Emma Raducanu says she would like to see Wimbledon follow the US Open's lead in creating an innovative mixed doubles tennis event featuring the sport's superstars.

New format includes world’s top singles players ‘I think it was a huge success. I had a lot of fun’ Emma Raducanu believes the other grand slam tournaments should follow the US Open’s lead and change the format of their mixed doubles competitions after relishing her time competing alongside Carlos Alcaraz in the revamped version of the competition this week. This year, the US Open controversially opted to make significant changes to its mixed doubles championship, moving it from its usual position during the rest of the main draw events to the qualifying week and shifting the entry criteria so that it heavily favoured singles players. Continue reading...

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Coco Gauff, who leads the WTA by a large margin in double faults, has hired Aryna Sabalenka's former serving coach Gavin McMillan ahead of the US Open.

From Compton outsider to American nonpareil, she came to embody resistance to toxic norms. But her embrace of GLP-1 drugs feels like capitulation to ideals she once rejected When Serena Williams was featured in a People magazine story on Thursday morning discussing her 31lb weight loss, the rollout had all the hallmarks of an advertisement draped in the thin veil of an all-caps EXCLUSIVE. Vogue’s social channels amplified their own access, NBC’s Today show gave her a one-on-one segment and Elle published a carefully packaged interview in which Williams declared she wanted to break the stigma around weight-loss drugs, each of them in lockstep with what appeared to be a hard 9am press embargo. This vintage Jill Smoller quadrafecta was not a spontaneous confessional; it was a coordinated media blitz pegged to the US Open, the tentpole event of American tennis, which kicks off Sunday in earnest. Continue reading...

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The 22-year-old has recruited the ‘legend’ Andre Agassi on his search for grand-slam winning form before the US Open “My aim is to win as many grand slams as possible and be No 1 in the world,” Holger Rune says with cool assurance on a stinking hot day in Cincinnati. “It’s very, very clear for me and it’s always been like that since I was a child.” The 22-year-old Dane is the world No 11 and he has reached the quarter-finals of Wimbledon and, on two occasions, the French Open. As the US Open approaches, he has yet to make the last four of a grand slam but his bold ambition seems more concrete when his impressive record against the best two players in the world is remembered. Rune has played Carlos Alcaraz four times, winning twice, including a 7-6, 6-2 victory in their most recent encounter, four months ago in the final of the Barcelona Open. He has also beaten Jannik Sinner twice in their five matches against each other. Continue reading...

Amanda Anisimova reached her first Grand Slam final in July at Wimbledon, but was dominated by Iga Swiatek.

World number ones Aryna Sabalenka and Jannik Sinner will begin their US Open title defences from Sunday in New York, and you can follow the action at BBC Sport.

Ahead of the US Open world number five, Jack Draper, reflects on his performance at this year's Wimbledon and says he is working to develop a more "aggressive" playing style.

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Coco Gauff turns to a biomechanics expert, who helped rival Aryna Sabalenka overcome her serving troubles, on the eve of the US Open.

Men’s champion Sinner opens against No 87 Vit Kopriva Women’s title holder Sabalenka draws Rebeka Masarova Emma Raducanu has avoided the top seeds in the first two rounds of the US Open but she still faces a challenging path as she tries to convert her recent positive form into her first match win in New York since her shock triumph here four years ago. Britain’s Raducanu, who is unseeded, will open her tournament against a qualifier. However, she could face the in-form 24th seed Veronika Kudermetova, a recent semi-finalist at the Cincinnati Open, in round two. A potential third-round opponent is a resurgent Elena Rybakina, the 2022 Wimbledon champion and another semi-finalist in Cincinnati last week. Continue reading...

Carlos Alcaraz and Novak Djokovic will face potential difficult American opponents when they begin their quest for another US Open title.