Quarterfinals
NEW YORK — After securing a fourth-round victory at the 2023 US Open over Caroline Wozniacki, tennis player Coco Gauff decided to share an entertaining story to the press involving two of her closest friends. Those same friends just happen to be the first Black American male duo to reach the quarterfinals of a Grand […]
For the first time since 1968, four Black Americans will be competing in the quarterfinals of a Grand Slam tournament. Coco Gauff, Frances Tiafoe, Madison Keys and Ben Shelton are all looking to win their first career title . . .
Getty Images Taylor Fritz, Frances Tiafoe and Ben Shelton (L-R) have been fighting for a place in the US Open semifinals. CNN — For quite some time, American men have been threatening to break through
Last year, Tiafoe also made history as the first Black American man to reach the semi-finals at Flushing since 1972. Gauff has been garnering attention from fans and the press alike since she started competing in this year’s U.S. Open. Last week, she became vocal about her frustration with the pace imposed by her opponent, […]
Modified Sep 05, 2023 08:31 GMT Frances Tiafoe, Coco Gauff, Ben Shelton, and Madison Keys have rewritten history by becoming the first four Black Americans in the Open Era since 1968 to reach a Grand Slam quarterfinal at the 2023 US Open. In the event’s Round of 16, Shelton squared off against compatriot Tommy Paul […]
Modified Sep 04, 2023 04:19 GMT With Ben Shelton and Frances Tiafoe reaching the quarterfinals in New York this year, the 2023 US Open has become the first Grand Slam since 1968 to feature two Black American men in the last-eight stage. On Sunday, September 3, Shelton took on compatriot Tommy Paul in a fourth-round […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Coco Gauff is the first American teen since Serena Williams more than two decades ago to reach the U.S. Open quarterfinals two years in a row, so the 19-year-old from Florida knows her way out of trouble on a tennis court. As the second set slipped away against
Tennis By Peter Botte September 3, 2023 | 6:01pm Coco Gauff and Caroline Wozniacki easily were the two pronounced crowd favorites on the women’s side throughout the first week of the U.S. Open — one an up-and-coming American star full of promise, the other an incredibly popular former top-ranked player returning from a three-year hiatus […]
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MIAMI — The quarterfinal clash between the United States and Venezuela on Saturday night simultaneously represented everything wonderful and troubling about the World Baseball Classic. LoanDepot Park, scarcely occupied for the hometown Miami Marlins on most nights, was packed to the brim with a pro-Venezuela sellout crowd. It watched Team USA win a thrilling, seesaw game […]