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British teenager Emma Raducanu has beaten Canadian teenager Leylah Fernandez 6-4, 6-3 in the U.S. Open final to become the first qualifier to win a Grand Slam title in the professional era.

Novak Djokovic has moved one victory away from completing the first calendar-year Grand Slam in men’s tennis since 1969 by beating Alexander Zverev 4-6, 6-2, 6-4, 4-6, 6-2 to reach the U.S. Open final

British teenager Emma Raducanu has become the first qualifier to reach a Grand Slam final in the professional era by beating 17th-seeded Maria Sakkari 6-1, 6-4 at the U.S. Open

Naomi Osaka says she is thinking of taking another break from tennis after her title defense at the U.S. Open has ended with a third-round loss to Canadian teenager Leylah Fernandez.

The Sportsmen’s Tennis & Enrichment Center in Dorchester, Mass., fought to keep the game going for both their tennis and education programs once the pandemic hit. But as they found ways to keep kids on the courts and in their classrooms, the delta variant began to hit a little too close to home.

Even a retractable roof at the U.S. Open was no match for the heavy rain and wind the remnants of Hurricane Ida carried to Flushing Meadows.

The 23-time Grand Slam champion has pulled out of next week’s tennis tournament in New York City

“I can’t really help that there are some things that I tweet or some things that I say that kind of create a lot of” attention, she said

Roger Federer is going to miss the U.S. Open and be sidelined for months because he needs a third operation on his right knee

A SoCal man who volunteered at the 1984 Olympics as a ball person is hoping he can do it once more when the Olympics come to Los Angeles in 2028.

A SoCal man volunteered at the 1984 Olympics as a ball person, and he is hoping he can do it once more when the Olympics come to LA in 2028. Robert Kovacik reports for NBC4 News.

Novak Djokovic went to Tokyo hoping for a Golden Slam. Instead, the Serbian will leave Tokyo with no medals and a broken tennis racket. The 20-time Grand Slam winner fell 6-4, 6-7 (6), 6-3 to Pablo Carreno Busta of Spain in the bronze medal match on Saturday, just two days after losing to Germany’s Alexander Zverev in the semifinal. Djokovic…

The Serbian tennis player dominates world majors, but his first and only medal in the Games was a bronze in 2008.

There will be no Bronzed Slam for Novak Djokovic either. After losing his bid for the Golden Slam of tennis when his gold medal hopes were dashed in his surprising semifinal loss on Friday, Djokovic then lost the bronze medal match on Saturday, falling 4-6, 7-6, 6-3 to Spain’s Pablo Carreno Busta. After dropping the first set, Djokovic was...

Novak Djokovic’s dream of winning the Golden Slam has come to an end in Tokyo. Djokovic, who entered his semifinal match on Friday having not lost a set during the Tokyo Olympics, lost in stunning fashion to Germany’s Alexander Zverev, who emerged with a 1-6, 6-3, 6-1 victory over the world’s top-ranked player. That brought an end to Djokovic’s...

Novak Djokovic will be playing in two semifinals matches Friday as Olympic tennis enters its final weekend.

Novak Djokovic will be playing in two semifinals matches Friday as Olympic tennis enters its final weekend.

The U.S. men’s tennis doubles lost the semifinals against Croatia on Thursday, sending both Croatian duos to the finals for gold.

After grueling heat and humidity on Wednesday disrupted multiple tennis matches and caused one player to have heatstroke, the International Tennis Federation announced it was rescheduling future tennis matches to begin later in the day.

Naomi Osaka of Japan, the world’s No. 2 tennis player, was eliminated from the women’s singles tournament in an upset after losing to Marketa Vondrousova in straight sets.