight sets. 24 seed [Francisco Cerundolo](https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3700) of Argentina 7-5, 6-3, 6-3. [Yibing Wu](https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2875), meanwhile, became the first Chinese man to win a US Open match in the professional era when he upset No. He had played his way into the field through the qualifying tournament, joining countryman and fellow qualifier [Zhizhen Zhang](https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3024) as the first Chinese men in the US Open main draw since the open era began in 1968. The Russian player is trying to become the first repeat champion at the US Open since [Roger Federer](https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=425) won five straight from 2004 to '08. [Andy Murray](https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=235) was another early winner, 10 years after winning the first of his three Grand Slam titles in Flushing Meadows. "It seems like a long time ago," Murray said of his victory over Djokovic in 2012. [Arthur Rinderknech](https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3511) of France.

Serena Williams begins what is probably her final U.S. Open with a first-round match against Danka Kovinic. Follow along for the latest updates.

… I’m just beginning." I would have to wait until it gets light. Sometimes I wake up at like 6:00 in the morning to go practice and it was too dark. “I once heard Althea Gibson, one of her best friends told me she wanted to see another African American win a Slam before her time is up. Sept. Open 10 times and won the title six times, in 1999, 2002, 2008, 2012-14.

Six-time US Open champion Serena Williams defeated 80th-ranked Danka Kovinic, 6-3, 6-3, at Arthur Ashe Stadium on Monday night, opening what could be her ...

The pair is scheduled to open play against [Lucie Hradecka](https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=509) and [Linda Noskova](https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=6970) on Wednesday or Thursday. In an interview with ABC prior to the match, Stubbs said Williams was nervous but was still preparing for the match and the tournament with her same trademark intensity. [Anett Kontaveit](https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2059) on Wednesday in the second round, in addition to playing doubles alongside sister Venus, whom she called her "rock" on Monday. On Monday, wearing a figure-skating inspired dress originally with six layers to represent all six of her US Open titles (but ultimately with four removed due to their weight) and matching diamonds in her hair, Williams glided around the court -- and twirled at the end -- and showed flashes of what has made her one of the all-time greats. "The practices have been really hard," Stubbs said on Monday. After a video narrated by Queen Latifah was shown summarizing her legendary career, Williams was introduced to the crowd as the "Greatest Of All Time" to loud cheers that continued during any break in the action throughout the match. "It was loud and I could feel it in my chest. After the match, Williams was celebrated with an on-court celebration, which featured Gayle King and Billie Jean King, as well as a "Thank you, Serena" video from Oprah Winfrey. "The reception was really overwhelming," Williams told reporters. "I feel so comfortable on this court, in front of everyone here. That's really all I can really do." [Serena Williams](https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=394)' expected retirement will have to wait, for another two days at least.

Serena Williams has not played her final US Open match. In front of an electric crowd at Arthur Ashe Stadium, Williams defeated Danka Kovinic in a 6-3, 6-3 ...

Williams will now move on to face Anett Kontaveit in the second round. On top of gunning for her seventh US Open title in women's singles, Williams will also be playing with her sister, Venus, in the doubles tournament. In the second set, Williams found more of a rhythm with her serve. It wasn't easy, but Williams felt like now was the best time to move onto other things. With a semifinals appearance in her last 11 appearances at Flushing Meadows, Williams has plenty of experience on her side. Williams closes it out with a dominant effort in the final game.

Serena Williams has extended her farewell tour at least two more days. The 23-time major singles champion overcame early nerves and a misfiring serve to win ...

Williams’ prospects in the winter of her career were in a state of limbo during her 12 months away from the tour between first-round losses at last year’s and this year’s Wimbledon. Spike Lee handled the coin toss and dozens of celebrities dotted the crowd including Martina Navratilova and Mike Tyson, who sat next to one another in the courtside president’s box. The potential final outing of Williams’ career all but obscured any other action across the grounds on day one in Queens. When her opponent netted a backhand from the baseline on match point after 1hr 40min, Williams raised her arms aloft amid deafening roars of applause. Williams, who turns 41 next month, faced constant pressure on her serve from the start, making five double-faults in her opening three service games and facing break points in each of them. [ announced her plans to retire](https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2022/aug/09/serena-williams-retirement-tennis-us-open) earlier this month, entered Monday night’s headline attraction ranked 605th in the world and having won one singles match in 450 days.

Serena Williams is not ready to say goodbye just yet. In her first match at what is expected to be the last U.S. Open — and last tournament — of her ...

Snigur was playing her first match in the main draw of a Grand Slam. Open main draw since the open era began in 1968. Halep had won 19 of her last 22 matches and recently returned to the top 10, but the U.S. Andreescu returned to form in the third set, scoring an early break in Game 2 and taking a 3-0 lead. Dominic Thiem, the 2020 champion who missed last year because of injury, fell to Pablo Carreno Busta in four sets. The Russian is trying to become the first repeat champion at the U.S. Andy Murray was another early winner, 10 years after winning the first of his three Grand Slam titles in Flushing Meadows. In her first match at what is expected to be the last U.S. Williams will play in the second round of singles on Wednesday against No. Maybe it was the significance of the moment. It was a really good feeling," said the owner of six U.S. That was met with thunderous cheers and applause — as was the ending of the 1-hour, 40-minute contest, as if another trophy had been earned.

Day 1 of the US Open opened strongly for Canada, with victories for 2019 champion Bianca Andreescu and Rebecca Marino.

[Order of play](https://www.wtatennis.com/tournament/905/us-open/2022/order-of-play) In the last match of the day, No.14 seed Fernandez kicked off her 2022 campaign with a 6-3, 6-4 win over France's Oceane Dodin. Samsonova, who won titles in Washington and Cleveland this month alone, beat 16-year-old Czech qualifier Sara Bejlek 6-3, 6-1. Marino joined Andreescu in the second round with a quick 6-2, 6-3 win over Poland's Magdalena Frech. Last year's runner-up to Emma Raducanu needed just an hour and 12 minutes to clinch her victory at 11:30 p.m. Andreescu will now face in-form No.15 seed Beatriz Haddad Maia of Brazil in the second round. But I'm just happy with how I dealt with it at the end." "[Haddad Maia is] playing really, really well," Andreescu said. I felt like she was playing more aggressive, coming to the net. Andreescu, who defeated Serena Williams in the 2019 US Open final, overcame upset-minded Harmony Tan 6-0, 3-6, 6-1. [Draw](https://www.wtatennis.com/tournament/905/us-open/2022/draws) [Scores](https://www.wtatennis.com/tournament/905/us-open/2022/scores)

Serena William put off the end of her career for at least another match when she knocked off Danka Kovinic of Montenegro, 6-3, 6-3, to advance to the second ...

“Also, I love it because it keeps you fit so that’s a bonus.” In general, either way, everything that she's done, I'm sure it's going to be an emotional night for everyone, for everything she's done on and off the court, I think you can't put into words. “We’re laying it all out here [in doubles],” Serena said. “And Venus as well. A capacity crowd of 23,800 in Arthur Ashe Stadium — including Serena’s 4 1/2 year old daughter Olympia, who wore a sparkling black dress just like her mother, and former President Bill Clinton — was on hand for the event, with courtside seats going for upwards of $5,800. It was reminiscent of “One Shining Moment” played after the NCAA championship game every year. “The crowd was crazy. Beforehand, a video montage played honoring Serena and other past champions. After Serena earlier this month announced her impending retirement in a Vogue story, more than 30,000 U.S. Now the question is: Can Serena make a Jimmy Connors-type run in Flushing Meadows? Open in what is expected to be her final tournament. Her trademark serve and movement looked much better than they had in any of her previous matches this year, which bodes well going forward.

The 23-time Grand Slam champion announced earlier this month in Vogue Magazine that she was ready to step away from tennis. Williams will face No. 2 seed Anett ...

And why the daily program did not make mention of any other of the dozens of athletes in action, showing instead a montage of six images of Williams holding her six U.S. Look, this is a historic moment for the Williams family, for Serena and our sport,” said Stacey Allaster, the tournament director of the American Grand Slam event. Mom said she’s been traveling from Boston to New York for the U.S. In her first match at what is expected to be the last U.S. “It is so difficult to really capture what Serena and Venus have done for the sport of tennis. Open — and last tournament — of her remarkable playing career, Williams overcame a shaky start to overwhelm Danka Kovinic 6-3, 6-3 on Monday night in a packed Arthur Ashe Stadium There can be no doubt, the folks so enthusiastically backing Williams on Monday will come again to the U.S. Open marks the final chapter of her storied tennis history.” She’s done so much,” said Quintella Thorn, a 68-year-old from Columbus, Georgia, making her eighth trip to the U.S. Williams will play in the second round of singles on Wednesday against No. Maybe it was the significance of the moment. Serena Williams is not ready to say goodbye just yet.

Day 1 of the US Open went perfectly for Canada, with victories by 2019 champion Bianca Andreescu, last year's finalist Leylah Fernandez, and resurgent ...

[Order of play](https://www.wtatennis.com/tournament/905/us-open/2022/order-of-play) In the last match of the day, No.14 seed Fernandez kicked off her 2022 campaign with a 6-3, 6-4 win over France's Oceane Dodin. Samsonova, who won titles in Washington and Cleveland this month alone, beat 16-year-old Czech qualifier Sara Bejlek 6-3, 6-1. Marino joined Andreescu in the second round with a quick 6-2, 6-3 win over Poland's Magdalena Frech. Last year's runner-up to Emma Raducanu needed just an hour and 12 minutes to clinch her victory at 11:30 p.m. Andreescu will now face in-form No.15 seed Beatriz Haddad Maia of Brazil in the second round. But I'm just happy with how I dealt with it at the end." "[Haddad Maia is] playing really, really well," Andreescu said. I felt like she was playing more aggressive, coming to the net. Andreescu, who defeated Serena Williams in the 2019 US Open final, overcame upset-minded Harmony Tan 6-0, 3-6, 6-1. [Draw](https://www.wtatennis.com/tournament/905/us-open/2022/draws) [Scores](https://www.wtatennis.com/tournament/905/us-open/2022/scores)

Daniel Elahi Galan defeated Stefanos Tsitsipas on his ninth match point after holding a 6-0, 5-0 lead in Louis Armstrong Stadium.

Former US Open champion Bianca Andreescu apologized to her sponsor Nike for an on-court outburst after her choice of wardrobe for Monday's first-round match ...

I love Nike and I hope I can be with them for the rest of my life!" "But I meant no disrespect with what I said to the umpire. "Will this not count as one of my changeovers?

A steamy night in New York was weighted down with a ton of pre-match pomp and circumstance. But the champion pushed through and will play on.

She lost three games in a row to trail by 3-2 in the first set, uptight and short arming the ball. Williams simply hadn’t worked as hard at the game in the past couple of years as she once had, splitting her court time with mothering a 4-year-old daughter, and nurturing venture capital investments. Clearly, at some point in the past few weeks, Williams decided she wanted this match to be more than just a ceremony, and a terrible goodbye. “I have to go sweat in the sun every day when I could be at the pool with some lemonade.” She came out of the Arthur Ashe Stadium tunnel Monday night for the last big occasion of her career in a mock black evening-gown complete with cape and train — but she had on the black shoes of a boxer. “I’m terrible at goodbyes, the world’s worst.” Her tennis was guttural, louder than all of it, and the appreciative roars built from the crowd. “I’m out there to win a match.” “The atmosphere was a lot,” she said later. Williams has always had a special affinity for the Open — not just for the high hard bounces of its acrylic courts, but for everything else that’s hard about it. It was all so much: the ceremonial entrance, the blazing stadium lights and the weighty tributes to the all-time great made her seem prematurely a monument rather than a person. Still, maybe she could find the old inner vibration, the competitive rage that powered her to 23 Grand Slam titles.

It was a Greek tragedy unfolding before everyone's eyes as Colombian Daniel Galán stunned fourth-seeded Stefanos Tsitsipas in the first round of the US Open ...

"I just couldn't get into it." "I think he felt really comfortable during those two sets. He was always in control," Galán said.

The fans flocked to see Serena Williams' 2022 US Open debut, and she delivered. Here's our look at the top stories from Day 1 at the 2022 US Open.

USOpen.org previews Day 2 at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, with men's and women's singles play serving up an all-star menu.

All four Canadians in action on the first day of the US Open have advanced to the second round of their singles tournaments.

That is the 31-year-old’s first main draw win at the US Open in 12 years. Her second round opponent will be Luidmila Samsonova, ranked 35th in the world, who just won her second career WTA title this past weekend. Having improved her career record at the US Open to 11-1, Andreescu will face 15th seed Beatriz Haddad Maia on Wednesday.