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Serena Williams started out like a ball of fire, but ended up flaming out in the U.S. Open semifinals Thursday night under a closed roof at Ashe Stadium. Margaret Court’s record of 24 Grand Slam titles still is safe and Naomi Osaka has been left standing at the altar. Osaka held up her part of …

Given that I’m assigned to cover sports as delivered by TV, two recent developments have become dominant, repetitive themes: 1) If you don’t have a bet or bets on the games, you’re out of touch with sports, especially how they plan to sustain viewership and TV billions by suckering the young and vulnerable. How would …

The US Open will continue its tradition of putting on a 9/11 tribute on Friday, with “Hamilton” star Christopher Jackson singing a medley of moving tunes. The tournament has been running without live fans due to the pandemic. But Jackson has recorded “a unique arrangement of ‘(America) My Country ’Tis of Thee,’ ‘Lift Every Voice …

One of Novak Djokovic’s close friends is seriously worried his 2020 US Open snafu is only the tip of the iceberg. Retired Slovak tennis star Daniela Hantuchova pulled no punches while speaking about her longtime friend on Amazon UK’s broadcast of the event and alluded to a larger anger management issue that Djokovic needs to …

Serena Williams is known as one of tennis’ all-time revenge players. If an opponent beats her, look out next time. Just two weeks after losing to Greece’s Maria Sakkari in three sets on these same grounds in the Western Southern Open, Williams reversed the decision, also needing three taut sets to do so. After dropping …

The US Open lineswoman from Kentucky hit in the throat by Novak Djokovic’s tennis ball is taking Labor Day off, according to a tennis source. The injured lineswoman is Laura Clark of Owensboro, Kentucky, according to the source. The incident caused the disqualification of Djokovic, who was the heavy favorite and top seed to win the …

There was always going to be an asterisk next to the U.S. Open championship played without fans and under a pandemic/bubble environment. Now you can draw a bigger, fatter asterisk after the USTA’s decision Sunday to disqualify Novak Djokovic for accidentally hitting a ball after a point that struck a female line judge in the …

Novak Djokovic was contrite on Instagram after being disqualified from the U.S. Open on Sunday for hitting a tennis ball in frustration that inadvertently struck a female line judge in the backcourt. Djokovic pleaded his case for 10 minutes with tournament offiicials, left the grounds without giving a Zoom interview but had calmed down by …

The overwhelming US Open favorite Novak Djokovic was stunningly defaulted from his fourth-round match versus Spain’s Pablo Carreno Busta on Sunday after striking a lineswoman in the throat with a ball hit in frustration. The incident occurred late in the first set with Djokovic trailing 6-5. The disqualification cited is “abuse of ball” when it …

Olympia closely watching mom get the win? @serenawilliams calls 🧢 😂 ❤️ w/ @alexisohanian | #USOpen pic.twitter.com/ajK7wGMDhR — US Open Tennis (@usopen) September 5, 2020 Serena Williams couldn’t take her eyes off her biggest fans on Saturday following her third-round victory over Sloan Stevens at the US Open. While chatting on the court postgame, the 38-year-old …