Dan Evans will be thinking that Carlos Alcaraz is human and “does exactly the same as what all of us do in the morning” when he takes on the world No 1 at the US Open on Saturday. The British No 2 knows the defending champion is not perfect after playing golf with the Spaniard during […]

Jelena Ostapenko personally ejected a US Open fan who continuously shouted to disrupt her. The 2017 French Open winner was leading 4-1 in the third set and serving for the game when she reached the end of her tether with the heckler. Ostapenko furiously waved her racket after the supporter refused to be quiet, despite […]

Carlos Alcaraz’s class came to light as Laura Robson revealed that the world No 1 sent Jack Draper some private messages when the Brit found himself struck down by yet another injury. The 21-year-old has faced multiple physical setbacks in his young career – including at Indian Wells earlier this year when he retired injured […]

It was another action-packed day at the US Open on Thursday with four British players making it through to the third round, although Andy Murray was unable to join them. The former world No 1 was outclassed by Grigor Dimitrov to bring an end to his tournament. Murray headed into the match filled with confidence […]

History was made at the US Open on Saturday as Daria Kasatkina and Greet Minnen contested the first match at a Grand Slam between two openly gay players. It was the 13th seed who came through 6-3 6-4. But Minnen was still in good spirits after the significant meeting as she said it was a […]

Sign up to our free sport newsletter for all the latest news on everything from cycling to boxing Sign up to our free sport email for all the latest news Thanks for signing up to the Sport email Novak Djokovic avoided a huge shock, Caroline Wozniacki continued on the comeback trail and Iga Swiatek upset her […]

Andy Murray stated his ex-coaches will not be hitting any balls when he takes on Grigor Dimitrov at the US Open on Thursday. The Bulgarian No.19 seed has worked with Dani Vallevadu since 2016 – and added Jamie Delgado to his coaching team this season. Both men were big parts of Team Murray with Venezuelan […]

American tennis sensation Coco Gauff has backed Russian teenager Mirra Andreeva to have a “great future” after the pair’s US Open match. Gauff won the contest in straight sets, but heaped praise on her 16-year-old opponent following the tie. Speaking after recording a 6-3, 6-2 win, Gauff was asked what she had learned since the pair last […]

Dominic Thiem was forced to retire from the US Open with what appeared to be an illness after worrying scenes on the Louis Armstrong Stadium. The former world No 3 lost the opening set to Ben Shelton in a tiebreak and left the court, complaining to his team when he returned. He then doubled over […]

Stefanos Tsitsipas crashed out of the US Open in the second round on Wednesday. The seventh seed served for the match in the fourth set but went on to lose to qualifier Dominic Stricker. The world No 128 came through 7-5 6-7(2) 6-7(5) 7-6(6) 6-3 to earn the biggest victory of his young career. Tsitsipas […]