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Coco Gauff Joins Exit Of US Open Superstars After New York Horror Show

Coco Gauff joined Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz on the US Open scrap-heap Sunday as the defending champion crashed out to Emma Navarro in a blizzard of mistakes. As Gauff exited, US hopes were then rekindled when Frances Tiafoe and Taylor Fritz reached the men's last-eight, igniting hopes of a first homegrown male Grand Slam champion since Andy Roddick's win in New York in 2003. Third-ranked Gauff slumped to a 6-3, 4-6, 6-3 fourth round defeat to her American teammate on the back of 19 double faults and 60 unforced errors.

Jannik Sinner swats aside Christopher O'Connell to reach US Open fourth round

World number one Jannik Sinner's bid for a second Grand Slam title continued to gain momentum as he thumped Christopher O'Connell 6-1 6-4 6-2 to reach the US Open fourth round.

Sinner secures safe passage at US Open as Swiatek rolls on

NEW YORK : Jannik Sinner reached the fourth round of the U.S. Open, avoiding the fate as his main rivals, while fellow top seed Iga Swiatek gained momentum in her bid for a sixth Grand Slam title after a pep talk from Serena Williams on Saturday.

'Star Striking' - Iga Swiatek Inspired By Chat With Serena Williams

Iga Swiatek said a chat with Serena Williams as the 23-time Grand Slam champion toured the US Open grounds on Saturday was a "positive kick" before her third-round victory over Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova. Current world number one Swiatek was spotted talking with Williams in the players' gym at Flushing Meadows. Far from finding it a disruption to her match preparations, Swiatek said it "more inspired me and it gave me, like, a positive kick, so it was nice." Williams, wearing a throwback look of a short pleated denim skirt and jacket, returned to the venue where she lifted the trophy six times, sharing the record for most US Open women's singles titles with Chris Evert.

Serena Williams returns to US Open - as a fan

NEW YORK : Serena Williams set Flushing Meadows abuzz on Saturday as the 23-time major winner appeared at the U.S. Open - as a fan - for the first time since stepping away from tennis two years ago.