In what could be final round in this tradition format, the Davis Cup semifinals have already gotten underway in Europe.

Rafael Nadal had to withdraw due to his knee issues as Spain will go to France. Picking up the slack in Lille will be Pablo Carreno Busta and Roberto Bautista Agut.

France will be without Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, but Lucas Pouille and Benoit Paire will lead the way.

“It’s going to be a tough …

In light of the US Open women’s final kerfuffle, news has come out that the top umpires might boycott upcoming Serena Williams matches.

While that sounds interesting, it probably won’t amount to much, because like the NFL years ago, there will always be lower-tiered umpires ready and willing to step in. So who’s going to even notice?

And do we know when Serena will return to tennis? Melbourne?

But a more …

The ITF, which oversees the Grand Slams, just put out a press release in support of chair umpire Carlos Ramos for his actions in the hot-button topic of the US Open women’s in which Serena Williams got hit with three second-set violations during a loss to Naomi Osaka.

The statement reads, “Carlos Ramos is one of the most experienced and respected umpires in tennis. Mr. Ramos’ decisions were in accordance with …

After picking up $3,800,000 for winning a third US Open title, Novak Djokovic has moved ahead of Roger Federer in the all-time prize money rankings earning just $119M.

Federer, who lost in the fourth round at the US Open, is at $117.7M. Rafael Nadal is further behind at $103M and Serena Williams leads all women with $88M.

Djokovic has been ahead of Federer before, but with Federer now 37 and …

Following his third US Open title, Novak Djokovic has narrowed the gap with Rafael Nadal for the No. 1 ranking to just 1,035 ranking points.

With two Masters events and the ATP Finals (combined worth 3,500), and Nadal dealing with a bad knee, Djokovic could very well end of finishing the year on top.

Juan Martin del Potro moved up ahead of Roger Federer, but both are virtually out of the No. …

For the first time in his career, Juan Martin del Potro tasted defeat in a Grand Slam final. Of course, Del Potro was playing in just his second Slam final – his first in nine years – yesterday falling to Novak Djokovic in straight sets at the US Open, but it still was a painful defeat.

After four wrist surgeries, near retirement, other injuries, coaching changes, Del Potro should be proud …

From near rock-bottom in March, to now on top of the tennis world, it’s been quite a year for Novak Djokovic. Yesterday, the Serb claimed his third US Open title beating 2009 champion Juan Martin del Potro. It was Djokovic’s 14th career Grand Slam title, tying him with his idol Pete Sampras.

Djokovic, who won his last 16 sets at the event, talked about what the win means, tying Pete Sampras …

Novak Djokovic cruised to his second straight Grand Slam title Sunday night in New York, taking a third US Open crown with a convincing 6-3, 7-6(4), 6-3 victory over former champion Juan Martin Del Potro.

Ever since that Roger Federer match in the Cincinnati final, Djokovic has been on another dimension, and it was no different tonight, and other than those matches in the heat, he’s been awesomely good.

The Serb dominated …

One more match to put a cap on a bizarre US Open. Maybe one event that for some can’t end soon enough.

We had the heat at the start of weeks one and two. The Mohammed Lahyani incident. Roger Federer’s issue with the humidity and air inside Ashe. Crazy late night finishes. Players excessively leaving the court – sometimes in the middle of sets. A make-it-up-as-you-go heat rule …

It started as a shocking one-sided US open women’s final Saturday as the 20-year-old upstart Naomi Osaka was having her way with Serena Williams, leading by a set 62. Then in the third game thigs escalated quickly after Serena as called for a coaching violation. Then losing a break lead she smashed her racquet prompting a second code violation which now brought with it a point penalty.

It all went to …

Naomi Osaka made history Saturday at the US Open, beating Serena Williams in a controversial final 62, 64 to become the first Japanese man or woman to ever win a Grand Slam event.

The 20-year-old Osaka, who had never won a title 12 months ago, becomes the youngest US Open champion since 19-year-old Maria Sharapova in 2006.

With her power game and solid groundstrokes, Osaka lost just one set all tournament. After …

It was going to be a historic night for Serena Williams Saturday at the US Open. And it was.

Not unlike past US Open blow-ups, Serena Williams lost her cool, and combined with her coach Patrick Mouratoglou to lose the final.

Let’s unpack this.

Naomi Osaka came out swinging and took the first set 6-2. Then in the second game of the second set, chair umpire Carlos Ramos gave Williams a warning as …

For the second time this year Rafael Nadal couldn’t finish a hard court Grand Slam. The Spaniard was resuming his US Open title defense this evening in the semifinals against Juan Martin del Potro when once again knee troubles arose, forcing him to retire down 7-6(3), 6-2 due to tendinitis in his right knee.

“I waited as much as I can,” Nadal said. “You could imagine very difficult for me to …

After almost 16 hours of play, Rafael Nadal’s body finally gave in. The Spaniard was playing today against Juan Martin del Potro in the US Open semifinals and early he was playing well.

But in the middle of the first, the trainer taped up his right knee. Two games later the trainer was back to remove the tape. Nadal pushed on but lost in the ensuing tiebreaker.

In the second, Nadal had …

After a steamy, sticky 11 days or so of weather, temperatures are expected to cool down for today’s men’s semifinals at the US Open.

The four still alive in the draw are all very familiar to this round.

Rafael Nadal has shown once again why he is one of the great warriors tennis has ever seen, toughing out a trio of big bruisers in exhausting, grueling matches.

Juan Martin del Potro has proven …