An old joke: A tourist gets in a cab in New York and asks, “You know how to get to Carnegie Hall?” — “Practice, chief, practice.” Jannik Sinner put it that way when asked for a few words upon receiving…
With a roar and a mighty overhead smash Aryna Sabalenka announced there would be no all-American women’s final at the U.S. Open. She put an end to Emma Navarro’s Cinderella run to the semis, dictating with power and precision through…
Sloane Stephens was favored to win the first match of the evening session of the U.S. Open, a major event in New York City’s sports calendar. She played in Arthur Ashe Stadium, the world’s largest tennis venue with a capacity…
Appropriately, it was an overhead forehand smash at the net that clinched the men’s doubles at the Australian Open for the Anglosphere team of Matthew Ebden and Rohan Bopanna. The big man from Bangalore, at 43 one of the masters…
Aryna Sabalenka is in charge of the first set, women’s U.S. Open final against Corine (“Coco”) Gauff in Arthur Ashe Stadium, Billie Jean King Tennis Center at Flushing Meadows, Queens, N.Y.C. Facts matter, what and where, more than feeling and…
John Isner bangs a big ace to take the first point of the fourth set and scarcely a minute later he holds at love and the race is on. And a race it will be. Michael Mmoh replies with a…
Michael Mmoh and John Isner both won their first-round matches at the U.S. Open. The downside is that they meet in the second round Thursday, which means there will be one American less in the men’s draw at close of…
The aces and the line-edging service returns began in earnest in the middle of the first set, replacing the somewhat sloppy error-prone early games. It was the first round of the women’s draw at the U.S. Open Tennis Championships, and…
Novak Djokovic won 27 matches in a row over the past months, but he lost the one he most wanted, smiled through his tears, and said it all, “Tonight, even though I didn’t win the match, my heart is filled…
