2026 US Open tennis tournament

A broadcast host said a young lady was thrilled to get a picture of Carlos Alcaraz without a shirt on.

Carlos Alcaraz was scheduled to play Tommy Paul on Sunday afternoon in the US Open's Round of 16.

Carlos Alcaraz took off his shirt following his third round win over Wu Yibing on Friday.

Carlos Alcaraz is the defending men's champion at the 2026 US Open.

Sabalenka defeated Townsend to advance.

Kostyuk won the second set against Noskova 7-5.

Eala won her first WTA title at Washington.

Iva Jovic defeated Alexandra Eala 7-5, 3-6, 7-5 after three hours and three minutes.

Jovic said the match felt like a marathon and that she felt like she lost her sanity five times over to win it.

Linda Noskova defeated Marta Kostyuk on Sunday.

Sabalenka will face Linda Noskova in the quarter-finals.

Sabalenka won Indian Wells and Miami back to back in March.

Venus and Serena Williams played doubles against Taiwan’s Chan Hao-ching and Australian Maya Joint.

Serena Williams was forced to withdraw from Wimbledon earlier in the summer due to injury.

Chan Hao-ching and Maya Joint defeated Venus and Serena Williams with a final score of 6–3, 6–7(6), 7–6(10).

The match lasted three hours.

The Williams sisters held a 5-0 lead in the third-set tie-break before losing.

The Williams sisters won 14 Grand Slam doubles titles together and three Olympic gold medals.

Taylor Fritz, the ninth seed, was knocked out by Francisco Cerundolo, the 24th seed, with the score 3-6, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4.

Cerundolo came from two sets down to win for only the second time in his career.

Blockx defeated Cobolli, finishing the match with an ace.

Fritz had been ranked as high as No 4 in the world.

Fritz was 28 years old at the time of the match.

Fritz became the first American man to reach the US Open singles final since Andy Roddick in 2006, doing so in 2024.

Taylor Townsend equaled her best run at the US Open by reaching the fourth round for the second successive year.

Carlos Alcaraz is the defending men's champion at the US Open.

Wu Yibing was a US Open boys champion in 2017.

Sabalenka was playing against Kamilla Rakhimova of Uzbekistan.

Sabalenka said people can smoke whatever they want but asked them not to do it around tennis courts.

Sabalenka served 10 aces and faced zero break points in the match.

Felix Auger-Aliassime was eliminated from the US Open by Karen Khachanov.

Alex de Minaur was eliminated from the US Open by Botic van de Zandschulp.

Learner Tien defeated Gael Monfils to end Monfils's Grand Slam career.

During Naomi Osaka's first-round match, a group turned on a portable ring light while she was serving, resulting in a reprimand from the umpire.

The number of influencers granted accreditation for the US Open in 2026 is double the amount from the previous year.

The US Open introduced a policy of free fan movement in 2024.

Carlos Alcaraz is scheduled to play Wu Yibing next at the US Open.

Carlos Alcaraz said many players are getting injured and tired and that more will follow if the ATP does not act.

Jannik Sinner withdrew from the US Open.

ESPN's Jeff Darlington analyzed Coco Gauff's title hopes at the U.S. Open.

ESPN's Jeff Darlington analyzed Taylor Fritz's strong start at the U.S. Open.

ESPN's Jeff Darlington analyzed Alexander Zverev's run at the U.S. Open.

Sabalenka said the reporter's assumption about partying was based on branded content she posted on Instagram.

Sabalenka has not dropped a set in either of her first two US Open matches.

Sabalenka is seeking her third consecutive US Open title.

Eala defeated Oliynykova in their second-round match.

Taylor Fritz defeated Bellucci in the most one-sided victory of his grand slam career.

Alexei Popyrin defeated Grigor Dimitrov in the first round of the US Open.

Aryna Sabalenka stretched her US Open winning streak to 15 matches.

Aryna Sabalenka is ranked World No. 1.

Aryna Sabalenka got into a back-and-forth with a reporter and told them they were a joke.

Aryna Sabalenka defeated Polina Iatcenko 6-1, 6-1 to reach the third round.

Karolina Muchova defeated Katie Boulter 6-1, 6-0.

Alex de Minaur is the sixth seed at the US Open.

Mariano Navone is a 25-year-old from Argentina.

Djokovic made 70 unforced errors during the match.

Djokovic had never previously lost in the first round at the US Open.

Venus Williams said she had never played a match that late before.

This was Venus Williams' 96th career Grand Slam main draw appearance.

Sofia Kenin defeated Venus Williams 6-2, 7-6(6) in the first round of the US Open.

British qualifier Toby Samuel played against Tomas Mahac of Czechia.

Daniil Medvedev hit his 10th ace of the match in the final game against Hugo Gaston.

Luca Van Assche is 22 years old.

Harriet Dart came through qualifying along with Jones.

Arthur Fery will face Peru's Ignacio Buse in Saturday's final in North Carolina.

Marijuana is legal for adults in New York.

Elena Rybakina declared herself healthy for the US Open as she recovers from a foot injury.

Rybakina is the second seed at the US Open and the Australian Open champion.

Jannik Sinner is absent from the US Open because of injury.

The 2026 US Open has a record $108 million prize pot.

Alexander Zverev is the top seed in the men's singles draw.

Moise Kouame, age 17, was eliminated in the US Open qualifying round by Nishesh Basavareddy.

Alexander Zverev won his first grand slam title at the French Open.

Ben Shelton and Arthur Fils are the Montreal and Cincinnati champions respectively.

Zverev is the top seed at the US Open.

Karolína Muchová and Jakub Menšík won the 2026 US Open mixed doubles title.

Muchová and Menšík beat Belinda Bencic and Flavio Cobolli 6-3, 1-6 (10-6) in the final.

Carlos Alcaraz returned to competition after four months out with a wrist injury.

McDonald said a player ranked 250 in the world makes about $200,000.

The four grand slams have combined annual revenues of more than $2bn but do not provide a formal contribution to player welfare or pensions.

McDonald broke into the world's top 60 for the first time in 2019 and missed most of that season after a serious hamstring injury at the French Open.

TNT Sports holds the rights for both the Australian Open and French Open.

The three-year contract extension will keep the tournament live on Sky until 2030.

The BBC extended its contract for Wimbledon until 2033.

Aryna Sabalenka played mixed doubles with Novak Djokovic against Kateřina Siniaková and Henry Patten at Arthur Ashe Stadium.

Sabalenka and Djokovic lost the mixed doubles match.

Aryna Sabalenka said that she loves her outfit and that you cannot impress everyone with outfits.

The Williams sisters won the 1999 and 2009 US Open doubles titles.

The sisters received a wild card into the US Open doubles event.

The sisters were set to play doubles at Wimbledon but Serena withdrew after injuring her knee in her singles loss.

Roger Federer is set to play an exhibition match in Arthur Ashe Stadium on Tuesday night for the first time since 2019.

The exhibition consists of one set of singles against Andy Roddick and one set of doubles with John McEnroe against Roddick and Andre Agassi.

Roger Federer has won 20 Grand Slam singles titles.

This tournament marks Serena Williams's first appearance at the US Open since 2022.

Daniil Medvedev withdrew from the US Open mixed doubles competition.

Serena Williams won the 1998 US Open mixed doubles title alongside Max Mirnyi.

Sinner won the U.S. Open in 2024 and reached the final the following year before being defeated by Carlos Alcaraz.

Sinner defeated Alexander Zverev to win Wimbledon, but has not played in a match since.

Carlos Alcaraz announced his return on social media after being sidelined since April with a right wrist injury.

Great Britain's Jack Draper has also withdrawn from the US Open.

Jack Draper has been dealing with a bone bruise in his left arm.

Sinner defeated Alexander Zverev to win his second straight Wimbledon title.