The 2022 Grand Slam season has come to end, and I think it’s safe to say it marks a new beginning. A long awaited beginning. The changing of the guard is finally here. And it’s good.

1. ALCARAZ ARRIVES
I think most of us knew it was coming, just not this fast. The kid couldn’t even get into main draws at the start of the last year and now Carlos Alcaraz is …

Carlos Alcaraz is the new king of tennis. Just 19, the Spaniard collected his first career Grand Slam title Sunday night topping Casper Ruud 6-4, 2-6, 7-6(1), 6-3. The title also gives him the new No. 1 ranking making him the youngest player to sit atop the men’s ranking.

“It is something I have dreamt of since I was a kid. To be No. 1 in the world, to be champion …

Iga Swiatek confirmed her status as the best player in women’s tennis hanging on to beat Ons Jabeur 6-2, 7-6(5) in the final of the US Open Saturday afternoon.

“I needed to stay composed and focus on the goals,” Swiatek said on court. “It’s New York, it’s so loud, it’s so crazy.

“It’s really mind-blowing for me. I’m really proud I could handle it mentally.”

Swiatek roared out to a quick 6-2, 3-0 …

Carlos Alcaraz won his third straight five set matches knocking out Frances Tiafoe 6-7(6), 6-3, 6-1, 6-7(5), 6-3 to reach his very first Grand Slam final.

“To be honest in the semi-final of a Grand Slam you have to give everything… we have to fight until the last ball. It doesn’t matter if we are fighting for five hours, six hours. It doesn’t matter. You have to give everything on court,” …

Iga Swiatek came from a set down and then a break down in the third to defeat Aryna Sabalenka 3-6, 6-1, 6-4 to reach the US Open finals.

Seeking her first Grand Slam final, Arnya Sabalenka stormed out to a quick lead and grabber her first set off the world No. 1 this year.

After a miserable opening set, Swiatek got a handle on her serve and rolled winning the first 8 …

Frances Tiafoe came of age Wednesday at the US Open reaching his first Slam semifinal thumping Andrey Rublev 7-6(4), 7-6(0), 6-4.

Tiafoe was dominant on serve dropping just seven total points on his first delivery. And he never lost serve once en route to his second straight win over the Russian in New York.

Rublev had no answers against the American. Though he pushed hard to get to the breakers, his belief …

Top seed Iga Swiatek held off Jessica Pegula 6-3, 7-6(4) to reach her first US Open semifinal.

Swiatek ran her record to 3-1 against the American No. 1, but it got tricky in the end.

After cruising in the opening set and building a break lead in the second, Pegula would make a match of it. The two Top 10ers traded 10 breaks in the second set alone before the world No. …

Casper Ruud got off the block quick and rolled past Matteo Berrettini 6-0, 6-4, 7-6(4) to reach his second career Grand Slam semifinal.

The 23-year-old from Norway raced out to a 6-0, 5-1 lead in front of a stunned crowd under the Ashe roof.

Berrettini, who crushed Ruud back in 2020 at the US Open, came to life breaking Ruud but the couldn’t the set.

In the third, Berrettini’s rebound continued going up …

Caroline Garcia put it to rest that she’s the woman to beat at the US Open, thumping Coco Gauff 6-3, 6-4 to reach her first career Grand Slam semifinal.

“I don’t know how to describe it. It’s crazy,” Garcia said. “The atmosphere was very, very strong. Obviously, to play an American here is like crazy energy. My head is just buzzing.”

Garcia has now won 29 of her last 33 matches and …

Less than 24 hours after top seed Daniil Medvedev was bounced out of the US Open by Nick Kyrgios, 4-time champion Rafael Nadal followed the Russian out of New York.

Nadal suffered his first defeat of the season in Slams going down to a fully-charged Frances Tiafoe 6-4, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3.

“I played unbelievable tennis today. I really don’t even know what happened,” Tiafoe told the crowd. “At 4-3, when I went …

Top seed Iga Swiatek was in serious trouble down a set and a break at 2-1 before the world No. 1 got on track and got a 2-6, 6-4, 6-0 win over Wimbledon quarterfinalist Jule Niemeier to reach her first US Open quarterfinal.

Swiatek had not dropped a set until the opening set stunner.

“I’m just proud I didn’t lose hope,” Swiatek said of the second set comeback. “In the second set, …

Coco Gauff moved into her first non-clay Grand Slam quarterfinal on Sunday easing past former doubles partner Shuai Zhang 7-5, 7-5 at the US Open.

Zhang, who beat Gauff in the US Open doubles final last year, got up early 2-0 in the first then served for the second at 5-3 with a set point in the second. But Gauff, as she does so often, was able to fight back. The …

Nick Kyrgios continues to amaze. The Australian toppled defending champion Daniil Medvedev 7-6(11), 3-6, 6-3, 6-2 tonight in the US Open fourth round.

“It was an amazing match. Obviously, Daniil is the defending champion, a lot of pressure on his shoulders,” said Kyrgios. “But I played really well. I’ve been playing amazing the last couple of months. What a place to do it. Packed house in New York. I’m extremely blessed.”

Early …

The great career of Petra Kvitova is still missing any kind of mark at the US Open. The 2-time Wimbledon champion moved closer to a first US Open semifinal today edging Garbine Muguruza in a 7-5, 3-6, 7-6[12-10] thriller to reach the fourth round.

Muguruza, like Kvitova has been struggling at this highest of levels, led Kvitova 5-2 in the third and later held match points. But Kvitova would storm back …

The Spanish duo of Rafael Nadal and Carlos Alcaraz rolled into the US Open fourth round on Saturday.

Nadal upped his head-to-head record to 18-0 against Richard Gasquet, pounding the 36-year-old Frenchman 6-0, 6-1, 7-5. Rafa was rolling up 6-0, 6-1, 2-0 before Gasquet made a late push.

“My best match in the tournament,” Nadal said on court. “Easy to say that because the other day was tough. But, yeah, important …