The new top women’s doubles player in the world is from the South Side. For Taylor Townsend, 29, who hasn’t held a No. 1 ranking since she was a junior, the achievement is both a “dream come true” and part of a larger lesson for a player who hasn’t fit the mold of professional tennis.

Williams’ effort on Monday night drew a thunderous applause from the New York crowd after she fell to the No. 11 seed, Karolina Muchova. Baptiste praised it as an example of Williams “still giving the best players in the world a tough, tough time.”

Williams competed in her first U.S. Open since 2023 on Monday night when she was defeated in three sets by Karolina Muchova 6-3, 2-6, 6-1, in an exciting showing at a packed Arthur Ashe Stadium. At 45, Williams is the second-oldest singles player in U.S. Open history.

Oklahoma women's tennis head coach Audra Cohen and the Sooners welcomed Mika Buchnik to the program for the fall 2025 season today.

If you don’t have cable or a TV antenna, you’ll need a live TV streaming service to stream matches from the US Open live for free. One option we love is DIRECTV, which comes with five days free and starts at $49.99/month, with plenty of subscription options and genre packs that includes ESPN, ESPN2, and ABC.

Some of the biggest stars in men's and women's tennis took the court together at the US Open for reimagined mixed doubles competition.

The tennis world was buzzing earlier this summer when news of the US Open’s new mixed doubles tournament was announced. For starters, mixed doubles—normally played during the course of the main tournament,