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EAST LANSING – In the hours after Ozan Baris tasted victory in the U.S. Open junior boys doubles final Saturday, he posed for countless pictures with his championship trophy. Carried it everywhere — as one does after winning such a prestigious event. But Baris, adrenaline still pulsing through him, might have been too eager. Setting […]
NEW YORK — Carlos Alcaraz Lerma always told his grandson that to win tennis matches and to become the best player in the world, it would take “head, heart and courage.” And in the course of the US Open men’s singles final on Sunday, Carlos Alcaraz had to draw on those three to get past […]
The 2022 US Open men’s final is finally here, and the stakes are even larger than usual for a Grand Slam event. Spanish star Carlos Alcaraz will play Norwegian Casper Ruud for the title Sunday afternoon at Arthur Ashe Stadium, with the winner set to earn their first career major and the world No. 1 […]
NEW YORK — John Peers had fallen short 31 times in Grand Slam mixed doubles tournaments before finding the perfect partner — right in his own country. Peers and fellow Australian Storm Sanders won the US Open title Saturday by rallying for a 4-6, 6-4, 10-7 victory over the team of Kirsten Flipkens and
NEW YORK — As good as she’s been this year, Iga Swiatek came to the US Open unsure of what to expect. She complained that women use different, slightly lighter, tennis balls than men do at Flushing Meadows, where she’d never been past the fourth round. She was trying to grow accustomed to the noise […]
NEW YORK — The Latest on U.S. Open tennis tournament (all times local): Top-ranked Iga Swiatek and Ons Jabeur will play for the women’s singles title at the U.S. Open, where the mixed doubles champion also will be decided.
NEW YORK — Iga Swiatek will face Ons Jabeur in the US Open women’s final after the No. 1-ranked player came back to beat No. 6 Aryna Sabalenka in the second semifinal on Thursday night. Swiatek grabbed the last four games, and 16 of the last 20 points, to beat Sabalenka 3-6, 6-1, 6-4 . […]
Yana Wilson experienced first hand how the top-ranked amateur in the world handled herself last year. During the 72nd U.S. Girls’ Junior at Columbia Country Club in Maryland, Wilson fell to then-No.1 amateur Rose Zhang in the match play quarterfinals. Wilson then stayed an extra day and watched Zhang capture the championship. “I wanted to […]
Killeen resident Stacy Byrd is the 2022 Ms. Black Texas International Ambassador and will be competing in October to be the next Ms. Black International Ambassador. Last year, Byrd received eighth place in the 2021 Ms. Black International Ambassador competition in the Bahamas. This year, she will be competing against over 50 women — two […]
EUGENE, Ore., July 16 (Reuters) – One throw was all it took for Chase Ealey to make history on Saturday as she won the United States’ first women’s shot put title at the World Championships, denying China’s Gong Lijiao a third successive gold medal. The 27-year-old let out a roar as she threw 20.49 metres […]