Tennis

8/22/2025 |  In the US Open’s qualifying tournament, the smaller sportswear brands can shine (Associated Press (AP)) NEW YORK (AP) — Tennis apparel sponsorship is a big business. It is also one that, among the top players, is dominated by a small group of industry titans.
Brands like Nike, Adidas and Asics provide the outfits for most of the top 100, with their recognizable logos splashed across the shirts and skirts of Grand Slam favorites.

8/22/2025 |  US women keep reaching Slam finals and claiming titles. Can an American man win the 2025 US Open? (Associated Press (AP)) NEW YORK (AP) — If there’s such a thing as momentum from tournament to tournament in tennis, the American men have some right now.
Taylor Fritz, Ben Shelton, Frances Tiafoe and Tommy Paul certainly are getting within reach of ending the country’s unprecedented Grand Slam men’s title drought, so maybe they’re finally ready to win one of those trophies — if anyone other than Jannik Sinner or Carlos Alcaraz is ever going to again, that is — at the U.S. Open, which gets going Sunday.

8/21/2025 |  Was the new mixed doubles format a success? Many players think so (Associated Press (AP)) NEW YORK (AP) — Even as the time crept towards midnight in the mixed doubles title match, the crowds and energy in Arthur Ashe Stadium didn’t budge.
The U.S. Open’s largest court was packed for the final three matches of the reimagined mixed doubles tournament Wednesday night, which was made up of mainly top singles players for the first time. The only doubles specialists in the draw, Italians Sara Errani and Andrea Vavasorri, were the eventual champions.

8/21/2025 |  At the US Open, tennis stars shine under dark sky-friendly outdoor lights (Associated Press (AP)) NEW YORK (AP) — When the court lights flicker on at the U.S. Open, tennis stars shine under illumination designed to cut light pollution.
The wedge-shaped lamps around the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows direct light onto the players without spewing it into the surrounding skies. 

8/21/2025 |  Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz, aka Sincaraz, rule men’s tennis as the 2025 US Open arrives (Associated Press (AP)) NEW YORK (AP) — OK, sure, maybe it wouldn’t be rational to say there’s no point in actually holding the full U.S. Open and instead just fast-forwarding to the inevitable matchup for the men’s championship between Jannik Sinner — assuming he’s healthy — and Carlos Alcaraz on Sept. 7.
Seems reasonable, though.