Serena and a tournament of firsts — how this year's U.S. Open made history
Several of the players marked firsts for the sport's history, while for Serena Williams, the tournament may have been her last match.
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At the U.S. Open, line judges are out. Automated calls are in
Electronic line judging has replaced humans at the U.S. Open. But the voices making calls are real people, recorded with varying levels of urgency to sell the call, depending on how close the shot is.
Alcaraz stops Tiafoe's U.S. Open run
Carlos Alcaraz and Frances Tiafoe engaged in a high-level, high-energy spectacle of a back-and-forth semifinal — no point over when it seemed to be, no ball out of reach, no angle too audacious.
Tiafoe is the first American man to reach the U.S. Open semifinals since 2006
Frances Tiafoe topped Russia's Andrey Rublev 7-6 (3), 7-6 (0), 6-4 behind the backing of a boisterous partisan crowd in Arthur Ashe Stadium on Wednesday.