Canada’s Dabrowski, Brazil’s Stefani fall in US Open women’s doubles semifinals
Ottawa’s Gabriela Dabrowski and Brazil’s Luisa Stefani are out of the U.S. Open.
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Ottawa’s Gabriela Dabrowski and Brazil’s Luisa Stefani are out of the U.S. Open.
Alexander Zverev’s rocky road to start the U.S. Open turned into smooth sailing to the semifinals. The French Open champion and Wimbledon runner-up will play Friday against Karen Khachanov, while Americans Ben Shelton and Frances Tiafoe meet in the other semifinal.
Coco Gauff fought off a couple match points in a tiebreaker and beat Mirra Andreeva 2-6, 7-6 (7), 6-2 on Wednesday to set up a U.S. Open semifinal matchup against new No. 1 Elena Rybakina.
Ben Shelton’s five-set thriller to beat reigning champion Carlos Alcaraz in the quarterfinals ended at 3:33 a.m. Wednesday, leaving few people awake to see the 4 1/2-hour marathon reach its finale on one of the sport’s biggest stages.
Toronto North Racquet Club has added three Canadians to its roster ahead of the upcoming World Team Tennis season. Victoria Mboko of Burlington, Ont., Leylah Fernandez of Laval, Que., and Montreal’s Gabriel Diallo were all named to the team that already had Denis Shapovalov of Richmond Hill, Ont.
Alex Michelsen was playing in his first Grand Slam quarterfinal and was just a few points from winning it after taking the first two sets.
At the end, when five riveting sets and one agonizingly tight tiebreak were over — and when the latest-finishing match in U.S. Open history had concluded — Ben Shelton was not the only player smiling. Carlos Alcaraz, the player Shelton had just defeated in an entertaining, spine-tingling marathon, was smiling too.
Ben Shelton had gone toe-to-toe with Carlos Alcaraz for five exhausting sets and finally at 3:33 a.m. Wednesday came the chance to end the U.S. Open champion’s title reign.
Defending champion Gabriela Dabrowski is heading to the U.S. Open women’s doubles semifinals. The 34-year-old from Ottawa and Brazilian partner Luisa Stefani defeated seventh-seeded Jiang Xinyu and Zhang Shuai of China 6-3, 6-4 in Tuesday’s quarterfinal.
Aryna Sabalenka kept alive her hopes for a third straight U.S. Open championship by fighting off Linda Noskova 7-6 (1), 3-6, 7-6 (10-7) on Tuesday in a thrilling quarterfinal matchup of major champions.
Coco Gauff is back in the U.S. Open quarterfinals for the first time since winning the tournament three years ago.
Mirra Andreeva helped Anastasia Potapova up so she could get treatment, then finished off a 5-7, 6-4, 6-3 victory that sent her to the quarterfinals in Flushing Meadows for the first time.
Canada’s Gabriela Dabrowski and Brazilian partner Luisa Stefani advanced to the quarterfinals in women’s doubles action at the U.S. Open on Monday.
The Olympic gold medalist from China beat No. 8 seed Iga Swiatek 7-5, 6-3 on Monday to become the first qualifier to reach the final eight in Flushing Meadows since Emma Raducanu won the title in 2021.
Frances Tiafoe and Alex Michelsen are headed to the U.S. Open quarterfinals. Ben Shelton had a chance to join them with a victory Sunday night.
Alexander Zverev wasn’t in the mood for much conversation. With empty seats everywhere after he finished his U.S. Open first-round match in the early morning hours, he took two questions from reporters on the court and quickly wrapped it up. The city that never sleeps is going a little overboard this year.
Defending champions Aryna Sabalenka and Carlos Alcaraz are back to the quarterfinals at the U.S. Open, and they made it look easy.
Jovic beat Eala 7-5, 3-6, 7-5 in a three-hour, three-set, back-and-forth showcase of two of tennis’ emerging young stars inside Arthur Ashe Stadium on Saturday night.
Olympic gold medalist Zheng Qinwen extended her return to the U.S. Open with a spectacular and stunning rally, winning the final seven games to eliminate No. 22 Madison Keys 1-6, 7-6 (3), 7-5 on Saturday.
Canada’s Leylah Fernandez and Indonesia’s Janice Tjen fell 6-4, 6-4 to New Zealand’s Erin Routliffe and Indonesia’s Aldila Sutjiadi in second-round women’s doubles action at the U.S. Open on Saturday.
Denis Shapovalov’s run at the US Open came to an end early Saturday morning after losing to Ben Shelton in four sets. The Richmond Hill, Ont., native fell 6-7 (3-7), 7-6 (7-6), 3-6, 4-6 to end his run in New York City in the third round.
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