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US Open draw: Alcaraz, Djokovic set for early tests, Venus plays Muchova

Carlos Alcaraz and Novak Djokovic will face potential difficult American opponents when they begin their quest for another U.S. Open title. Venus Williams, meanwhile, returns to the event at age 45 against No. 11 seed Karolina Muchova, a past French Open finalist who has reached the semifinals in New York the past two years. That was one of the early highlight matches after the draws were conducted Thursday for the men's and women's singles tournaments. Those begin Sunday, a day earlier than in the past, and a pair of recent U.S. Open champions could be tested early. Alcaraz, the No. 2 seed, starts against Reilly Opelka. Opelka, a former top-20 player before injuries, is 6-foot-11 with a powerful serve that he rode to the fourth round in New York in 2021. Alcaraz won his lone U.S. Open title the following year and has gone on to add four more Grand Slam titles. Djokovic owns a men's record 24 of them, including four at the U.S. Open. Seeded seventh, he will face Learner Tien, a .

US Open 2025 mixed doubles: Errani, Vavassori retain title under new format

Sara Errani and Andrea Vavassori defended their U.S. Open mixed doubles title, keeping a traditional team on top of a revamped event filled with singles stars. The Italians beat No. 3 seeds Iga Swiatek and Casper Ruud 6-3, 5-7 (10-6), winning four matches over two days to earn $1 million a huge raise over their earnings in New York last year in a format that looked nothing like this one. Errani and Vavassori were among the many critics of the changes to the event that shut out every other traditional doubles pairing, but had nothing but smiles and plenty of hugs after building a quick lead in the match tiebreaker and holding on in front of a large crowd inside Arthur Ashe Stadium. I think it was amazing to play in this court with so many people and I have to say thanks from the bottom of my heart for the atmosphere, Vavassori said before receiving the trophy. It was one rarely enjoyed by doubles players and what U.S. Open organizers sought when they overhauled their tournament, .

US Open 2025: $1 mn prize, star line-ups make mixed doubles a top draw

The mixed doubles event of the US Open 2025 saw an increase of $800,000 from its preceding edition

$1M prize, star players at 2025 US Open mixed doubles; But some are upset

Grand Slam singles champions such as Jannik Sinner, Carlos Alcaraz, Iga Swiatek and Madison Keys will be playing for a little extra money OK, a lot of extra money, by any standard: $1 million to the winning duo and trying to get their hands on a trophy in the U.S. Open's overhauled mixed doubles tournament. The best of the best at doubles, meanwhile, are not so excited about what one of last year's mixed champions in New York, Sara Errani, labeled sad and "nonsense in an interview with The Associated Press. She and Andrea Vavassori, who'll be defending their title, are the only true doubles team competing Tuesday and Wednesday at Flushing Meadows. A year ago, only two highly ranked singles players participated. It would be like if, at the Olympics, they didn't let the actual high jumpers participate, and instead had basketball players compete in the high jump because it's more interesting.' If you want to do that, I guess you can, but you can't award them medals," Errani said. "Yo

US Open 2025: Top 5 Men's and Women's singles players to watch out for

From defending champions to rising stars and returning legends, here are the top five male and female contenders who are expected to light up the courts in New York.

Alcaraz-Raducanu to face top seeds in US Open mixed doubles opener

Jannik Sinner has a new partner for the U.S. Open mixed doubles tournament, where Emma Raducanu and Carlos Alcaraz will face the No. 1-seeded team in the first round. The remainder of the 16-team field was completed Sunday and the draw was conducted ahead of the two-day event that begins Tuesday and pays $1 million to the winning team. The top-ranked Sinner will now play with 10-time women's doubles major champion Katerina Siniakova. He had been scheduled to team with Emma Navarro, before she withdrew to play in the women's tournament in Monterrey, Mexico, next week. The other teams added to the event Sunday are two-time U.S. Open women's champion Naomi Osaka and Gael Monfils, Karolina Muchova and Andrey Rublev, and Caty McNally and Lorenzo Musetti. Musetti had been scheduled to play with fellow Italian Jasmine Paolini, but she is playing Iga Swiatek in the Cincinnati final Monday and withdrew. Swiatek remains in the field with partner Casper Ruud. Sinner and the second-ranked Alc

Paula Badosa pulls out of US Open after missing action since Wimbledon

Former top-10 player Paula Badosa pulled out of the U.S. Open on Friday after dealing with a back injury that has sidelined her since a first-round loss at Wimbledon on June 30. The U.S. Tennis Association announced Badosa's withdrawal and said Jil Teichmann would replace her in the field. Aliz Cornet, who retired from tennis last year but returned to action this year, is the next woman in line to get a berth in the draw at Flushing Meadows if someone else pulls out. Play is scheduled to begin on Aug. 24 in the singles brackets at the year's last Grand Slam tournament. Badosa, a 27-year-old from Spain, reached a career-best ranking of No. 2 in 2022 and is currently No. 12. She reached the semifinals at the Australian Open this January. Her best showing at the U.S. Open was a run to the quarterfinals last year.

US Open 2025 prize money up by 20%; singles champ to get record $5 million

The US Open 2025 will reward its singles champions with a record $5 million each, up 39% from the $3.6 million awarded last year

JioStar bags exclusive US Open broadcast rights in India till 2030

A JioStar representative noted that this acquisition reflects the company's aim to be the one-stop destination for elite sporting events

Carlos Alcaraz-Emma Raducanu to enter US Open 2025 as mixed doubles pair

Joining Alcaraz and Raducanu in the star pairs list are Novak Djokovic with Olga Danilovic, Naomi Osaka alongside Nick Kyrgios, and Iga Swiatek paired with Casper Ruud

Max Purcell, US Open doubles champion, suspended for doping violation

Two-time Grand Slam winning doubles player Max Purcell has entered a voluntary provisional suspension under tennis' anti-doping rules. The International Tennis Integrity Agency announced the sanction in a statement on Monday after the 26-year-old Australian admitted to violating Article 2.2 of the Tennis Anti-Doping Program relating to the use of a Prohibited Method. The ITIA said the suspension came into effect on 12 Dec., and time served under provisional suspension will be credited against any future sanction. The length of time of the voluntary suspension was not specified by the ITIA. During the provisional suspension, Purcell is prohibited from playing in, coaching at, or attending any tennis event authorized or sanctioned by the members of the ITIA (ATP, ITF, WTA, Tennis Australia, Fdration Franaise de Tennis, Wimbledon and USTA) or any national association," the ITIA statement read. Purcell, with compatriot Jordan Thompson, won the U.S. Open in September and won Wimbledon w

US Open's first female tournament director will step down in 2025

Stacey Allaster, the US Open's first female tournament director, will step down from that post after the 2025 edition of the Grand Slam event and shift from her job as the US Tennis Association's chief executive of professional tennis to an advisory role with the organisation. The USTA announced Allaster's job changes Wednesday and said she will help pick her successor as tournament director after the US Open ends next September. Allaster became the US Open tournament director in 2020, the first woman to hold that position in the history of a tournament first held in 1881. She has worked at the USTA since 2016 and before that was the chairman and CEO of the WTA women's professional tennis tour. "It's hard to put into words the impact Stacey has made on our sport," seven-time Grand Slam singles champion Venus Williams posted on social media. "She's been a true champion for the game, and has paved the way for more women in leadership. We're all inspired by you and grateful to call y

Jannik Sinner is already world number 1 and has 2 Grand Slams at 23

New US Open champion Jannik Sinner is making big strides in a short amount of time. And that, he figures, bodes well for what's to come. Just 23, Sinner already reached No. 1 in the ATP rankings a few months ago and, on Sunday, collected the second Grand Slam trophy of his career and of the year by defeating Taylor Fritz 6-3, 6-4, 7-5 in the final at Flushing Meadows. Add that to his Australian Open in January, and Sinner is the first man since Guillermo Vilas all the way back in 1977 to pick up major titles No. 1 and No. 2 within the same season. I've gone through a lot things quickly, said Sinner, Italy's second US Open singles title winner, joining 2015 women's champ Flavia Pennetta. I'm still young. That gives me confidence I still can get better, because at 23, you haven't perfected everything. So my team and I know we have to improve. In what ways? He pointed to the match against Fritz. Today, I played well from the back court. I felt good there, said Sinner, who was ...

Navarro reaches career high no 8 in ATP rankings, Fritz back in top 10

US Open men's runner-up Taylor Fritz returned to the top 10 in the ATP rankings at No. 7 on Monday, and women's runner-up Jessica Pegula rose to No. 3 in the WTA list, while semi-finalist Emma Navarro climbed to a career-best No. 8. Men's champion Jannik Sinner nearly doubled his lead as the ATP's No. 1 a spot he's held since June a day after defeating Fritz 6-3, 6-4, 7-5, and women's champion Aryna Sabalenka stayed at No. 2 in the WTA behind Iga Swiatek, who lost to Pegula in the quarter-finals. I mean, I'm not trying to focus on ranking, to be honest. Not like I'm checking where I'm going to be after the tournament, Sabalenka said Saturday after her 7-5, 7-5 victory over Pegula in the final. I'm just trying to focus on myself, and I know that if (at) each tournament I'll be able to play my best tennis ... I'll be able to become world No. 1 again. So, my focus is on myself, on improving myself as a player and as a person. Hopefully, one day, I'll see myself (back) on the top of t

The deadline date to challenge ITIA doping verdict against Sinner nears

Time is running out for appeals to be filed in the case that exonerated freshly-crowned US Open champion Jannik Sinner from doping. The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and Nado Italia, Italy's anti-doping agency, likely have only one more day to challenge the decision announced by the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) on August 20. There is a 21-day window to appeal that started when the parties received the decision. Any appeal would be filed to the Switzerland-based Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). Sinner tested positive twice for an anabolic steroid in March but was not suspended because the ITIA determined the banned performance-enhancer entered his system unintentionally through a massage from his physiotherapist. The doping case was kept secret until last month's announcement and the top-ranked Sinner went on to beat Taylor Fritz in the U.S. Open final on Sunday. An appeal could jeopardize his US Open title but Sinner and his legal team have provided detailed

Jannik Sinner beats Taylor Fritz 6-3, 6-4, 7-5 in US Open men's final

Jannik Sinner started slowly at the US Open, dropping the first set he played after being exonerated in a doping case no one knew about until shortly before play began at Flushing Meadows. If that episode initially hung over him during the tournament, Sinner was able to put it aside while on court. Was he ever. The No. 1-ranked Sinner beat Taylor Fritz 6-3, 6-4, 7-5 with his typical relentless baseline game to win the men's championship at Arthur Ashe Stadium on Sunday, less than three weeks after word emerged of his two positive drug tests. "This title, for me, means so much," said Sinner, a 23-year-old from Italy, "because the last period of my career was really not easy". He won the second Grand Slam trophy of his nascent career the other was at the Australian Open in January and prevented No. 12 Fritz from ending a major title drought for American men that has lasted 21 years. Andy Roddick's triumph at Flushing Meadows in 2003 was the last Slam title for a man from the United

Full list of men's singles winners and runner-ups in US Open history

The most successful players in men's singles competition in the Open era are Roger Federer, Pete Sampras, and Jimmy Connors, who all won five titles each.

US Open 2024 men's singles final, live telecast and streaming

Taylor Fritz will be looking to create history as he is the first American man to play in a Grand Slam final in over 15 years. Sinner will be aiming to add a US Open title to his collection.

US Open: Aryna Sabalenka beats Jessica Pegula to win 3rd Grand Slam title

Aryna Sabalenka left the U.S. Open in tears 12 months ago as the runner-up. She exited in the semifinals each of the two years before that, other losses that were difficult to digest. On Saturday, Sabalenka was in a joking mood after winning her first championship at Flushing Meadows and the third Grand Slam title of her career. Sabalenka, the No. 2 seed, got past No. 6 Jessica Pegula 7-5, 7-5 in a rollicking final under a closed retractable roof at Arthur Ashe Stadium, displaying her typical power while sprinkling in some variation to add this triumph to those at the Australian Open each of the past two seasons. I had a lot of tough lessons here ... especially last year, Sabalenka, a 26-year-old from Belarus, said after grabbing the last two games of the first set and the last four of the match. In those tough moments (Saturday), I was just trying to stay strong and trying to remind myself that I have been through a lot and I'm strong enough to hold under this pressure. Sitting n

US Open women's singles champions over the years; see full list of winners

Playing in her second consecutive final, Sabalenka won the tie against USA's Pegula in straight sets (7-5, 7-5)