Tag: U.S. Open
over 1 year ago
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Opinion | Coco Gauff, the new It Girl at Flushing Meadows, advances to the round of 16

Serena Williams, Gauff said, taught her that she doesn’t have to settle for less.

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over 1 year ago
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Denis Shapovalov knocked out of U.S. Open in a match opponent says “both of us deserve to win”

Rublev grabs fifth-set tiebreak to reach round of 16.

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over 1 year ago
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Petra Kvitová outlasts Muguruza to reach U.S. Open round of 16 for a seventh time

Alcaraz, Nadal advance on men’s side of the draw.

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over 1 year ago
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Opinion | The end of the Serena era: “The most incredible ride and journey I’ve ever been on”

Ajla Tomljanovic, who’d never advanced beyond a majors quarterfinal, overcame the all-time great and an all-time crow...

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over 1 year ago
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Rebecca Marino “very happy with where I am” after third-round loss at the U.S. Open

Once ranked 38th in the world, 31-year-old hopes to be ensconced in the top 100 again at the end of the year

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over 1 year ago
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Opinion | Denis Shapovalov is making it in New York again, advancing to third round of the U.S. Open

It’s the sixth year in a row Shapovalov has made it through the first two rounds at Flushing Meadows

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over 1 year ago
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Bianca Andreescu advances to third round of U.S. Open after straight sets win in the wee hours

The Mississauga native dispatched Beatriz Haddad Maia, finalist at the National Bank Open in Toronto earlier this mon...

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over 1 year ago
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Opinion | Serena Williams staves off retirement — and the No. 2 seed — with a throwback performan...

Who would dare bet against a 24th Grand Slam for the greatest tennis player of her era, Rosie DiManno writes, after a...

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over 1 year ago
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Opinion | After a five-year break from tennis, Rebecca Marino is back — and into the third round ...

The Vancouver native, 31, who took time off to deal with depression and her mental health, continued her comeback Wed...

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over 1 year ago
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Denis Shapovalov survives five-set opener to advance at U.S. Open

With the 23-year-old’s victory, all five Canadians on the main draw have advanced to the second round at Flushing Mea...

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over 1 year ago
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Opinion | Serena Williams dazzles — literally — with a prime-time victory to kick off her final G...

The “girl with a racquet and a dream” dispatched her first-round opponent Danka Kovinić in front of an adoring New Yo...

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over 1 year ago
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Bianca Andreescu finds her confidence again in dominating first-round U.S. Open victory

Canadian overcomes second-set setback — and a wardrobe impediment — to steamroll opponent Harmony Tan.

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over 1 year ago
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Rafael Nadal might be the fan’s choice in the U.S. Open men’s tournament, but the event is open —...

But all eyes will be on the soon-to-be-departing Serena Williams on the women’s side, at least on Monday night.

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over 2 years ago
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Opinion | Daniil Medvedev ends Novak Djokovic’s historic quest in U.S. Open final, and slowly she...

Even for a never-say-die Djokovic, the outcome had felt inevitable. He said later that it came as a relief. In the la...

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over 2 years ago
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Opinion | Rising star Félix Auger-Aliassime will learn from his U.S. Open semifinal loss to a bru...

He will have to comfort himself for now with a character trophy instead — presented an hour after his 6-4, 7-5, 6-2 d...

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over 2 years ago
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Opinion | Leylah Fernandez advances to U.S. Open with her never-give-up attitude

Young Canadian “fought for every point” to pull off her third win over a top-five opponent in the season’s last Grand...

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over 2 years ago
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Opinion | Félix Auger-Aliassime makes it two Canadians in the U.S. Open semifinals

The Montrealer wins in a walkover when Spain’s Alcaraz retires in the second set with a leg injury.

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over 2 years ago
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There’s nothing dainty about Leylah Fernandez’s game as she moves into the U.S. Open semifinals

The 19-year-old Canadian is the youngest to knock off two top-five players — Svitolina and Osaka — at the Open.

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over 2 years ago
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Opinion | Gutsy Bianca Andreescu loses overnight at U.S. Open, an enthralling match that lasted 3...

Canadian lost in three sets to Greece’s Maria Sakkari, a marathon that didn’t end until 2:13 a.m. Tuesday.

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over 2 years ago
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Opinion | Canadian teen Leylah Fernandez is suddenly the toast of the tennis world, and a U.S. Op...

Eighteen when Fernandez went to sleep in the city that never sleeps. Nineteen with the rising sun on Monday. She was ...

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over 2 years ago
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Opinion | Bianca Andreescu’s U.S. Open love affair continues. Naomi Osaka lost her joy, and needs...

Mississauga’s Andreescu will face No. 17 seed Maria Sakkari in the fourth round at Flushing Meadows, where concern li...

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over 2 years ago
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Bianca Andreescu is hoping to get better with each match as she tries to become the queen of Quee...

2019 U.S. Open champion advances to third round with straight-sets win.

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over 2 years ago
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Opinion | Sloan Stephens has plenty of love for Coco Gauff, but no mercy at the U.S. Open

The 2017 champion needs just 66 minutes to knock out the 17-year-old.

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over 2 years ago
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Opinion | This is the gutsy Bianca Andreescu we’re used to seeing. Canadian wins wildly entertain...

Andreescu averted a first-round elimination at the U.S. Open, disposing of Switzerland’s Viktorija Golubic 7-5, 4-6, ...

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over 2 years ago
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Bianca Andreescu is back in New York at the scene of her prime

It has been a tough two years for the No. 6 seed, with injuries and the pandemic and a coaching change, but Andreescu...

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over 3 years ago
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Opinion | ‘This is new territory.’ Canadian Bianca Andreescu returns to the tennis spotlight 15 m...

The upside of such a long furlough is that 20-year-old from Mississauga is, she assures, in top-notch shape. Only one...

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