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American duo lose 6-3, 6-7(6), 7-6(7) to Maya Joint and Chan Hao-chingSerena and Venus crash out of women’s doubles in first roundIn the end, after so much toil and admirable fight, defeat came swiftly for one of the greatest doubles teams to ever share a tennis court. Upon their return to prime time in New York, Venus and Serena Williams fought desperately to overturn the various deficits they found themselves in over three hours inside a thunderous Arthur Ashe Stadium.They came close. The Williams sisters had clawed their way back into the match after trailing a 1-4 in their final set against Chan Hao-ching and Maya Joint, and they established a 5-0 lead in the third set tie-break. Just as they appeared to be on the verge of victory, they were brushed aside, losing 6-3, 6-7 (6), 7-6 (7) in the first round of the US Open. Continue reading...

The latest third-round updates from Flushing Meadows You can mail Billy and follow us on TikTok and BlueskyLeylah Fernandez has broken Pegula early, taking a 2-0 lead in the first. You might recall that Fernandez was Emma Raducanu’s opponent in the 2021 US Open final; since losing that match, the Canadian has only gone past the third round at a slam once (the 2022 French Open, where she made the quarter-finals) but has won five WTA Tour titles and is a consistent presence in the world’s top 30. So which career path would you prefer: hers or Raducanu’s?Sabalenka takes the first set 6-3, remaining dominant against an opponent who is playing decent stuff. Marta Kostyuk also claims the first set 6-3 over Alexandrova, while Sorana Cirstea has claimed the opener against Paolini by the same score. That feels like an upset, even though Cirstea is seeded higher – No 16 to Paolini’s 19. Continue reading...

A huge discussion around tennis etiquette has been sparked at the US Open due to the disruption caused by a growing number of content creators and influencers at Flushing Meadows.

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Jeering and heckling are increasingly commonplace, even at grand slams, as spectators try to influence matchesMidway through the first week of the US Open a couple of years ago, Jiri Lehecka’s attempts to find his form were disrupted by incessant taunting from a spectator close by. “There was a guy who sat just behind my bench on a smaller court, court four, and he was talking to me basically for the first three sets, like non-stop,” Lehecka says. “He was talking to me like: ‘You can’t do it. You are tired. He’s better than you are.’”Lehecka maintained his composure and closed out the match, but even as he focused on navigating the intense stress of competition, he believed he understood this spectator’s motivations. The spectator, he thinks, was not there just to cheer for his favourite player: he was a bettor who had put money on Lehecka to lose. He had entered court four solely to influence the outcome of the match. Continue reading...

Recruiting ex-pros. Inflaming Ukraine-Russia tensions. Suing the SEC and being sued back. The school is adapting to a new reality – and also creating a new oneIn 1893, a chemistry professor named Charles Coates arrived at Louisiana State University and wrote that, to his surprise, “there was practically no athletics in the student body: no football, no tennis, and only very little baseball in the spring.” A broad program of sports struck him as the kind of thing a school should have, particularly as US universities were beginning to tout intercollegiate athletics as critical to a balanced higher-ed experience and another way to justify the cost of entry. But 133 years on, sports aren’t merely the main attraction at LSU. They’re the school’s raison d’être, the blinkered obsession that consumes the university and its most prominent ambassadors.Any doubt that the business of educating college students is just a nettlesome distraction from the business of college sports in Baton Rouge has been emphatically dispelled over the past 10 months. On the football side, the school has spent or committed roughly $162m to its last three head coaches: Ed Orgeron, the folksy national champion in 2019 who received a $17m buyout when he was fired two years later; Brian Kelly, the unloved underachiever who received a $54m buyout after being fired last October; and Lane Kiffin, the Kelly replacement whom it signed to a $91m deal a month later. Clemson, the opponent for LSU’s season opener at home on Saturday, are about to find out what all that money buys. Continue reading...

Nick Kyrgios has completed a one-month suspension and entered a treatment programme after testing positive for a cocaine metabolite in Majorca, clearing the path for an immediate return.

The behaviour of influencers and content creators has become a major talking point at this year's US Open amid incidents of matches being disrupted.

The behaviour of influencers and content creators has become a major talking point at this year's US Open amid incidents of matches being disrupted.

The behaviour of influencers and content creators has become a major talking point at this year's US Open amid incidents of matches being disrupted.

The behaviour of influencers and content creators has become a major talking point at this year's US Open amid incidents of matches being disrupted.

The behaviour of influencers and content creators has become a major talking point at this year's US Open amid incidents of matches being disrupted.

The behaviour of influencers and content creators has become a major talking point at this year's US Open amid incidents of matches being disrupted.

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Gael Monfils has revealed what he plans on doing after retiring from tennis, having lost to Learner Tien in the second round of the US Open.

Frenchman falls in straight sets to No 14 seedMonfils, 40, will retire at end of 2026 seasonTien reaches US Open third round for first timeIt would have felt more fitting if Gaël Monfils went out with a roar, with a five-set epic matching the reputation he has built as tennis’s great showman.He may have preferred the kind of bow he made at his home French Open earlier this year, a thrilling five-set fightback that ended well after midnight, or one that had a few more of his dazzling signature shots, like the mid-air forehand that stole the show in his first-round win this week. Continue reading...

Australian free to play again after having suspension reducedITIA accepts Kyrgios’s use of cocaine was outside of competitionFallen Australian tennis star Nick Kyrgios has entered a treatment program after accepting a one-month ban for testing positive to cocaine.After admitting his “huge mistake” when initially suspended for failing a drugs test on June 22 at an ATP 250 tournament in Spain, Kyrgios is allowed to compete again from Friday. Continue reading...

Nick Kyrgios is eligible to return to tennis after accepting a one-month ban for testing positive for cocaine.

Nick Kyrgios is eligible to return to tennis after accepting a one-month ban for testing positive for cocaine.