One could call this a three-year plan for Stan at the U.S. Open. In 2013, Stan Wawrinka played Novak Djokovic in Arthur Ashe Stadium. He lost...
Yes, it remains hard to deny that the men’s U.S. Open is almost certainly going to be won by one of only three players, and that...
Professional tennis players have a problem. They don’t make enough money. Unlike basketball, baseball and football players who are covered by annual salaries through player unions,...
It is one of the best and purest aspects of tennis: This is an “earned opportunity” sport. Look at the 2019 U.S. Open. You will notice...
Elina Svitolina and Madison Keys in the fourth round of the U.S. Open. We have been here before. Two women who are still trying to knock...
Just win one more point. Conceptually, physically, spatially, the goal seems very attainable. Win one more point. Put the ball inside the lines and out of...
I first went to the US Open in 1970. Forest Hills. I was there again in ’71. I met Bob Falkenburg’s father, standing next to him...
Of all the losses by seeded men’s players at the U.S. Open on Tuesday, the one by Roberto Bautista-Agut seems to be to be the most...
At the end of the 2017 women’s tennis season, Sloane Stephens and Garbine Muguruza were both the same kind of player. Stephens had won the U.S....
One turn of phrase you will hear or read from time to time — from the keyboards or mouths of sports commentators — is “setting a...
