Davis Cup: Murray backs Great Britain to win tennis tournament September 11, 2023 Former Grand Slam champion Andy Murray insists Great Britain can win the Davis Cup this year, eight years on from their last success. Murray was part of the successful team the won the tournament in 2015 and captain Leon Smith, who led the side in Belgium last decade, has picked the former Wimbledon winner as [...]
Novak Djokovic makes pledge after equalling Grand Slam record at US Open September 11, 2023 Novak Djokovic has warned that he has no plans to hang up his racket after equalling Margaret Court’s record of 24 Grand Slam titles.
Coco Gauff can reach double figures for Grand Slam titles, says tennis legend September 10, 2023 Martina Navratilova has backed Coco Gauff to reach double figures for Grand Slam titles after the American teenager broke her duck at the US Open on Saturday night. Gauff, 19, came from a set down to beat new world No1 Aryna Sabalenka 2-6 6-3 6-2 and delight a rapturous home crowd at Flushing Meadows. It [...]
US Open prize money 2023: How much can players win at the New York Grand Slam? September 9, 2023 Everything is bigger in America, or so the saying goes, and that maxim applies to US Open prize money too. The winners of the men’s and women’s finals this weekend will each receive $3m (£2.36m), making it the most lucrative of the four Grand Slam tournaments. By comparison, Wimbledon champions receive £2.35m ($2.97m), French Open [...]
‘Some tennis fans need to learn grace and decorum after US Open farce’ September 8, 2023 Tennis has managed to wean itself away from the stereotype of being for the upper class, wealthy establishment type. But some normal, working and middle class fans at the US Open are doing an awful lot to encourage the sport to close its doors on supporters. Because some of the behaviour we have seen from [...]
Daniil Medvedev makes morbid prediction as temperatures soar at US Open September 7, 2023 Men’s world No3 Daniil Medvedev has claimed that “a player is going to die” in sweltering conditions at the US Open.
Sabalenka to become world No1 after win over Zhang at US Open September 6, 2023 Former Australian Open winner Aryna Sabalenka made it four out of four Grand Slam semi-final appearances this year after the Belarusian toppled Qinwen Zheng yesterday at Flushing Meadows. On track for her first ever US Open title, Sabalenka beat her Chinese opponent 6-1 6-4 in Arthur Ashe Stadium to reach the final four in New [...]
Gauff obliterates Ostapenko for US Open final four spot September 5, 2023 American Coco Gauff demonstrated her US Open Grand Slam winning credentials last night with a spectacular 6-0 6-2 thrashing of Jelena Ostapenko. The 19-year-old former French Open finalist was facing the Latvian conqueror of world No1 Iga swiatek but made light work of Ostapenko in Arthur Ashe Stadium at Flushing Meadows, New York. Having handed [...]
Alcaraz breezes through to last eight in US Open title defence September 4, 2023 Carlos Alcaraz’s attempt to defend the US Open title he won last year goes on as he beat Italian Matteo Arnaldi in straight sets at Flushing Meadows. The 6-3 6-3 6-4 victory in New York sends the Spaniard into the quarter-finals, and banks him a minimum cheque of $455,000 (£360,000) depending on his further progress. [...]
Huge US Open shock as Swiatek dumped out September 4, 2023 Flushing Meadows felt tremors last night as world No1 and favourite for the US Open Iga Swiatek was dumped out of the Grand Slam. Jelena Ostapenko toppled the Polish No1 seed 3-6 6-3 6-1 in one of the biggest tennis shocks of the year. “I’m surprised that my level changed so drastically,” said 22-year-old Swiatek. [...]