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Sinner returns, Rybakina arrives as No. 1: what's at stake in Beijing

The China Open opens September 30 with the world No. 1 playing his first match in eleven weeks and a new women's No. 1 playing her first tournament at the top. Here's the field and what's actually on the line.

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Fifteen Americans made the third round. The drought still didn't break.

The 2026 US Open produced the deepest American showing in a quarter-century and still ended with two foreign champions. Here's what actually happened over the two weeks.

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US Open Day 9: A seven-game run and a break-point gap closed out the fourth round

One player lost the first five games and never trailed again; another lost two sets in a row and won the last two comfortably. The stat sheets explain both.

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US Open Day 8: One man won the ace count and lost, one woman needed six match points

Fourth round, Sunday 6 September 2026, Flushing Meadows. Two matches from the first half of the round of 16. Frances Tiafoe beat Daniil Medvedev while losing the ace count 14-4 Medvedev hit 14 aces.…

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US Open Day 7: Two third-round matches that turned on one game

A match point at 5-1 and an 0-40 hole in the fifth set — two Day 7 third-round matches that each came down to a single game, and to what the official stat sheets say about serving under pressure.

Las Palomas Park, Yorba Linda: What to Know Before You Play

our dedicated pickleball courts, free and first-come until 4 p.m., then reservation-only until 9. Here's how to time your visit and where to park.

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Day 6 of the 2026 US Open, Friday 4 September, first half of the third round in both singles draws.

Two Day 6 winners lost a set badly and came back the same way — and the official stat sheets point at the same unglamorous thing in both matches.

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Anaheim Tennis Center, Anaheim: What to Know Before You Play

en lighted tennis courts and ten pickleball courts a block from Angel Stadium. Open-play windows, non-member rates, and the two things to sort out before you drive over.

US Open Day 5: Two second-round matches decided by whose serve held up

Five match points saved on Court 17 and a top-ten seed out in straight sets — two Day 5 matches that came down to what happened on second serve.

Fullerton Tennis Center, Fullerton: What to Know Before You Play

Seventeen lit courts, split nine tennis to eight pickleball. For a public facility in Fullerton that is an unusual amount of room — enough that both sports keep their own evening rhythm instead of negotiating for the same space.

Serve It Up for the Troops: Huntington Beach's Best Weekend of Tennis and Pickleball

Serve It Up & Dink It Up for the Troops brings USTA-sanctioned tennis and mixed-doubles pickleball to The Huntington Club every August — a Huntington Beach tradition that has raised over $4 million for America's veterans.