Elena Rybakina earned her third career Grand Slam victory, and second this year after besting Aryna Sabalenka to win the US Open and leave her just a French Open title away from the career Slam.
Alexander Zverev will play for his second Grand Slam title this year after beating Karen Khachanov 6-3, 7-6 (7), 7-6 (6) on Friday in the US Open semifinals. Zverev has won 13 consecutive sets after becoming the first No. 1-seeded man to play five-setters in each of the first two rounds of a major.
23-year-old American Ben Shelton is on to the final at the US Open, downing fellow American Frances Tiafoe in four sets to earn his first-ever Grand Slam final berth.
Elena Rybakina advanced to her first US Open final Thursday night, a day after securing the world No. 1 ranking for the first time in her career, by rallying from a set down to beat American Coco Gauff iin three sets. Rybakina completed the 3-6, 6-4, 6-4 victory in 2 hours, 8 minutes to set up a showdown with Aryna Sabalenka in the final.
World No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka moved a win away from her third straight US Open title by beating American Jessica Pegula 7-5, 6-2 on Thursday night. With the win, Sabalenka breaks the Open Era record for most consecutive Grand Slam hard-court finals, reaching eight in a row from the 2023 Australian Open through the 2026 US Open.
No. 1 seed Alexander Zverev beat Botic van de Zandschulp 6-2, 7-5, 6-1 on Wednesday night, putting him into the final four of every Grand Slam tournament this season. The French Open champion and Wimbledon runner-up will play Friday against Karen Khachanov.
Karen Khachanov advanced to his third major semifinal on Wednesday at the US Open after Alexander Blockx retired due to injury in the early stages of the third set on Arthur Ashe Stadium. Khachanov led the 6-2, 7-5, 3-2 when the Belgian ended play in his first major quarter-final with pain in his upper body.
Elena Rybakina is headed to the US Open semifinals and to the top of the women’s tennis rankings. Rybakina edged Zheng Qinwen 3-6, 6-1, 6-4 on Wednesday, guaranteeing she will end Aryna Sabalenka’s 99-week reign atop the WTA rankings and become the new No. 1 on Monday.
American Coco Gauff fought off a couple match points in a tiebreaker and beat Mirra Andreeva 2-6, 7-6 (7), 6-2 in the US Open quarterfinals Wednesday, in what was the latest comeback to happen on Arthur Ashe Stadium. Gauff is into her seventh Grand Slam semifinal, where she will face No. 2 Elena Rybakina.
American Ben Shelton upset No. 2 seed Carlos Alcaraz oin a five-set thriller that lasted past 3:30 am local time in New York. Shelton earned one of the biggest victories of his career, winning 6-7, 6-1, 6-3, 1-6, 7-6 (10-7) at Arthur Ashe Stadium to secure his spot in the semis where he will face Frances Tiafoe.
No. 3 seed Jessica Pegula dropped the first set but recovered to down fellow American Emma Navarro 3-6, 6-4, 6-3 and reach the semis at the US Open on Tuesday. Pegula improved to 5-0 against Navarro and is into the final four at Flushing Meadows for the third straight year.
After going down two sets to fellow American Alex Michelson, No. 12 seeded Frances Tiafoe come back to win the next three sets, including a fifth-set tiebreaker to rally for a stunning victory in the quarter-finals of the US open.
Aryna Sabalenka kept her hopes alive for a third straight US Open championship by fighting off Linda Nosková 7-6 (1), 3-6, 7-6 (10-7) on Tuesday in a thrilling quarterfinal matchup of major champions. Sabalenka finished off the match with a second-serve ace to eliminate the Wimbledon champion and reach the semifinals in Flushing Meadows for the sixth straight year.
The US Open quarterfinals continues with an electric set of matchups from Arthur Ashe Stadium as an all-American showdown between Jessica Pegula and Emma Navarro kicks off the night followed by defending champion Carlos Alcaraz taking on Ben Shelton.
Alexander Zverev put a slow start to his US Open campaign further behind him as the top-seeded German defeated Italian Luciano Darderi 6-2 6-2 7-6(3) to move into the quarter-finals.
Naomi Osaka's US Open run has come to an early close, with the No. 13 seed falling to No. 2 Elena Rybakina in a dominant straight sets win, 6-1, 6-4. Rybakina outplayed Osaka in nearly every category to advance to the next round.
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