In a topsy-turvy semifinal, Sloane Stephens shocked No. 9 seed Venus Williams in the first all-American women's semifinal, defeating the two-time champion, 6-1, 0-6, 7-5, Thursday night in Arthur Ashe Stadium.
We caught up with UCLA sophomore Ena Shibahara after her first collegiate invitational match Thursday.
For the second consecutive year, the five-time US Open doubles champions, Bob and Mke Bryan, fell to Feliciano Lopez and Marc Lopez in Flushing Meadows.
2009 US Open champion Juan Martin del Potro and world No. 14 Petra Kvitova were named recipients of the sixth annual US Open Sportsmanship Awards.
Martina Hingis and Sania Mirza will meet in the US Open women's doubles semifinals.
The best college tennis players from across the country took center stage around the grounds of the US Open on Thursday, as the fourth annual American Collegiate Invitational got underway.
On Day 11 of the 2017 US Open, for the first time in the history of the tournament, wheelchair players made their debut on the greatest stage in the game: Arthur Ashe Stadium.
For the first time in more than three-and-a-half decades, four American women will contest the semifinals at the US Open. But unlike today, there wasn’t the same buzz surrounding American dominance. In fact, it was simply business as normal.
USOpen.org caught up with four-time Grand Slam singles champion Kim Clijsters.
The 2017 US Open wheelchair competion began on Thursday, with 20 players in competition. In a historic first, wheelchair players also made their debut on Arthur Ashe Stadium.
Four American girls and two American boys all advanced to the quarterfinals of junior play at the US Open.
Dos semifinales de mujeres encabezan el Día 11 del US Open 2017, y cuatro mujeres se encuentran ahora a dos partidos de un título impresionante. Por primera vez desde 1981, cuando la alineación incluyó a Tracy Austin, Martina Navratilova, Chris Evert y Barbara Potter, las semifinales de las mujeres del US Open son un asunto puramente norteamericano.
Eight years ago, a callow Juan Martin del Potro short-circuited the possibility of a Rafael Nadal-Roger Federer US Open men’s singles final by blasting past Nadal in the semifinals. Wednesday night, before a packed house in Arthur Ashe Stadium, he did it again, this time handing Federer his first Grand Slam loss of 2017 in four heart-stopping sets.
Thursday night in Arthur Ashe Stadium is reserved for the women’s semifinals, and for the first time in 36 years, America’s Grand Slam will have a decidedly American feel.
Wednesday evening in Arthur Ashe Stadium, Juan Martin del Potro defeated Roger Federer to advance to the semifinals. In the process, he halted what would have been the first-ever US Open matchup between the 2017 French Open champion and 15-time Grand Slam winner Rafael Nadal and 2017 Australian Open and Wimbledon titlist and 19-time major victor Federer.
The Argentine Juan Martin del Potro, employing his imposing brand of power tennis, upended Roger Federer in the quarterfinal, advancing to meet No. 1 Rafael Nadal.
Check out the picks of the USOpen.org editorial team for the Day 11 semifinal matches:
Madison Keys rolled over the qualifier Kaia Kanepi of Estonia, 6-3, 6-3, to set up all-American semifinals.
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