Tennis

Shelton was the first player of this year’s tournament to play on the iconic Arthur Ashe show court, taking just over two hours to wrap up victory. The former semi-finalist is in good form, having won his first ATP Masters 1000 title at the Canadian Open earlier this month. “The …

Sabalenka is aiming to become the first woman since Serena Williams in 2014 to successfully defend the singles title in New York. She has reached at least the last four in each of the three Grand Slams so far this season, losing the finals of both the French and Australian …

Watch mini highlights as British number one, Emma Raducanu beats Japanese qualifier Ena Shibahara 6-1 6-2 to get her first US Open win since 2021. BBC News

Raducanu rocketed to fame by creating one of the biggest shocks in British sporting history, but found the aftermath – in terms of the transition to becoming a full-time WTA Tour player and the stratospheric scrutiny – extremely difficult. After being ruled out of the 2023 tournament through injury, she …

Draper has not played a competitive singles match since his surprise Wimbledon second-round exit in early July. He pulled out of the Canadian Open and Cincinnati Open – both key ATP tournaments leading up to the US Open – in order to fully recover from the arm issue. After starting …

Two-time champion Venus Williams says the love for her “job” is why she is back playing at the US Open at the age of 45. At the start of this year, many wondered when the veteran American would announce her retirement. Now she is set to grace her home Grand …

Djokovic explained that he doesn’t want increases for himself, but for players lower in the rankings who rely on Grand Slams. “I see that in the past when I talk about this topic, people like to say, ‘well, look at him, wanting more money for himself’. It’s not about that,” …

The draw for the first round took place on Thursday, 21 August. Women’s singles: Aryna Sabalenka [1] v Rebeka Masarova (Swi) Emma Raducanu (Gbr) v qualifier Katie Boulter (Gbr) v Marta Kostyuk (Ukr) [27] Beatriz Haddad Maia (Bra) [18] v Sonay Kartal (Gbr) Barbora Krejcikova (Cze) v Victoria Mboko (Can) …

Tweaking technique heading into a tournament with such frenzied attention and high stakes feels like a risky move, but it might pay off for a player who is often able to recover mentally from technical malfunctions during matches. However, hitting 16 double faults in her Cincinnati defeat by Italy’s Jasmine …

The burning question in the men’s singles is an obvious one – who can stop Sinner and Spanish second seed Carlos Alcaraz carving up another Grand Slam title between them? The pair have surged well clear of the rest of the ATP Tour in terms of quality over the past …

US Open 2025 Venue: Flushing Meadows, New York Dates: 24 August-7 September Coverage: Live radio commentaries across 5 Live Sport and BBC Sounds, plus live text commentaries on the BBC Sport website & app Francesca Jones moved to within one win of reaching the US Open main draw with a …

The world’s leading men’s tennis players were shielded from more than 162,000 social media posts containing “severe” abuse in a year under a new system powered by artificial intelligence, according to the ATP. An AI-driven safety tool scanned scanned more than 3.1m messages sent to the world’s top 245 male …

Ultimately, the two-day doubles party – where courtside DJs pumped up the crowd and encouraged a raucous atmosphere – will be considered a success. Britain’s Jack Draper, who is ranked fifth in the ATP singles rankings but has limited doubles experience, said he thought it was a “great” event. “If …

Gibson was raised in a small apartment block on West 143rd Street, between Lenox Avenue and Seventh Avenue, a cross-section blocked off every afternoon to become a ‘play street’, where inner-city children without access to a park could run around and practise sport in a safe space. These days, the …

Britain’s Jodie Burrage and Jay Clarke were among the small group of qualifiers who managed to step on to court earlier. Burrage, who reached the second round proper in 2023, trailed 5-3 against Dutch opponent Arantxa Rus when they were forced off after 41 minutes of play. Clarke was also …

We’re just days away from the start of the US Open singles competitions – but which of these players do you think will win the men’s event? Pick your favourite from the selection below. The vote opens at 17:00 BST on Wednesday, 20 August and closes at 17:00 BST on …

Watch highlights as Emma Raducanu and Carlos Alcaraz are beaten 4-2 4-2 by Jack Draper and Jessica Pegula in the revamped US Open mixed doubles. BBC News

Top seed Francesca Jones took the first step to reaching the US Open main draw by winning her opening qualifier, but Heather Watson was among four Britons to lose on Tuesday. British number four Jones beat Slovakia’s Viktoria Hruncakova 6-3 6-4. She will face Ekaterine Gorgodze of Georgia on Wednesday …

Pat Cash, Naomi Broady and Charlie Eccleshare join Kelly Cates to preview the US Open. BBC News

Emma Raducanu and Carlos Alcaraz might have lost in the revamped US Open mixed doubles – but they certainly won the hearts of the New York crowd. In a party-like atmosphere at Arthur Ashe Stadium, Britain’s Raducanu and Spain’s Alcaraz saw their chances of claiming a $1m winning prize ended …