U.S. Open

Women's tennis expert Jose Onorato has revealed his U.S. Open 2022 picks and predictions for Serena Williams' possible last tournament.

So who wins the 2022 U.S. [Visit SportsLine now to see Jose Onorato's bets for the 2022 U.S. The top U.S. The 2022 U.S. In the three tournaments since her loss at the All-England Club, the Polish star has lost in the third round twice and in a quarterfinal. And which long shot could make a serious run at the Grand Slam trophy? She has won two Grand Slams over the past two years and has the best record on tour this year. She is 28-5 on hard courts and won three straight tournaments on the surface as part of a dominant 37-match win streak. Keys (+3500) and Stephens (+6500) are longer shots, along with Serena Williams (+5000). She won the first of her 23 Grand Slam titles at Flushing Meadows in 1999 and went on to win the U.S. Raducanu (+2000), Naomi Osaka (+2000) and Pegula (+2500) also are expected to contend. While she's a longshot to contend, she will soak in the adoration of the crowd and watch the players she influenced during her dominant run.

The champions of the women's and men's singles titles will each be rewarded with $2.6 million. The tournament will conclude on Sept. 11, when the men's final is ...

The US Open is tennis’ grandest stage, where hundreds of players come to compete and hundreds of thousands of fans come to watch the closing act of the Grand Slam season. The main tournament consists of five different event championships: men’s and women’s singles, men’s and women’s doubles, and mixed doubles, with additional tournaments for senior, junior, and wheelchair players. Tennis matches take place during the day at 11AM and night at 7PM. Defending champion Daniil Medvedev enters the US Open as its top seed and the world No. Since then, the event has grown to include both men and women, with over 600 participants and over $7 million in prizes. The women’s final is scheduled for Sept.

There are 63 other matches on opening day, but they have been relegated to the background as Williams prepares to play what could be her final singles ...

Open final](https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/09/sports/serena-osaka-us-open-penalty.html) in a match where Williams was penalized a game after a series of code violations by chair umpire Carlos Ramos. “I think it’s great that we have somebody like that in our sport who cleared the path and showed us that you can do anything,” she said. “I was really scared: Dang, when is the last time she’s going to play? “Basically she was everywhere, because she always won and was somewhere in the semifinals or the finals. Open men’s champion](https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/13/sports/tennis/us-open-mens-final-zverev-thiem.html), will return to the tournament after missing last year’s Open with a serious wrist injury. Stories like this are possible because of our deep commitment to original reporting, produced by a global staff of over 1,700 journalists who have all dedicated themselves to helping you understand the world. “I watch her my whole life,” Swiatek, the 21-year-old Polish star, said of the 40-year-old Williams. But they are all relegated to the background for now as Williams, one of the greatest athletes of any generation, prepares to play what could be her final singles match on Monday night in the first round against the unseeded Danka Kovinic. 10 seed and top-ranked American who is himself the son of former top 10 women’s player Kathy May. Until this year, no Chinese man had qualified to play in the U.S. Open, Swiatek had another priority: finally working up the courage to meet Serena Williams, a formidable champion whom Swiatek said made her feel like “a kid from kindergarten just looking at her.” 1 for the first time this year at the U.S.

Serena Williams's Career at the U.S. Open? Well, It's Complicated. It seems fitting the 23-time Grand Slam winner is prepping her tennis swan song at the place ...

Serena won six matches and, two sets away from her long-avowed goal of tying Margaret Court’s record of 24 majors, again matched up in the final against a young opponent who had never been in the situation. Such was the case in the final, when she betrayed defiance to match her ball-striking and beat Victoria Azarenka, 6–2, 2–6, 7–5. In the final, she faced Naomi Osaka, one of, by now, a vast cohort of players who cited Serena as their inspiration for playing tennis. Venus Williams was, in the eyes of many, the favorite to win the U.S. In retrospect, this is a match Serena likely wishes she had back. Ahead 3–1 in Grand Slam titles, Venus defeated Serena in straight sets, less a competitive match than a prime-time acknowledgment that this tableau—two sisters raised in the same Compton home, batting back titles as if in a playful tennis rally—marked the most remarkable story in sports. Serena lost in three sets but served notice (at 110 mph) that she was already a formidable player. There have been moments in which she was in the wrong. And who did she meet in the third round? Open finals, a run punctuated by fearless tennis but perhaps best recalled for an ugly chest-bump incident with Romanian Irina Spirlea, a bit of foreshadowing that the Williams sisters' party-crashing would be met in some quarters with some ugly resistance. And for individual athletes, who travel a circuit and have no home field or court, there is also the issue of where to say when. Barring the unlikely—a caveat one must always include with Serena—she will

When the US Open tennis tournament begins this week in New York's Flushing Meadows, expect handshakes both on the court and on the sidelines.

The US Open will have extra oomph this year as it appears to be marking the end of Serena Williams' legendary tennis career, or at least her Grand Slam ...

The US Open will be held at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York City, Aug. This will be Swiatek's fourth US Open appearance; she was eliminated in the fourth round in 2021. The US Open will have extra oomph this year as it appears to be marking the end of Serena Williams' legendary tennis career, or at least her Grand Slam career.

Serena Williams is set to take the court at the U.S. Open Monday in what could wind up being the last singles match of her career.

"But the problem is the field. Open while telling the world via an essay in Vogue magazine that she was prepared to begin "evolving away from tennis" to focus on having a second child and pursuing her business interests. It will be only the fifth singles match for Williams over the past 12 months, because the American was off the tour from a first-round injury at Wimbledon last year until a first-round loss there this year. The proliferation of electronic line-calling, to the point that there are no line judges at U.S. Every time she steps on court in New York will be treated as if it might be the last time. A line can be drawn to the decision this year by the U.S. "She revolutionized the power in the game. At the U.S. "There was something inside both of them," said Rick Macci, a tennis coach who worked with both Williams siblings in the early 1990s, starting before they were teenagers. Williams faces Danka Kovinic, a 27-year-old from Montenegro, in Arthur Ashe Stadium in the first round of singles Monday night and also is entered in doubles with her sister, Venus. I honestly think that she's the biggest force in the sport." "In my view, she revolutionized tennis," said Chris Evert, who won 18 majors in the 1970s and 1980s.

In 1999, at just 17 years old, Serena Williams won the first of her legendary 23 Grand Slam titles at the U.S. Open in Flushing Meadows, Queens, ...

With the crowd on her side and a favorable route to the later rounds, this is her time. Doubles play begins on Wednesday, with Serena and Venus’s first match—against the Czech pair of Lucie Hradecka and Linda Noskova—on Wednesday or Thursday (if Serena wins her first match, let’s assume this will be Thursday, hopefully during prime time, making this perhaps the most-watched doubles match in history). [last professional tennis tournament](https://www.vogue.com/article/serena-williams-retirement-in-her-own-words) against Danka Kovinic of Montenegro—who, while ranked only 80th in the world, made it through to the third round of both the Australian Open and the French this year, knocking off the reigning U.S.

Tags: Francisco Cerundolo, Dominic Thiem, Daniil Medvedev, Bianca Andreescu, Stefan Kozlov, Danka Kovinic, Serena Williams, Andy Murray, Stanislas Wawrinka, ...

The 23-time Grand Slam singles champion faces Danka Kovinic. Open has begun with far more buzz than usual for Day 1. He was able to compete during the previous two U.S. Djokovic, who is from Serbia, was not able to travel to the U.S. A small group of demonstrators chanting “Novak! ___

USOpen.org previews Day 1 at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, with men's and women's singles play springing into action at Flushing Meadows. 1.

NEW YORK -- The USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center is filling up with smiling fans Monday as many eagerly await Serena Williams' first match in ...

"The U.S. "The ticket sales were off the charts before Serena's announcement. With the fun, comes tight security. It's a dream come true," said Taylor. Open is likely her final event. [announced her retirement](https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/we-will-miss-you-serena-absolutely-fans-react-to-serena-williams-plans-to-evolve-away-from-tennis/) and said this U.S. [New Jersey](https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/local-news/new-jersey/). Open and the fact that it's Serena's retirement, I can't believe it. [Serena Williams'](https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/tag/serena-williams/) first match in the [U.S. I have got to go to the U.S. [New York City](https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/tag/new-york-city) when they got tickets. Open](https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/tag/u-s-open/) women's singles tournament at 7 p.m.

The transcendent and transformative star of women's tennis faces Danka Kovinic Monday night in her opening match of the U.S. Open.

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New York (AP) -- The Latest on the U.S. Open tennis tournament (all times local):. ___. 2 p.m.. Andy Murray has reached the second round of the U.S. Open ...

While Williams did not exactly declare that the U.S. Open definitively would be her last tournament — she also is entered in doubles with Venus, who is 42 and a seven-time major singles champ herself — she has made it sound as if it will be. “Once Serena ...

Elite tennis expert Sean Calvert has released U.S. Open 2022 picks, predictions, and best bets.

[Visit SportsLine now to see Calvert's bets for the 2022 U.S. So who wins the 2022 U.S. [He's only sharing his analysis, and all of his U.S. That brings his record-setting total to 22 grand slam wins, and Nadal has the second-best odds to claim his fifth U.S. And which enormous longshots could take the crown? Nadal was forced to withdraw from Wimbledon prior to the semifinals due to an abdominal issue, and he has played only one match since that occurred. The absence of Novak Djokovic is a headline-making story at the 2022 U.S. Nadal is enjoying a fantastic year, winning a pair of grand slam titles at the Australian Open and French Open. In 2019, Calvert took down a huge score on Dominic Thiem winning Indian Wells at 80-1. However, Medvedev is the betting favorite at +225 (risk $100 to win $225), followed by Carlos Alcaraz at +500. Open picks on the men's side, Open odds at Caesars Sportsbook.

It's rare that a world number one and defending champion is the warm up act at the U.S. Open but that was the case on Monday as Daniil Medvedev played ...

Open in comparison to day one last year,” Adam Budelli, spokesperson for StubHub told Reuters in an email. "Is this really her (Williams) last match? Open would be where the 23-times Grand Slam winner would take her final bow. NEW YORK, Aug 29 (Reuters) - It's rare that a world number one and defending champion is the warm up act at the U.S. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com

The talk of tennis — and beyond — for most of the past three weeks has been about Serena Williams and her announcement that she is planning to stop playing ...

[The Williams sisters will play](https://apnews.com/article/us-open-tennis-championships-sports-venus-williams-linda-noskova-487931964b93124f81b9bef71e10fa14) the Czech pair of Lucie Hradecka and Linda Noskova in the first round. [she is “honored”](https://apnews.com/article/novak-djokovic-rafael-nadal-us-open-tennis-championships-serena-williams-sports-3d3da787ba6619eea1afdf929ab4f4fc) to be facing Williams under the bright lights of Ashe. [accepted a wild card](https://apnews.com/article/us-open-tennis-championships-sports-new-york-venus-williams-ab65d8dfc1c8b2e204a859787295a417) into the women's doubles tournament. [essay in Vogue magazine](https://apnews.com/article/serena-williams-retirement-plans-f1cf0c3c2f709e35e2e6221f2cc34e72) that was published Aug. Kovinic is only 2-4 at the U.S. She hadn't won a singles match since the 2021 French Open. Raised in Compton, California, she learned tennis on the public courts that are far from the privileged private clubs that nurtured most U.S. She was two months pregnant when she won her last major title but said she couldn't be expectant and playing again. She has reached at least the semifinals in her last 11 appearances. The Associated Press has chronicled the leadup to her departure in words and photos since her revelation earlier this month that she is preparing to “evolve” away from her career as a professional athlete. She didn't give a timeline and didn't even say she was retiring, but that she was “evolving away from tennis, toward other things that are important to me.” She and her husband, Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian, have a daughter, Olympia, who turns 5 on Thursday.

There's a chance that by this time tomorrow, Serena Williams's singles career will be over. Serena will face Danka Kovinić tonight in her first-round match at ...

Watt left the team’s [preseason finale with a knee injury](https://www.si.com/nfl/2022/08/28/steelers-tj-watt-out-vs-lions-knee-injury-preseason). [first step toward unionizing the minor leagues](https://www.si.com/mlb/2022/08/29/mlb-players-association-seeks-minor-league-union). [was the latest example of how Scott Frost is in over his head](https://www.si.com/college/2022/08/27/nebraska-scott-frost-northwestern-cant-coach). … Hawai‘i won the Little League World Series [with a blowout over Curaçao](https://www.si.com/more-sports/2022/08/28/little-league-world-series-hawaii-beats-curacao). Commanders rookie Brian Robinson was [shot multiple times in an apparent attempted robbery](https://www.si.com/nfl/2022/08/28/washington-commanders-brian-robinson-shot-robbery-attempt). … Michigan made a somewhat unusual [decision about its starting quarterback job](https://www.si.com/college/2022/08/27/harbaugh-announcement-about-michigan-starting-quarterback). [Who Has Best Path to Title?](https://www.si.com/tennis/2022/08/26/us-open-2022-seed-reports) [American Men Who Could Make a Run at the U.S. And while Francoeur carved out a successful 12-year career in the majors, he never hit as well as he did during that first month in the bigs. … The AL Rookie of the Year race is down to two guys excelling [for teams that until recently had long been basement dwellers, Nick Selbe writes](https://www.si.com/mlb/2022/08/26/j-rod-rutschman-rookie-of-the-year-race). In 27 games in September and October, Francoeur batted .235/.273/.422. Women Who Will Set the Tone in New York](https://www.si.com/womens-tennis/2022/08/27/american-women-to-watch-2022-u-s-open-serena-williams-tennis) (She’s also competing in the women’s doubles tournament with her sister Venus.)

Williams said earlier this month that she plans to "evolve away from tennis" after the U.S. Open. Each match could be her last.

[The new Jackson Hole consensus: A more volatile world is here to stay](/2022/08/29/jackson-hole-global-economy-volatile) The bottom line: Win or lose tonight — or at any other point during this tournament — Williams' legacy is already set in stone. Open, where she's reached at least the semis in each of her last 11 appearances. And after winning singles gold at the 2012 Olympics, she became the only player with a [lawsuit filed by Trump](https://www.axios.com/2022/08/22/donald-trump-fbi-search-lawsuit) last week seeking the appointment of a special master to review the materials seized and prevent the FBI from examining the seized documents until the special master is in place. [Mar-a-Lago](https://www.axios.com/2022/08/08/donald-trump-home-raided-fbi) home may be protected by attorney-client privilege, the Department of Justice said in a [court filing](https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.flsd.618763/gov.uscourts.flsd.618763.31.0_5.pdf) Monday. 1 rankings (man or woman). It could be the last time we ever get to see the GOAT in action. But despite reaching four finals since then, she remains stuck on 23. [rather unlikely](https://slate.com/culture/2022/08/serena-williams-retirement-us-open-expectations-legacy.html)for the 413th-ranked Williams. Make sure you're by a TV Monday night for Serena Williams' first-round match at the U.S. [earlier this month](https://www.axios.com/2022/08/10/serena-williams-retirement-us-open) that she plans to "evolve away from tennis" after the U.S.

We're picking the winners of two Day 1 matches at the 2022 US Open: Daniil Medvedev vs. Stefan Kozlov and Serena Williams vs. Danka Kovinic.

The tournament runs through Sept. 11th and will feature a doubles appearance by sisters Serena and Venus Williams.

[three reigning champions](https://www.usopen.org/en_US/news/articles/2022-08-28/whats_in_a_name_medvedev_nadal_raducanu_and_thiem_arrive_at_2022_us_open_as_defending_champions.html) will vie for the trophy: 2019 winner [Rafael Nadal](https://www.usopen.org/en_US/players/overview/atpn409.html?external=true) of Spain, 2020 winner Austrian [Dominic Thiem](https://www.usopen.org/en_US/players/overview/atptb69.html?external=true), and 2021 champion Russian [Daniil Medvedev](https://www.usopen.org/en_US/players/overview/atpmm58.html?external=true). "The ticket sales were off the charts before Serena's announcement and it really just went to a whole new level," he said. "Fans in New York City, they want to be out they want to enjoy the U.S. "We think it's highly important that they see tennis at its highest level," Hart said. "I just love the atmosphere and the intensity of the sport. While many attendees hailed from the surrounding area, others had traveled from abroad or other cities. Especially coming here too — it's great to be with a bunch of fans as well to really enjoy the sport." [run through mid-September](https://www.usopen.org/en_US/about/eventschedule.html) with the Men’s and Women’s Finals scheduled for Sept. [barred from entering the U.S.](https://www.cbssports.com/tennis/news/rafael-nadal-says-novak-djokovics-absence-from-2022-us-open-is-very-sad-news/) after refusing to get a COVID-19 vaccination. Nadal and Thiem have not played in the U.S. [since the 2018 French Open.](https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/01/sports/serena-venus-williams-french-open.html) Their first match will be against the Czech-duo 37-year-old [Lucie Hradecka](https://www.usopen.org/en_US/players/overview/wta310849.html?external=true) and 17-year-old [Linda Noskova](https://www.usopen.org/en_US/players/overview/wta329668.html?external=true). [noon at the Arthur Ashe stadium](https://www.usopen.org/en_US/scores/schedule/index.html?promo=subnav) Monday.

On the same Arthur Ashe Stadium court where that night Serena Williams was set to begin what could be the final tournament of her career, the top-seeded ...

Wolf](https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3211) ousting No. 31 seed [Nikoloz Basilashvili](https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2498) 6-3, 6-4, 6-0. Zhang lost to [Tim Van Rijthoven](https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=9973) on Monday in five sets. [Tommy Paul](https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2964) overcame the heat to outlast [Bernabe Zapata Miralles](https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3055) 4-6, 6-3, 2-6, 6-0, 7-5 in 3 hours, 10 minutes. 16 seed [Roberto Bautista Agut](http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=1733) in straight sets. 24 seed [Francisco Cerundolo](https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3700) of Argentina 7-5, 6-3, 6-3. [Yibing Wu](https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2875), meanwhile, became the first Chinese man to win a US Open match in the professional era when he upset No. He had played his way into the field through the qualifying tournament, joining countryman and fellow qualifier [Zhizhen Zhang](https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3024) as the first Chinese men in the US Open main draw since the open era began in 1968. The Russian player is trying to become the first repeat champion at the US Open since [Roger Federer](https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=425) won five straight from 2004 to '08. [Andy Murray](https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=235) was another early winner, 10 years after winning the first of his three Grand Slam titles in Flushing Meadows. "It seems like a long time ago," Murray said of his victory over Djokovic in 2012. [Arthur Rinderknech](https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3511) of France.

Andy Murray claimed a comfortable straight-sets victory over Francisco Cerundolo in the opening round of the 2022 US Open on Monday.

Yeah, I think there is an argument for it to be used in those situations, for sure. The ball when it comes with topspin in those situations, it's almost always because there has been a double bounce or the ball has been hit into the court, creating the topspin. "But I'm happy with the way I got through that one. The Scot found his task much easier in the second set as he raced to a 5-0 lead, eventually taking it 6-3. Cerundolo would break serve once more, but it proved not to be enough, as Murray served out to take the final set 6-3 and a place in the next round. The 35-year-old won a hard-fought opening set, with both players breaking serve in the first two games.

Women's tennis expert Jose Onorato has revealed his U.S. Open 2022 picks for what could be Serena Williams' final match.

Kovinic has lost four straight matches since the 2022 French Open in May, when she won her first two outings before losing to eventual champion Iga Swiatek in the third round. Open for the third consecutive year and fifth time in her career but failed to advance past the second round in her first four attempts. Open 2022 odds and released his coveted best bet for the Williams vs. Williams won her first U.S. A six-time winner at Flushing Meadows, Williams begins her quest for one final crown when she faces Danka Kovinic on Monday in the first round of the 2022 U.S. Williams claimed her most recent U.S. Now, Onorato has scrutinized the latest U.S. Serena Williams' glorious career appears to be coming to an end as the 40-year-old superstar is expected to retire at the conclusion of the 2022 U.S. Kovinic odds from Caesars Sportsbook, while Kovinic is a +290 underdog. Onorato grew up playing competitive tennis in Caracas, Venezuela. The over/under for total games is set at 20.5, with Williams favored by 4.5 games. Williams has won 23 Grand Slam titles, the most during the Open Era, and is one major championship behind Margaret Court on the all-time list.

Serena Williams begins what is probably her final U.S. Open with a first-round match against Danka Kovinic. Follow along for the latest updates.

… I’m just beginning." I would have to wait until it gets light. Sometimes I wake up at like 6:00 in the morning to go practice and it was too dark. “I once heard Althea Gibson, one of her best friends told me she wanted to see another African American win a Slam before her time is up. Sept. Open 10 times and won the title six times, in 1999, 2002, 2008, 2012-14.

First-round matches at Louis Armstrong Stadium and Grandstand begin at 11 a.m ET. Matches at Arthur Ashe Stadium begin at noon. Night rounds starts at 7 p.m. ET ...

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The 23-time Grand Slam champion will start her farewell tour of Flushing Meadows with a first-round match against Danka Kovinic of Montenegro.

She has never made it past the third round of a Grand Slam tournament and has never made it past the second round at the U.S. [set to play Danka Kovinic](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/25/sports/tennis/us-open-draw-serena-williams.html) in the first round of the tournament Monday, with her match scheduled for 7 p.m. As of Monday, tickets to see Williams play her first — and potentially last — singles match at the U.S. Afterward, a large crowd of fans watched as she exited the tennis center complex in a black sport utility vehicle. “I can’t think of a moment for her in her career in her life that she settled for less.” In addition to the singles draw, Williams will play women’s doubles with her sister, Venus. She has not ruled out playing more beyond New York, but it seems unlikely, particularly with her lining up to play doubles with her sister Venus for the first time at the U.S. “I think it was the best match in my career.” Simona Halep, a two-time Grand Slam singles champion and a semifinalist at Wimbledon last month, had the stumble of the day. Many fans who don’t have a ticket for Ashe just want a taste of the atmosphere of Serena Williams’s first match of the U.S. With apologies to the other 126 players who took to the courts at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on Day 1 of the U.S. She did a quick change in the locker room and emerged into the quiet hallway, where one of her trainers was waiting.

It's impossible to overstate Williams' contributions to the game. She's won 23 Grand Slam tournaments, the most of any player, male or female, in the Open era.

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Daria Snigur, a 20-year-old ranked 124th in the world, burst into tears after beating Halep, a two-time major singles champion.

She has never made it past the third round of a Grand Slam tournament and has never made it past the second round at the U.S. As of Monday, tickets to see Williams play her first — and potentially last — singles match at the U.S. [set to play Danka Kovinic](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/25/sports/tennis/us-open-draw-serena-williams.html) in the first round of the tournament Monday, with her match scheduled for 7 p.m. “I can’t think of a moment for her in her career in her life that she settled for less.” She did a quick change in the locker room and emerged into the quiet hallway, where one of her trainers was waiting. Kovinic had taken the first point of the game but then Williams won four in a row. And I almost did do the impossible: A lot of people don’t realize that I was two months pregnant when I won the Australian Open in 2017. Did Kovinic even realize as she sprayed forehands wide and deep and into the net that she’d fallen into a classic Williams trap, abandoning the angles and spins that have won her matches before? Williams made sure to show up for the party, and so did her daughter, Olympia, 4, who wore a matching outfit with her hair in beads reminiscent of a young Serena, and nearly stole the show. She has been a shadow of her former self this summer, during the singles matches that are serving as her coda after nearly a year away from the game she has loved and dedicated her life to. And on a heavy, late-summer New York evening, on the court where she captured her first Grand Slam singles title in 1999, it was enough to topple Kovinic, the sort of player Williams has rolled over in maybe an hour in so many early-round matches in so many other Grand Slams. And then another cannon serve hit her target down the center of the court and Kovinic couldn’t get it back, letting the crowd send up a roar as Williams squatted and pumped her arms.

If this is the final time that the 23-time Grand Slam champion takes the court, she plans to go out in style.

[who wrote in a Vogue essay earlier this month](https://www.si.com/tennis/2022/08/09/serena-williams-announces-plan-to-retire-from-tennis) that she planned to retire from tennis, will open play at the U.S. On the laces of the sneakers, the word “Queen” will aptly be displayed. The match is scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. Open title in 1999, at the age of 17. On her feet, Williams will wear a diamond-encrusted special edition of the NikeCourt Flare 2, the brand’s latest statement tennis sneaker. The outfit, which holds hundreds of encrusted diamonds, will feature a six-layer skirt, a nod to each of Williams’s prior singles titles at Flushing Meadows.

NEW YORK (AP) — Serena Williams is not ready to say goodbye just yet. Nor, clearly, are her fans. In her first match at what is expected to be the last U.S. ...

And why the daily program did not make mention of any other of the dozens of athletes in action, showing instead a montage of six images of Williams holding her six U.S. Look, this is a historic moment for the Williams family, for Serena and our sport,” said Stacey Allaster, the tournament director of the American Grand Slam event. Mom said she’s been traveling from Boston to New York for the U.S. “It is so difficult to really capture what Serena and Venus have done for the sport of tennis. Open marks the final chapter of her storied tennis history.” “And now, she’s ...” She’s done so much,” said Quintella Thorn, a 68-year-old from Columbus, Georgia, making her eighth trip to the U.S. There can be no doubt, the folks so enthusiastically backing Williams on Monday will come again to the U.S. Open](/article/serena-williams-career-guide-16677e2e12a305d1cbec1634abbd6db1) — and last tournament — of [her remarkable playing career](/article/serena-williams-retirement-plans-f1cf0c3c2f709e35e2e6221f2cc34e72), Williams overcame a shaky start to overwhelm Danka Kovinic 6-3, 6-3 on Monday night in a packed Arthur Ashe Stadium with an atmosphere more akin to a festival than a farewell. Williams will play in the second round of singles on Wednesday against No. After watching the victory over Kovinic, spectators held up blue, white or red placards that were distributed at their seats to spell out “We (Heart) Serena.” Maybe it was the significance of the moment.

NEW YORK (AP) — The Latest on the U.S. Open tennis tournament (all times local):. ___. 6:50 p.m.. Serena Williams has wrapped up her final practice before ...

The 23-time Grand Slam singles champion faces Danka Kovinic. Open has begun with far more buzz than usual for Day 1. Djokovic, who is from Serbia, was not able to travel to the U.S. A small group of demonstrators chanting “Novak! Andy Murray has reached the second round of the U.S. He had played his way into the field through the qualifying tournament, joining countryman and fellow qualifier Zhang Zhizhen as the first Chinese men in the U.S. Open throughout her career. 7 seed Simona Halep 6-2, 0-6, 6-4 in the first round of the U.S. Williams emerged from the locker room wearing a glittery jacket and long skirt after being introduced as the greatest of all time. The 23-time Grand Slam singles champion has started her first-round match against Danka Kovinic of Montenegro. ___ Open tennis tournament (all times local):

NEW YORK (AP) — The Latest on the U.S. Open tennis tournament (all times local): ___ 12:20 p.m..

The 23-time Grand Slam singles champion faces Danka Kovinic. Open has begun with far more buzz than usual for Day 1. Djokovic, who is from Serbia, was not able to travel to the U.S. A small group of demonstrators chanting “Novak! Murray beat No. Andy Murray has reached the second round of the U.S. Open main draw since the open era began in 1968. He had played his way into the field through the qualifying tournament, joining countryman and fellow qualifier Zhang Zhizhen as the first Chinese men in the U.S. Open throughout her career. 7 seed Simona Halep 6-2, 0-6, 6-4 in the first round of the U.S. ___ Open tennis tournament (all times local):

Simona Halep has been knocked out of the US Open in the first round, losing 6-2 0-6 6-4 to qualifier Daria Snigur in a huge upset on Louis Armstrong ...

I want to say thanks to Simona for a such a great match, it was a great experience for me - it’s impossible to play against Simona and win! US Open 124, as her dreams of claiming a third Grand Slam single’s title unexpectedly went up in smoke.

Serena Williams has not played her final US Open match. In front of an electric crowd at Arthur Ashe Stadium, Williams defeated Danka Kovinic in a 6-3, 6-3 ...

Williams will now move on to face Anett Kontaveit in the second round. On top of gunning for her seventh US Open title in women's singles, Williams will also be playing with her sister, Venus, in the doubles tournament. In the second set, Williams found more of a rhythm with her serve. It wasn't easy, but Williams felt like now was the best time to move onto other things. With a semifinals appearance in her last 11 appearances at Flushing Meadows, Williams has plenty of experience on her side. Williams closes it out with a dominant effort in the final game.

Six-time US Open champion Serena Williams defeated 80th-ranked Danka Kovinic, 6-3, 6-3, at Arthur Ashe Stadium on Monday night, opening what could be her ...

The pair is scheduled to open play against [Lucie Hradecka](https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=509) and [Linda Noskova](https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=6970) on Wednesday or Thursday. In an interview with ABC prior to the match, Stubbs said Williams was nervous but was still preparing for the match and the tournament with her same trademark intensity. [Anett Kontaveit](https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2059) on Wednesday in the second round, in addition to playing doubles alongside sister Venus, whom she called her "rock" on Monday. On Monday, wearing a figure-skating inspired dress originally with six layers to represent all six of her US Open titles (but ultimately with four removed due to their weight) and matching diamonds in her hair, Williams glided around the court -- and twirled at the end -- and showed flashes of what has made her one of the all-time greats. "The practices have been really hard," Stubbs said on Monday. After a video narrated by Queen Latifah was shown summarizing her legendary career, Williams was introduced to the crowd as the "Greatest Of All Time" to loud cheers that continued during any break in the action throughout the match. "It was loud and I could feel it in my chest. After the match, Williams was celebrated with an on-court celebration, which featured Gayle King and Billie Jean King, as well as a "Thank you, Serena" video from Oprah Winfrey. "The reception was really overwhelming," Williams told reporters. "I feel so comfortable on this court, in front of everyone here. That's really all I can really do." [Serena Williams](https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=394)' expected retirement will have to wait, for another two days at least.

Ukrainian Daria Snigur earned her first career win Monday by stunning No. 7 seed Simona Halep 6-2, 0-6, 6-4 in the first round of the US Open.

[Bianca Andreescu](https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2979), the 2019 U.S. [Maria Sakkari](https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3018) and No. American [Coco Gauff](https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3626)'s first career win at Arthur Ashe Stadium was an easy one. Open champion, needed three sets to get past [Harmony Tan](https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3330), the French player who beat Williams in the first round at Wimbledon. Elina Svitolina's run to the 2019 semifinals is the best performance by a Ukrainian in the U.S. But Snigur responded nicely after Halep won the second set, racing to a 5-1 lead in the third. The two-time Grand Slam champion had won 19 of her previous 22 matches and recently returned to the top 10. First, she was going to savor a stunner. On Wednesday, she joined tennis superstars such as Rafael Nadal, Coco Gauff, John McEnroe, Iga Swiatek and 2021 U.S. Gauff had lost each of her previous three appearances on Arthur Ashe, including doubles. 12-ranked Gauff cruised past Leolia Jeanjean 6-2, 6-3. [Daria Snigur](https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=5941)'s first career win on the WTA Tour was a big one.

NEW YORK (AP) — Daria Snigur raised her arms in celebration, then lowered them to wrap her hands around the blue-and-yellow ribbon on her chest.

Elina Svitolina’s run to the 2019 semifinals is the best performance by a Ukrainian in the U.S. But Snigur responded nicely after Halep won the second set, racing to a 5-1 lead in the third. One of five of them in this year's draw, Snigur will face Canadian Rebecca Marino on Wednesday. The two-time Grand Slam champion had won 19 of her previous 22 matches and recently returned to the top 10. Snigur pulled off the first big upset of the U.S. Open runner-up Leylah Fernandez in the “Tennis Plays for Peace Exhibition,” an event organized by the U.S.

Williams will begin the night session in Ashe for the start of what could be the final tournament of her career. The 23-time Grand Slam singles champion faces ...

The 23-time Grand Slam singles champion faces Danka Kovinic. Open has begun with far more buzz than usual for Day 1. ___

The 23-time Grand Slam winner moves on to face No. 2 Anett Kontaveit of Estonia.

In Williams’s guest box, her daughter, Olympia, 4, looked on with her Aunt Isha Price in a matching outfit with white beads in her hair — a nod to the beads her mother wore in winning her first U.S. And on the plaza outside, fans without a ticket to Ashe stood shoulder to shoulder to watch on an oversize screen. I don’t know how I’m going to be a part of tennis. Every layer of her outfit, as well as her hair, was covered with crystals. Will she retire at the conclusion of this U.S. After extending a warm handshake at the net, Williams executed her customary victory twirl as she acknowledged all four sides of the towering grandstands and blew kisses. The grandstands were packed, with nearly every fan snapping photos and selfies to preserve the moment as proof of being on hand for tennis history. At the end of this season? It was hardly smooth sailing for Williams, who has long been hailed as having the greatest serve in women’s tennis. “I feel so comfortable on this court and in front of everyone here. Then, amid a standing ovation, she remained on court for the U.S. She has never lost a first-round match at the U.S.

After 23 Grand Slam titles and 27 seasons since she became a professional tennis player, Serena Williams returned to the U.S. Open on Monday for what is ...

Open as she prepared for the birth of her daughter, Serena returned to the court later in the year and continued to dominate. The final was the last time Serena appeared in a Grand Slam final. She came into the final Grand Slam tournament of the year as the No. After losing in the ’09 semifinals, missing the tournament in ’10 and falling in the ’11 final, Williams made her way back to the championship by beating one of her now-storied rivals, Victoria Azarenka, in their first Grand Slam final meeting. The younger Williams ended up winning both in a 7–6(6), 7–6(7) victory. Williams made it back to the main event in ’08 as a No. 4 seed in the tournament after not reaching the U.S. 2 players in the world, Serena took down her sister for the third time that year in a 6–4, 6–3 win. Serena went on to win the ’03 Australian Open to finish off the first of two “Serena Slams” in her career. Williams won her first Grand Slam title (one of six she’d wind up winning at the Open) in just her second appearance at the tournament. She had captured two more Grand Slam titles at the French Open and Wimbledon earlier in the year, which helped her reach her first world No. While they faced each other in earlier rounds of the Australian Open and Wimbledon, the sisters had never met in a Grand Slam final until 2001.

American Coco Gauff won her first match at Arthur Ashe Stadium with a 6-2 6-3 victory over France's Leolia Jeanjean. 1956 HALEP UPSET BY UKRAINE'S SNIGUR. Daria ...

[read more](/lifestyle/sports/murray-downs-error-prone-cerundolo-reach-us-open-second-round-2022-08-29/) [read more](/lifestyle/sports/williams-prepares-take-us-open-court-everyone-else-warm-up-act-2022-08-29/) [read more](/lifestyle/sports/medvedev-whacks-aside-american-kozlov-begin-us-open-title-defence-2022-08-29/) [read more](/lifestyle/sports/wu-ends-chinas-63-year-wait-mens-grand-slam-match-win-2022-08-29/) [read more](/lifestyle/sports/gauff-wins-first-time-ashe-move-into-us-open-second-round-2022-08-29/) [read more](/lifestyle/sports/ukraines-snigur-stuns-former-number-one-halep-first-round-2022-08-29/) [read more](/lifestyle/sports/andreescu-gives-nike-dressing-down-us-open-before-issuing-apology-2022-08-29/) [read more](/lifestyle/sports/no-avoiding-politics-medvedev-returns-grand-slam-stage-2022-08-29/) [read more](/lifestyle/sports/carreno-busta-downs-former-winner-thiem-us-open-first-round-2022-08-29/) Open, the last Grand Slam tournament of the year, at Flushing Meadows on Monday (times GMT): [read more](/lifestyle/sports/williams-puts-off-retirement-with-first-round-win-2022-08-30/) "When we both saw the draw, it was a nightmare," said Kyrgios, who won the Australian Open doubles title with Kokkinakis earlier this year.

No. 1 Daniil Medvedev and No. 3 Rafael Nadal headline the U.S. Open men's singles draw.

The U.S. Medvedev continues his journey to defend his title at the U.S. Open tournament takes place at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Queens, N.Y. Open after defeating American Stefan Kozlov in the opening round. 4 seed, was a true threat for the title but must now watch the action unfold without him. At the 2022 U.S.

Count Bill Clinton, Dr. Ruth and Mike Tyson among the celebrities who made an appearance at the 2022 US Open.

Serena Williams, playing in what is likely the final tennis tournament of her storied career, opened singles play with a 6-3, 6-3 victory over Danka Kovinić ...

"I look forward to waking up and just being like, OK, I don't have to run to the court today," Williams said. I want to say thank you all," an emotional Snigur said. "I think when you're passionate about something and you love something so much, it's always hard to walk away," she said. "Maybe the best word to describe what I'm up to is evolution. "I'm going to stay vague because you never know." "I have never liked the word retirement.

Williams will face the tournament's No. 2 seed, Anett Kontaveit of Estonia, on Wednesday.

Did Kovinic even realize as she sprayed forehands wide and deep and into the net that she’d fallen into a classic Williams trap, abandoning the angles and spins that have won her matches before? And then another cannon serve hit her target down the center of the court and Kovinic couldn’t get it back, letting the crowd send up a roar as Williams squatted and pumped her arms. Later, a rolling backhand winner down the line got her to within a game of the victory. And on a heavy, late-summer New York evening, on the court where she captured her first Grand Slam singles title in 1999, it was enough to topple Kovinic, the sort of player Williams has rolled over in maybe an hour in so many early-round matches in so many other Grand Slams. She wore a black bedazzled jacket and headband and a wrap that flowed from her waist to her ankles. Williams made sure to show up for the party, and so did her daughter, Olympia, 4, who wore a matching outfit with her hair in beads evoking a young Serena, and nearly stole the show. But Williams did what she has done for a very long time. Kovinic settled in though, and two games later the match was tied. Williams pumped her fist and let the noise fall over Kovinic. Open to focus on having another child and on her [business interests](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/29/style/serena-williams-best-looks.html), though she was not shy about showing ambivalence about her decision. But Kontaveit has struggled of late, especially after a bout with Covid earlier in the year. Assuming she follows through with her plans to stop playing, Monday night’s win means the end of one of the most successful and influential careers in sports history won’t arrive until the second round of the U.S.

Rafael Nadal plays his first U.S. Open match since 2019 when he leads off the night session in Arthur Ashe Stadium against Australian Rinky Hijkata.

1 Daniil Medvedev beat Stefan Kozlov 6-2, 6-4, 6-0; Daniel Elahi Galan beat No. 14 Leylah Fernandez beat Oceane Dodin 6-3, 6-4; No. 6 Felix Auger-Aliassime beat Alexander Ritschard 6-3, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3; Brandon Holt beat No. 2 Anett Kontaveit beat Jaqueline Adina Cristian 6-3, 6-0; No. 3 Maria Sakkari beat Tatjana Maria 6-4, 3-6, 6-0; No. Women’s First Round: Serena Williams beat Danka Kovinic 6-3, 6-3; No.