Tennis

12:05 AM ET D’Arcy MaineESPN.com Naomi Osaka walked back to where she had just clinched her second US Open win and laid on the ground. She had just won the US Open title, the third Grand Slam victory of her career, against Victoria Azarenka. But the smile had now faded from her face, and she

7:57 PM ET NEW YORK — Naomi Osaka recovered from a horrific first set to beat Victoria Azarenka and win the 2020 US Open women’s title Saturday at Arthur Ashe Stadium. A dazzling first set by Azarenka helped make the numbers on the final stat sheet similar, but the match really was all about the

6:24 PM ET Naomi Osaka trailed Victoria Azarenka by a set and faced a break point that would have put her down 3-0 in the second set of the US Open women’s championship on Saturday. And then the 22-year-old star rallied … big time. Osaka stormed back to win the second and third sets to

12:32 AM ET D’Arcy MaineESPN.com After playing five matches in seven days, Victoria Azarenka was ready for one more. It was her first singles final in almost 18 months, and she was looking for her biggest title since 2016. The 31-year-old had been victorious against several notable opponents on her path to the championship match,

8:26 AM ET NEW YORK — This time, the man on the other side of the net from Dominic Thiem in a Grand Slam final won’t be Rafael Nadal, greatest clay court player of all time, on the red dirt in the stade Roland Garros. This time, Thiem will not be facing Novak Djokovic, who

7:52 PM ET ESPN News Services NEW YORK — Alexander Zverev rallied to reach his first Grand Slam final, beating Pablo Carreno Busta 3-6, 2-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-3 at the US Open. The No. 5 seed completed his first career comeback from two sets down and the first in the US Open semifinals since Novak

8:04 AM ET NEW YORK — Alexander Zverev has continually fallen short of his own expectations on the largest stages in tennis, but he’s playing and thinking as if he’s finally ready to crack the challenging Grand Slam code at the US Open. Zverev, 23, moved to the semifinal stage on Tuesday, his monstrous serves

2:31 AM ET D’Arcy MaineESPN.com Serena Williams held onto the back of her legs as she bent over, wincing in pain on the court at Arthur Ashe Stadium on Thursday night. She limped over to her seat, requesting a trainer to take a look at her left ankle. Her coach, Patrick Mouratoglou, and her longtime

9:35 PM ET Associated Press Naomi Osaka has reached the U.S. Open final for the second time in three years, pulling away to beat Jennifer Brady 7-6 (1), 3-6, 6-3 in the first semifinal. The 2018 champion will meet Serena Williams or Victoria Azarenka on Saturday. If it’s Williams, it would be a rematch of

9:31 PM ET D’Arcy MaineESPN.com Jennifer Brady had a calm demeanor as she took the court for a US Open quarterfinal match against Yulia Putintseva on Tuesday at Arthur Ashe Stadium. A casual observer would never have known that it was the 25-year-old American’s first major quarterfinal. When the last point was won after just

5:57 PM ET ESPN News Services NEW YORK — Daniil Medvedev, the 2019 US Open men’s runner-up, is back in the semifinals at Flushing Meadows for the second year in a row. The third-seeded Medvedev beat longtime pal Andrey Rublev 7-6 (6), 6-3, 7-6 (5) in an all-Russian quarterfinal Wednesday. He is set for a

8:20 PM ET D’Arcy MaineESPN.com It took everything Serena Williams had to advance to her 14th US Open semifinal on Wednesday. She needed three sets for the third straight match, more than 2 hours, 20 aces and her rarely used left hand on two returns for a 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 win over the resurgent Tsvetana

2:48 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Serena Williams has pulled out another three-setter Wednesday to reach the semifinals in an 11th consecutive US Open appearance. Williams trailed by a set and a break against Tsvetana Pironkova before coming back to win 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 Wednesday in Arthur Ashe Stadium. Two more victories for

12:48 AM ET D’Arcy MaineESPN.com Naomi Osaka tried not to cry as the camera zoomed in on her face for the live audience watching across the country to see. She was still wearing her match clothes and bright blue visor, just moments removed from playing on Arthur Ashe Stadium, which now sat behind her, looming

5:56 PM ET ESPN News Services NEW YORK — The disqualification of Novak Djokovic from the US Open — and the absences of Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer — presented quite an opportunity to Alexander Zverev and the other men left in the tournament. All are in their 20s and seeking a first Grand Slam

2:00 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — American Jennifer Brady said she was nervous at the start of her first career Grand Slam quarterfinal, but it didn’t show. Brady notched the biggest victory yet in her breakout run at the US Open, beating Yulia Putintseva of Kazakhstan on Tuesday, 6-3, 6-2. Seeded 28th, Brady

2:53 PM ET Associated Press Serena Williams is into the quarterfinals at the US Open for a 12th consecutive appearance. It wasn’t easy, though. Williams needed to come from behind in the third set before taking another step closer to Grand Slam title No. 24 by edging Maria Sakkari 6-3, 6-7 (6), 6-3 on Monday.

11:16 PM ET D’Arcy MaineESPN.com Victoria Azarenka hadn’t won a match in more than a year before she came to New York. Tsvetana Pironkova hadn’t played in a tournament since 2017. Now both are perhaps the unlikeliest players in the quarterfinals at the US Open. 1 Related They have made incredible comebacks, and what makes