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US Open winners to get $2.6 mn, total player compensation surpasses $60 mn

The US Open singles champions will receive USD 2.6 million this year, with total player compensation for the Grand Slam tournament surpassing USD 60 million for the first time. A larger portion of that total is being allocated to the earlier rounds, the U.S. Tennis Association said Thursday, following input from the men's and women's tour player councils. Players will receive $80,000 just for making the main draw and $121,000 for reaching the second round. In 2019, the last year before the coronavirus pandemic, the singles champions earned $3.9 million. A first-round loser got $58,000 and a player eliminated in the second round earned $100,000. Players will earn $445,000 for reaching the quarterfinals and $705,000 for being a semifinalist. The runner-up gets $1.3 million. The doubles championship teams will earn $688,000 The $60.1 million total surpasses last year's $57.5 million total, which was already more than the other three Grand Slam tournaments paid this year. Total prize

Online petition signed for Novak Djokovic to play in US Open

The 21-time Grand Slam winner Novak Djokovic remains out of contention for the US Open unless there is some substantial change before the tournament starts at the end of August.

US Open shifts focus away from Saudi money to golf's toughest test

The US Open isn't the only American major that has felt like an afterthought, lost among chatter and innuendo about topics unrelated to birdies and bogeys

US Open allows Russian tennis players to play after Wimbledon ban

The US Open will allow tennis players from Russia and Belarus to compete this year despite the ongoing war in Ukraine, which prompted Wimbledon to ban those athletes

US Open returns to its roots to Boston amid revolutionary battle in golf

The US Open returns to its roots at The Country Club, a location steeped in history

US Open's record $10 mn purse offers hope for gender pay equality

Dottie Pepper recalls being paired with Meg Mallon for the final round of the 1991 U.S. Women's Open with what she viewed as an impressive $110,000 first-place prize on the line.

Dominic Thiem to miss 2 Sydney tournaments ahead of Australian Open

Former US Open champion Dominic Thiem's lengthy recovery from a right wrist injury has forced him to miss the ATP Cup and another tournament in Sydney ahead of next month's Australian Open.

Nadal looking forward to new season as he sets sights on 21st major

Spanish tennis stalwart Rafael Nadal has said that he is looking forward to the new season after recovering from a recurring foot injury that forced him to withdraw from the US Open.

2019 US Open champion Bianca Andreescu pulls out of Australian Open

2019 US Open champion Bianca Andreescu became the first high-profile woman player to pull out of the Australian Open due to mental health issues arising from "quarantining".

Can maths help you be number one in sports? Raducanu may have the answer

Sport and maths are very different activities, but some aspects of the mindset required to be successful in maths or sport can certainly help you to achieve success in the other.

US Open champ Raducanu gets wild card into BNP Paribas Open

U.S. Open champion Emma Raducanu has received a wild card into the BNP Paribas Open next month. The combined men's and women's tournament will be played Oct. 4-17 in the Southern California desert, a move from its usual March date because of the coronavirus pandemic. The 18-year-old Brit stunned the tennis world earlier this month by becoming the first qualifier in the professional era to win a Grand Slam singles title. Raducanu made her WTA Tour debut in June and soon reached the fourth round at Wimbledon. World No. 1 Ash Barty has withdrawn from the tournament, joining Naomi Osaka and Roger Federer among those on the sidelines. The remaining wild cards will be announced later.

From NYSE to Met Gala, Emma Raducanu enjoying her celebrity status

Teenage tennis ace Emma Raducanu of Great Britain is thoroughly enjoying her celebrity status while in New York after clinching the US Open women's singles title on Sunday

Tough to swallow loss but in tennis we learn very quickly: Djokovic

World No.1 Novak Djokovic said that the defeat in the US Open final to Russian Daniil Medvedev, which cost him the calendar Grand Slam, was "tough to swallow" and that a "part of me is very sad".

US Open: Medvedev calls World No. 1 Djokovic 'greatest player' in history

US Open 2021 champion Daniil Medvedev said the victory over World No. 1 Novak Djokovic in the tournament finals has given him the confidence for future events.Medvedev scripted history as he won his first major title with an outstanding 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 win over Djokovic on Sunday (local time) in the US Open.Medvedev also stopped the Serbian star from achieving a historical milestone of becoming the first man since Rod Laver in 1969 to win all four majors in one season.The 25-year-old Russian said the win over Djokovic has become sweeter as it stopped the World No. 1 from scripting a huge feat."It definitely makes it sweeter. For the confidence and for my future career, knowing that I beat somebody who was 27-0 in a year in Grand Slams, I lost to him in Australia, he was going for huge history, and knowing that I managed to stop him it definitely makes it sweeter and brings me confidence for what is to come," the US Open website quoted Medvedev as saying.Medvedev won all fifteen of his ..

Daniil Medvedev ends Novak Djokovic's bid for year Slam at US Open

Novak Djokovic's bid for the first calendar-year Grand Slam in men's tennis since 1969 ended one victory short with a 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 loss to Daniil Medvedev in the US Open final on Sunday.

US Open: Medvedev came out very determined on the court, says Djokovic

World No. 1 tennis player Novak Djokovic praised Daniil Medvedev for coming into the final of the US Open with a "lot of clarity" and "executing" the plans perfectly in the summit clash

Medvedev stands in the way as Djokovic aims for calendar Grand Slam

Russia's Daniil Medvedev will look to deny Serbian Novak Djokovic his 21st major, which will also make him just the third man to complete the calendar Grand Slam

Qualifier to champion: Britain's Emma Raducanu, 18, wins US Open

This was the first major final between two teens since Williams, 17, beat Martina Hingis, 18, at the 1999 US Open and the first between two unseeded women in the professional era, which began in 1968

1 to go: Djokovic beats Zverev, enters US Open final; nears year Grand Slam

Beating No. 2 Daniil Medvedev on Sunday for the title will allow Djokovic to secure two significant milestones

Global citizens, teen US Open finalists have fans all over

Emma Raducanu first met Leylah Fernandez at a tournament for players 12 and under, around the time one of Fernandez's teachers urged her to give up the tennis dream