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US Open 2023, doubles final: Rohan Bopanna live match to begin at 9:30 PM

US Open 2023 men's doubles final live streaming will be available on the Sony LIV application and website

'I was on 2, 3 painkillers a day': Rohan Bopanna ahead of US Open final

Bopanna and Matthew Ebden will play Rajeev Ram and Joe Salisbury for the US Open title on Friday.

US Open 2023 SFs: Djokovic vs Shelton, Medvedev vs Alcaraz live match time

The Shelton vs Djokovic semifinal match in US Open 2023 will begin at 12:30 AM IST on September 9, 2023.

US Open 2023: Rohan Bopanna-Matthew Ebden enter men's doubles final

Continuing their dream run, India's Rohan Bopanna and his Australian partner Matthew Ebden entered the final of the US Open with a straight-set win over French pair of Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut here on Thursday. This will be Bopanna's second appearance in a Grand Slam men's doubles final. The sixth seeded Indo-Australian pair, who had reached the semifinals of the Wimbledon Championships this year, beat the French combination 7-6 (7-3), 6-2 in the semifinals of the hard court major. With this feat, the 43-year-old Indian also became the oldest player to reach a Grand slam final in the Open era. Bopanna beat the record of Daniel Nestor of Canada, who was 43 years and 4 months when he played in a Major final, by two months. Interestingly, it was also in the US Open where Bopanna competed in his maiden Major final way back in 2010 along with Pakistani partner Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi. In the final, Bopanna and Ebden will play the winner of the other semifinal between the ..

US Open: India's Bopanna and partner Ebden reach men's doubles semifinals

Rohan Bopanna and Matthew Ebden saved seven set points in the opening set before downing Nathaniel Lammons and Jackson Withrow to move to the US Open men's doubles semifinals, their second straight last-four appearance in Grand Slams this year. The sixth seeded Indo-Australian pair beat the American combo 7-6 (10) 6-1 in the quarterfinals of the hard court major. Bopanna and Ebden had reached the semifinals of the Wimbledon Championships where they had lost to Wesley Koolhof and Neal Skupski. The 43-year-old Indian now has the opportunity to secure a place in a Grand Slam men's doubles final for the second time in his career. Interestingly, it was in the US Open only when Bopanna competed in his maiden Major final way back in 2010. Up against the sixth seeds is now the French pair of Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut, who beat American Robert Galloway and Albano Olivetti from France in the other quarterfinal. Bopanna is already out of the mixed doubles contention with a sec

US Open: Djokovic storms to record-breaking 47th Grand Slam semifinal

Serbian tennis star Novak Djokovic on Tuesday night overcame USA's Taylor Fritz to reach the semifinal of the ongoing US Open, making it his 47th appearance in a Grand Slam event semifinal

Jelena Ostapenko knocks top-seeded Iga Swiatek out of US Open 2023

Iga Swiatek's U.S. Open title defense ended with a 3-6, 6-3, 6-1 loss to Jelena Ostapenko in the fourth round. The loss also means Swiatek's stay at No. 1 in the WTA rankings will end next week, when current No. 2 Aryna Sabalenka will rise to the top spot for the first time. Swiatek's shots were off-target in Arthur Ashe Stadium and she had a difficult time handling the hard hitting from the 20th-seeded Ostapenko, who won the 2017 French Open. This was not necessarily a huge surprise, based on their previous matchups: Ostapenko has now improved to 4-0 against Swiatek over their careers. No other player owns four victories against the woman who has led the WTA rankings since April 2022. Ostapenko's first quarterfinal at Flushing Meadows will come against Coco Gauff, the 19-year-old American who eliminated Caroline Wozniacki 6-3, 3-6, 6-1 earlier Sunday.

US Open 2023: Rohan Bopanna-Matthew Ebden enter men's doubles quarterfinals

India's Rohan Bopanna and his Australian partner Matthew Ebden advanced to the men's doubles quarterfinals at the US Open with a hard-fought three-set win over Julian Cash and Henry Patten. The sixth seeded Indo-Australian pair won 6-4, 6-7(5), 7-6(10-6) against the British duo of Cash and Patten after toiling hard for two hours 22 minutes in the third round at the Arthur Ashe Stadium on Sunday. Bopanna and Ebden, who had reached the Wimbledon semifinals earlier this year, hit 13 aces and won 81 per cent of their first-serve points. They will next face the winners of the third round match between top seeds Wesley Koolhof of Netherlands and United Kingdom's Neal Skupski and the local duo of Nathaniel Lammons and Jackson Withrow. The 43-year-old remains the only Indian in the fray in the men's doubles event after Yuki Bhambri and Saketh Myneni made first round exits. Bopanna, however, crashed out of the mixed doubles event. Partnering Indonesian Aldila Sutjiadi, Bopanna went down 2

US Open 2023: Carlos Alcaraz shows variety in shots on his way to last 16

Ever since Carlos Alcaraz was 12 or so OK, not forever ago, considering he's still just 20 he made sure variety was a key element of his game. Back then, he explained, there were so many options at his disposal that he might encounter a bit of trouble figuring out which to employ. And, he acknowledged, that can even be the case to this day. Alcaraz was by no means perfect during a 6-2, 6-3, 4-6, 6-3 victory over the 26th-seeded Dan Evans in the U.S. Open's third round on Saturday there was that wayward set, after all but the defending champion produced enough moments of brilliance to keep himself smiling and his many fans in New York roaring in approval. To hear the No. 1-seeded Alcaraz explain it, a lot of different" possibilities enter his mind in the midst of a point the dropshot, big forehand, go to the net, multiple things before he selects which stroke to try. It can make things difficult" on occasion, he said. Most of the time, I find the right one," the Spaniard said,

US Open 2023: Bopanna-Ebden duo enters third round of men's doubles

India's Rohan Bopanna and his Australian partner Matthew Ebden entered the men's doubles third round at the US Open with a straight-set victory over Kazakhstan's Andrey Golubev and Russian Roman Safiullin. The sixth seeded Indo-Australian pair won 6-3, 6-3 on Friday and would meet the unseeded British team of Henry Patten and Julian Cash in the pre quarter-final. By entering the last 16 stage, the duo also ensured at least USD 58,000 prize money for themselves. The experienced Bopanna-Ebden pairing raised its game when it got break points, converting three out of seven. The opposition team couldn't even earn one break point.

US Open: Novak Djokovic comes back from two sets down to beat Laslo Djere

Everyone should know by now to never count out Novak Djokovic. No matter how big a deficit he faces. No matter how poorly he might be playing. And so it made sense that Djokovic would manage to come all the way back from a two-set deficit to beat Laslo Djere 4-6, 4-6, 6-1, 6-1, 6-3 in the third round of the U.S. Open, avoiding what would have been his earliest exit there since 2006. Trust me, Djokovic said, it was nerve-racking all the way until the last shot. The match began under the lights in Arthur Ashe Stadium on Friday night and did not wrap up until more than 3 1/2 hours later, concluding just after 1:30 a.m. It was Djokovic's eighth career victory after dropping the opening two sets of a match. He also improved to 38-11 in five-setters over his career. One he seized control, he held on tight and never let Djere recover. In the crucible of a fifth set, Djokovic was cool as can be, collecting 12 of the initial 14 points to leave no doubt how this would go. Djokovic has won

US Open noisiest Grand Slam thanks to planes, trains, music and, yes, fans

The US Open is loud. Insane loud, 2022 semi-finalist Frances Tiafoe called it. There are the planes. The trains. The music at changeovers they don't play Danza Kuduro by Don Omar and Lucenzo or Move Your Feet by Junior Senior at Wimbledon's Centre Court, the way the speakers blared during Coco Gauff's first-round victory at Arthur Ashe Stadium on Monday night. And, there are the spectators, who do not necessarily adhere to the sort of decorum often associated with tennis. They yell and whistle and applaud and get especially rowdy at Ashe, a 23,000-capacity venue that is the largest at any of the sport's four major championships and really helps make the US Open the noisiest Slam. The biggest stadium in our sport, the loudest stadium in our sport, Novak Djokovic called it after winning there Monday. It's the size. It's the echo because of the roof construction. It's everything combined. When a big star is on that court or when an American is competing, the roars get wild enough. Wh

US Open 2023: Venus Williams crashes out in first round; Alcaraz advances

There was a Williams sister out there in Arthur Ashe Stadium on Tuesday night, much to the delight of spectators who offered a standing ovation at the end of the match. Except this time it was Venus, not Serena, and there was no ceremony, no formal farewell and, unlike a year ago, no indication of what the future might hold. Her younger sister's playing days are done after one last hurrah at Flushing Meadows in 2022, but Venus Williams is still competing, still striving, even if her age, 43, and a bum knee did her no favors on this muggy evening. Williams was eliminated 6-1, 6-1 by Belgian qualifier Greet Minnen in the first round of the U.S. Open, her most lopsided loss in 100 career matches at the Grand Slam tournament where she won the trophy in 2000 and 2001. The crowd that seemed thrilled just to get a chance to see Williams play in person sent her toward the locker room with applause and yells. She gave a quick wave and a smile as she walked off, her red racket bag slung over

US Open 2023: Novak Djokovic returns in 2 years, seeking a 24th major

Novak Djokovic is back in the United States, back in New York and back at the U.S. Open for the first time in two years. Unable to compete at Flushing Meadows in 2022 because he was not allowed to fly to the country as a foreign citizen who is not vaccinated against COVID-19, the 23-time Grand Slam champion will be back in Arthur Ashe Stadium on Monday as play begins in the season's final major tournament. He was asked Friday whether he harbored some resentment over the way things happened; Djokovic sat out tournaments in California and Florida in addition to the U.S. Open because of a federal rule related to the pandemic that was lifted in May. No, there was no anger. It was last year during the Open that I felt it's a pity that I'm not there. I felt sad for not being able to participate, Djokovic said with a shrug of his shoulders, draped in a gray hoodie. But this year, I mean, is this year. I don't think about what happened in the last year or last couple of years. Just focusin

US Open 2023: Novak Djokovic to face Alexandre Muller in first round

Novak Djokovic's return to the U.S. Open after missing it last year because he wasn't vaccinated against COVID-19 will come against an opponent who never has played in the tournament, while defending women's champion Iga Swiatek and Coco Gauff were drawn Thursday into a possible quarterfinal matchup. Top-ranked Carlos Alcaraz, the 2022 men's champion at Flushing Meadows, and No. 6 seed Jannik Sinner could meet in the men's quarterfinals again. That was the round in which Alcaraz's thrilling five-set victory over rival Sinner last year ended at 2:50 a.m., the latest finish in U.S. Open history. Instead of a public draw ceremony, the U.S. Tennis Association has set up its women's and men's singles brackets behind closed doors in recent years and did so again Thursday, when The Associated Press was invited to have a reporter present in a room at Arthur Ashe Stadium as an observer. Play in the final Grand Slam event of the season begins Monday. Djokovic, a 36-year-old from Serbia who h

US Open 2023: With Serena-Federer retired, Alcaraz-Djokovic lead transition

Based on the reactions on social media, it seems everyone in the world of tennis was riveted by Novak Djokovic's victory over Carlos Alcaraz in the final of the last tournament for both ahead of the U.S. Open. It was a titanic, 3-hour-plus showdown between the two titans of the men's game at the moment the third time they've played each other in Djokovic's past three events, each on a different surface and set the stage for what will be an expected meeting to determine the champion at Flushing Meadows, where play begins Monday and finishes on Sept. 10. Last weekend's contest at the hard-court Cincinnati Masters, in which Djokovic, who is 36, saved a championship point in the second set and Alcaraz, who is 20, saved four in the third before succumbing 5-7, 7-6 (7), 7-6 (4), also served to symbolize the state of change the sport currently finds itself in, a year removed from Serena Williams' farewell match in New York and Roger Federer's retirement announcement soon ...

US Open 2023: Marin Cilic, Denis Shapovalov out due to knee injuries

Marin Cilic, the 2014 U.S. Open champion, and Denis Shapovalov will miss the tournament this year because of knee injuries. Cilic used his title in Flushing Meadows and runner-up finishes at Wimbledon in 2017 and the Australian Open in 2018 to reach as high as No. 3 in the ranking. But the Croatian has fallen to No. 121 this week after playing in just two matches none in Grand Slam tournaments this year. Shapovalov hasn't played since a fourth-round loss at Wimbledon to Roman Safiullin on July 9. He had reached the semifinals there two years earlier for his best Grand Slam result. The Canadian wrote in a social media post Wednesday that he had done everything possible to be healthy for the Aug. 28 start of play but that his knee needed more time. "That grand slam energy, especially in NYC, is unlike anything else and I'm really going to miss playing in front of the amazing fans there this year!" he added, along with an emoji of a broken heart. Shapovalov's best U.S. Open finish

Shuttler Lakshya Sen bows out of US Open tournament after loss in semifinal

Sen, the Commonwealth Games champion lost to the world number seven and All-England Champion Li Shifeng by 17-21, 24-22, 17-21 in a hard-fought match that lasted an hour and 16 minutes

Belgian tennis great Justine Henin receives the Philippe Chatrier Award

The International Tennis Federation has awarded Justine Henin its highest honor, the Philippe Chatrier Award. Henin won seven Grand Slam singles titles, an Olympic gold medal, and was part of Belgium's team that won the Fed Cup now called the Billie Jean King Cup in 2001. The award, named after the former ITF president, was introduced in 1996 and recognizes people who have made significant contributions to the sport on and off the court. She was one of the best players of her generation on the court and since retirement has made a significant and ongoing contribution to our sport at all levels, ITF president David Haggerty said Saturday. The 41-year-old Henin has established a successful academy in Belgium and a charitable foundation that helps provide sporting opportunities for children with disabilities. The award will be presented Saturday at the ITF World Champions Awards at London's Victoria and Albert Museum. I always gave my very best throughout my career and achieved a

Tennis legend Roger Federer's goodbye will be in doubles, maybe with Nadal

Federer said he is now at peace with the decision to walk away, and he wants this farewell to be a celebration.