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 2018 US Open Spotlight: Mihaela Buzarnescu
Mihaela Buzarnescu continued her impressive 2018 season with a maiden singles title this weekend at the first women's stop of the 2018 US Open Series. Buzarnescu capped a fine week at the Mubadala Silicon Valley Classic in San Jose, dropping just one game to first-time finalist Maria Sakkari of Greece, 6-1, 6-0, to climb into the winner's circle and break into the Top 20 of the rankings for the first time in her career.
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2018 US Open Spotlight: Ryan Harrison
Ryan Harrison reached both the singles and doubles finals at the BB&T Atlanta Open Sunday. It was his fourth career ATP singles final, all occurring in the past 18 months, and his seventh career ATP doubles final.
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Top stars to headline 2018 Arthur Ashe Kids' Day
Defending US Open champion and world No. 1 Rafael Nadal, 2018 Wimbledon champions and past US Open winners Novak Djokovic and Angelique Kerber and 2018 US Open finalist Madison Keys will join critically acclaimed sibling pop group Echosmith, multilingual music sensations In Real Life and a performance of "Shine" by students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School at 2018 Arthur Ashe Kids' Day powered by Net Generation.
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50 for 50: Kim Clijsters, 2005, 2009 and 2010 women's singles champion
Kim Clijsters was beloved by US Open fans long before she won her first women's singles title in 2005 and maybe never more-so than when she made perhaps the most endearing return to tennis in the sport's history. That came in 2009, when the Belgian came out of retirement and, with precious few matches under belt, claimed the crown.
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Rolex becomes official sponsor of US Open
Swiss watchmaker Rolex, a longtime supporter of tennis, has become an official sponsor of the US Open and will serve as the tournament's Official Timekeeper and Official Timepiece starting immediately with preparations for the 2018 US Open.
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US Open Interview: Julia Goerges
Julia Goerges reached her first career Grand Slam semifinal at Wimbledon last week, capping a memorable 12 months that saw her achieve a career-high WTA ranking of No. 10 for the first time in February.
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50 Moments That Mattered: Chris Evert reaches semifinals in debut
A 16-year-old Chris Evert was clearly a champion in the making, an emerging star with a scintillating future and an individual who would change the face of tennis in a multitude of ways. Yet no one, not even Evert herself, could have envisioned the impact she would have on the 1971 US Open.
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Stephens, Halep, Serena headline 2018 US Open women's field
Eleven Grand Slam singles champions, including six US Open winners, headline the 2018 US Open women's singles field. In total, 100 of the top 101-ranked players in the world have earned direct entry into the 128-player main draw, led by world No. 1 Simona Halep, defending US Open champion and world No. 3 Sloane Stephens and six-time US Open winner Serena Williams.
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50 for 50: Rafael Nadal, 2010, 2012 and 2017 US Open champion
At his dogged best, Rafael Nadal is perhaps the most physically-intense competitor ever to play the game. Defeating an in-form Nadal in a best-of-five US Open match is akin to running the New York marathon - while sprinting through the entire city course.
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50 Moments That Mattered: Serena reaches winner's circle
After a 17-year-old Venus Williams surged into the final of the 1997 US Open before losing to Martina Hingis, the prevailing view was that she would win a Grand Slam tournament within two years. But her younger sister Serena had other notions, becoming the first Williams sister to win the US Open women's title in 1999.
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2018 US Open Spotlight: Novak Djokovic
Now a 13-time Grand Slam champion, Novak Djokovic won his fourth Wimbledon title on Sunday to legitimize his 2018 comeback from a troubling elbow injury.
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Shot clock, warm-up clock to be implemented at 2018 US Open
A 25-second serve clock and a warm-up clock will be used at the 2018 US Open in a joint initiative aimed at increasing the pace of play. The rule changes are a result of collaboration and consultation between the USTA, the ATP and the WTA.
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2018 US Open theme art captures 50 years of greatness
50 years. 50 Opens. One iconic event. In celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the US Open, the USTA commissioned illustrator Ben Wiseman to help usher in the next 50 years of the tournament with his contemporary art work.
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Getting to Know: Vitalia Diatchenko
Vitalia Diatchenko defeated five-time Grand Slam women's singles champion Maria Sharapova on Day 2 at Wimbledon for the biggest win of her professional career. Here's more on the Russian, who caused one of the biggest upsets of the first round at the All England Club.
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50 Moments That Mattered: Federer wins record five straight titles
During the four-year stretch from 2004-07, Roger Federer was at the height of his considerable powers and on the edge of invincibility. But his utter dominance ended in 2008, and, heading into New York, he was as down on himself as he had been for a very long time. That all changed at the Open, however, where the Swiss maestro rediscovered the art of his game and won his record fifth straight title.
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2018 US Open Spotlight: Damir Dzumhur
Damir Dzumhur defeated Adrian Mannarino, 6-1, 1-6, 6-1, to win the Turkish Airlines Open Antalya this weekend. Here's more on Dzumhur, who has claimed all three of his career titles within the past 10 months.
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Hundreds attend US Open ballperson tryouts
More than 400 people attended public tryouts to become a ballperson at the 2018 US Open. Applicants were judged on their catching, throwing and rolling skills, in addition to their hand-eye coordination, speed, agility and awareness.
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Working as a US Open ballperson
Justin Holmes will work as a US Open ballperson for the sixth consecutive year this summer. The 20-year-old pre-med student shared his experiences working the coolest summer job in sports.
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2018 US Open Spotlight: Borna Coric
Twenty-one-year-old Borna Coric won the biggest title of his career Sunday, dismissing Roger Federer, 7-6, 3-6, 6-2, in the final of the Gerry Weber Open.
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50 Moments That Mattered: Billie Jean's highest honor
On the opening night of the 2006 US Open, amidst a festive atmosphere with a New York crowd soaking in every moment, Billie Jean King was honored in Arthur Ashe Stadium with the renaming of the US Open facility to the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center.
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50 for 50: Novak Djokovic, 2011 and 2015 men's singles champion
Novak Djokovic's game was tailor made for Flushing's concrete floors. No one in the modern era has turned defense into offense - and into an art form - quite like the Serb, who has counterpunched his way to two US Open championships and an impressive seven finals.
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Getting to Know: Chicago Art Court artist Justus Roe
Artist Justus Roe will be transforming the public courts of Chicago's Ivanhoe Park, home of The Ace Project, a USTA NJTL, into an immersive art experience. USOpen.org caught up with Roe to discuss his art, his inspiration and how tennis will influence his creation.
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2018 US Open Spotlight: Richard Gasquet
The Libema Open saw an all-French final, where world No. 25 Richard Gasquet took his 15th tour-level title, defeating countryman Jeremy Chardy in straight sets, 6-3, 7-6, on Sunday.
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US Open Art Courts x Chase: The ACE Project
From Arthur Ashe to the Williams sisters, public courts have nurtured and built US Open champions. The USTA, in partnership with Chase and our National Junior Tennis and Learning (NJTL) network, will build upon its shared mission to strengthen communities through tennis and art by restoring five public-court facilities in five markets.
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50 for 50: Stefan Edberg, 1991 and 1992 men's singles champion
For the first eight years of his career, Flushing Meadows bedeviled Stefan Edberg. It seemed that the noise, the night matches, the Big Apple hustle and bustle had gotten the better of the soft-spoken, stylish Swede. That was until 1991, when Edberg broke through to the US Open champions' circle in convincing fashion.
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2018 US Open Spotlight: Alison Riske
While Rafael Nadal was busy winning his 11th French Open title, American Alison Riske lifted a trophy of her own at the ITF event in Surbiton, Great Britain, on Sunday. The grass-court title was Riske's first at the ITF or WTA level since 2016.
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50 Moments That Mattered: Roof over Ashe makes its debut
As unsettled weather kept disrupting the tournament schedule and dampening the spirits of the spectators, a plan was put in place to erect a roof over Ashe Stadium to modernize the facility and protect both the fans and the players. That roof was unveiled in 2016, much to the delight of longtime US Open followers.
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2018 US Open Spotlight: Marco Cecchinato
Italian Marco Cecchinato is having the "best moment" of his life at the 2018 French Open after ousting No. 8 seed David Goffin on Sunday, 7-5, 4-6, 6-0, 6-3. Here's more on the first Italian man to make it to the French Open quarterfinals since Fabio Fognini in 2011.
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50 for 50: Patrick Rafter, 1997 & 1998 men's singles champion
Patrick Rafter defeated Greg Rusedski in the 1987 men's final to become the first Australian man to win the US Open since John Newcombe in 1973. He returned to defend his title the following year, this time defeating fellow Aussie Mark Philippoussis and, in doing so, won over the New York crowd once and for all.
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Open Interview: Frances Tiafoe
Still just 20 years old, Frances Tiafoe is regularly playing the people he grew up idolizing and watching on TV. He hopes to be a role model for youngsters looking to follow in his footsteps.
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50 Moments That Mattered: The Evert-Navratilova rivalry begins
As the 1975 US Open unfolded, Chris Evert was the overwhelming favorite to win the tournament, and the top seed was feared by just about all of the players in the field because defeating her on clay was such a tall task. One of the few players who could test Evert was a left-handed dynamo named Martina Navratilova.
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2018 US Open Spotlight: Marco Trungelliti
Marco Trungelliti, the current world No. 190, has become the unlikeliest of success stories at the French Open after a last-minute, 10-hour drive from his Barcelona home to Paris led to a 6-4, 5-7, 6-4, 6-4 first-round victory over Bernard Tomic.
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50 for 50: Andy Murray, 2012 men's singles champion
It was commonly referred to as the Big Four, but Andy Murray was missing one critical piece of hardware that his peers - Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic - had collected in abundance: a Grand Slam singles trophy. That all changed when the 2012 US Open rolled around.
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Getting to Know: Los Angeles artist Charlie Edmiston
Artist Charlie Edmiston will be transforming the public courts of the Pete Brown Junior Tennis Program, a USTA NJTL, into an immersive art experience. USOpen.org caught up with him to discuss his art, inspiration and how tennis has influenced his creation.
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50 for 50: Maria Sharapova, 2006 women's singles champion
Maria Sharapova embraced the US Open trophy and then thrust it proudly into the air. The trophy responded by coming undone, the lid toppling off and nearly falling to the concrete floor of Arthur Ashe Stadium. It was Sharapova's only misstep at the 2006 US Open.
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Built for Glory: The US Open Wheelchair Competition
In 2005, the US Open became the second Grand Slam to welcome wheelchair tennis to its program, with the debut of the US Open Wheelchair Competition. Since, the competition has become a cornerstone to the wheelchair tennis community.
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50 for 50: Boris Becker, 1989 men's singles champion
Played out in 90-degree heat, starting in sunshine and then finishing under the stadium lights, the 1989 men's final was a bruising battle of iron-willed competitors, as Boris Becker defeated Ivan Lendl to become the first German man to win the US Open.
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50 for 50: Ken Rosewall, 1970 men's singles champion
In an age of giants of the game - Rod Laver, Lew Hoad, Pancho Gonzales, John Newcombe, Arthur Ashe - Ken Rosewall stood as tall as any of them during a Hall of Fame career that ran an astonishing three decades through the amateur, professional and Open eras.
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2018 US Open Spotlight: Elise Mertens
Belgium's Elise Mertens has been a dominant force on the WTA Tour this year, and the 22-year-old Belgian continued her red-hot play last week by winning the singles title at the Grand Prix de SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem in Rabat, Morocco.
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50 Moments That Mattered: Serena wins record sixth title
Serena Williams climbed the ladder of history again, securing a sixth title at the US Open in 2014 to tie Chris Evert for the Open Era record and capturing her 18th major to equal both Evert and Martina Navratilova on the all-time list of female Grand Slam tournament singles victors.
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50 for 50: Stan Wawrinka, 2016 men's singles champion
Stan Wawrinka cemented his standing as one of the world's best on the rough-and-tumble hard courts so well-suited to his gritty game, putting a capstone on a tremendous late-in-tennis-life surge by winning the 2016 US Open title.
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2018 US Open Spotlight: Petra Kvitova
The Czech Republic's Fed Cup World Group semifinal victory against Germany started and ended with Petra Kvitova this weekend, as she notched a pair of WTA Top 15 victories to help her team advance to November's final against Team USA.
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50 for 50: Guillermo Vilas, 1977 men's singles champion
On Sunday, Sept. 11, 1977, Guillermo Vilas helped make tennis history and tennis lore, as the No. 4 seed was matched up against defending champion and top-seeded Jimmy Connors in a duel of two of the finest champions of clay-court tennis.
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The Open era turns 50
This summer, thanks to the advent of the Open era in 1968, the US Open will celebrate its 50th anniversary.
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Miami Art Courts Inspire Community
On April 14th, the USTA in partnership with Chase, revealed the artistically transformed courts of First Serve Miami, designed and painted by the artistic duo Kiik Create.
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50 Moments That Mattered: Hawk-Eye instant replay makes its debut
The altercations between players and linesmen had been occurring forever. These disputes had been woven into the fabric of the game, and the controversy surrounding the line calls was both entertaining for the fans and aggravating for the competitors and those making the calls. That all changed in 2006, when the Hawk-Eye Instant Replay System was put into operation.
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2018 US Open Spotlight: Steve Johnson
American Steve Johnson successfully defended his title at the Fayez Sarofim & Co. U.S. Men's Clay Court Championship in Houston Sunday, defeating fellow American Tennys Sandgren, 7-6, 2-6, 6-4, in the final.
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