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INDIAN WELLS, Calif. — (AP) — Elena Rybakina fired seven aces in routing top-ranked Iga Swiatek 6-2, 6-2 on Friday to advance to the BNP Paribas Open final. Rybakina will play second-seeded Aryna Sabalenka, who beat Maria Sakkari 6-2, 6-3, in Sunday's final in the Southern California desert. “It’s going to be huge,” said Sabalenka, who won the doubles title in 2019. She won the final three games, including two services, to take the first set, 6-2. From there, Sabalenka won four of the final five games to close out the match in 1 1/2 hours.

Elena Rybakina routed top-ranked Iga Swiatek 6-2, 6-2 to advance to the BNP Paribas Open final.

INDIAN WELLS, Calif. — (AP) — Top-ranked Iga Swiatek breezed past Sorana Cirstea 6-2, 6-3 to reach the semifinals of the BNP Paribas Open on Thursday. Swiatek, the defending champion, took a 4-0 lead in the second set and converted her second match point to close it out. It will be a rematch from the Australian Open in January, when Rybakina won 6-4, 6-4 in the quarterfinals. Jannik Sinner beat defending champion Taylor Fritz 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 to become the first Italian man to reach the semifinals of the 47-year-old tournament. 8 Felix Auger-Aliassime 6-4, 6-4.

American skier Mikaela Shiffrin has surpassed Swedish great Ingemar Stenmark with a record 87th World Cup win.

Top-ranked Iga Swiatek was upset by Barbora Krejcikova 6-4, 6-2 in the final of the Dubai Championships on Saturday. Krejcikova closed the tournament by beating the top three players in the WTA rankings: No. 3 Jessica Pegula in the quarterfinals, No. 2 Aryna Sabalenka in the semifinals, then Swiatek. No. 8 Daria Kasaktina was also overcome in the second round.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — (AP) — Top-ranked Iga Swiatek stayed undefeated against Coco Gauff, beating the American teenager 6-4, 6-2 to reach the final at the Dubai Championships on Friday. The three-time Grand Slam champion improved to 6-0 against the 18-year-old Gauff, and each victory has been in straight sets. The Pole beat Gauff in last year's French Open final. Barbora Krejcikova, the 2021 French Open champion, will face No. Swiatek beat Pegula last week to retain her Qatar Open title.

Top-ranked Iga Swiatek has stayed undefeated against Coco Gauff after beating the American teenager 6-4, 6-2 to reach the final at the Dubai Championships.

Aryna Sabalenka has won her first Grand Slam title by coming back to beat Elena Rybakina 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 in the Australian Open women’s final.

Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina has reached her second final in the past three Grand Slam tournaments by beating Victoria Azarenka 7-6 (4), 6-3 at the Australian Open.

Tommy Paul has reached his first Grand Slam semifinal and ended the surprising run of Ben Shelton by winning their all-American matchup 7-6 (6), 6-3, 5-7, 6-4 at the Australian Open.

Victoria Azarenka has defeated Jessica Pegula 6-4, 6-1 to reach the Australian Open semifinals for the first time in a decade.

The next stop on Ben Shelton's impressive debut run at the Australian Open will be the quarterfinals.

Rybakina beat Swiatek 6-4, 6-4 in 89 minutes. But the decks have been cleared for Jessica Pegula, the highest-seeded American (and woman) left in the tournament, to swing her way to her very first Grand Slam title. 15 Jannik Sinner played five sets over four hours, and when the dust settled, Tsitsipas emerged the winner, defeating Sinner 6-4, 6-4, 3-6, 4-6, 6-3. 4 Caroline Garcia will face Magda Linette, who has already made the best Grand Slam showing of her career with a fourth-round appearance. The young Ben Shelton, playing in his first Australian Open, will face J. J. Wolf to see which of them will break through to their first Grand Slam quarterfinal.

Instead, it will be Rybakina taking on 2017 French Open champion Jelena Ostapenko, a 7-5, 6-3 winner against Gauff, with a semifinal berth at stake. 3 Jessica Pegula vs. 2021 French Open champion Barbora Krejcikova, and two-time Australian Open champion Victoria Azarenka vs. unseeded Zhu Lin. In men's action, 22-year-old American Sebastian Korda — whose father, Petr, won the 1998 Australian Open — reached his first Grand Slam quarterfinal by edging No. But her game is worthy of much more attention, as she displayed in knocking out Swiatek, one match after defeating 2022 Australian Open runner-up Danielle Collins. In the second set, Swiatek appeared to have gotten herself back on track, going up 3-0.

Instead, it will be Rybakina taking on 2017 French Open champion Jelena Ostapenko, a 7-5, 6-3 winner against Gauff, with a semifinal berth at stake. 3 Jessica Pegula vs. 2021 French Open champion Barbora Krejcikova, and two-time Australian Open champion Victoria Azarenka vs. unseeded Zhu Lin. Until Sunday, both Swiatek and Gauff looked fairly dominant for a week, winning every set they contested. But her game is worthy of much more attention, as she displayed in knocking out Swiatek, one match after defeating 2022 Australian Open runner-up Danielle Collins. In the second set, Swiatek appeared to have gotten herself back on track, going up 3-0.

MELBOURNE, Australia — (AP) — There will not be a showdown between Iga Swiatek and Coco Gauff at the Australian Open. Instead, it will be the players who beat them Sunday — reigning Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina and 2017 French Open champion Jelena Ostapenko — who face off for a semifinal berth. 1-seeded Iga Swiatek 6-4, 6-4 in Rod Laver Arena, while Ostapenko got past No. One key to Ostapenko vs. Gauff: Ostapenko went 3-for-3 converting her break chances, and Gauff was just 1-for-8 in such situations. In the second set, Swiatek appeared to have gotten herself back on track, looking very much like the player who put together a 37-match winning streak last year.

MELBOURNE, Australia — (AP) — Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina eliminated No. 1-ranked Iga Swiatek in straight sets Sunday to reach the Australian Open quarterfinals for the first time. The 22nd-seeded Rybakina used her big serving to unsettle Swiatek and got the better of their baseline exchanges to win 6-4, 6-4 in about 1 1/2 hours. Swiatek is a three-time major champion, including titles at the French Open and U.S. Open last season. Rybakina’s ranking does not properly reflect her ability or results because her championship at the All England Club last July did not come with any ranking points.

Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina has eliminated No. 1-ranked Iga Swiatek and 2017 French Open champion Jelena Ostapenko has defeated Coco Gauff in the Australian Open's fourth round.

There will not be a showdown between Iga Swiatek and Coco Gauff at the Australian Open. Instead, it will be the players who beat them Sunday — reigning Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina and 2017 French Open champion Jelena Ostapenko — who face off for a semifinal berth. Rybakina eliminated No. 1-seeded Iga Swiatek 6-4, 6-4 in Rod Laver Arena, while Ostapenko got past No. 7 Gauff 7-5, 6-3 next door in Margaret Court Arena.

So it's no surprise that American skier Mikaela Shiffrin and Polish tennis player Iga Swiatek are drawn to each other. It all started a couple of years ago when Swiatek said Shiffrin was a role model for her. “We are both on tour, so it’s kind of hard,” Swiatek said after her match in Melbourne. “It’s better to know that there’s other people who feel the same way," Shiffrin said Friday in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. Swiatek also appreciates how Shiffrin has stayed virtually injury-free during her career by being very selective about when and where she races.

They both tend to shy away from the spotlight despite winning regularly.

It all started a couple of years ago when Swiatek said Shiffrin was a role model for her. On Friday, as Swiatek routed qualifier Cristina Bucsa 6-0, 6-1 to reach the fourth round of the Australian Open a few hours before Shiffrin finished fourth in a downhill to leave her tied with Vonn for the women’s World Cup record of 82 wins, the tennis player and the skier renewed their long-distance conversation.

Sebastian Korda has eliminated two-time runner-up Daniil Medvedev 7-6 (7), 6-3, 7-6 (4) in the Australian Open’s third round.

American teenager Coco Gauff has eliminated 2021 U.S. Open champion Emma Raducanu in the second round of the Australian Open.

1 seed Iga Swiatek eased into the third round of the Australian Open on Wednesday as she beat Camila Osorio of Colombia 6-2, 6-3. The reigning French Open and U.S. Open champion will now play either Bianca Andreescu of Canada, the former U.S. Open champion, or Cristina Bucsa of Spain. “I think it was much tougher than the score says,” Swiatek said. “It was tough but I am happy that I was consistent in being proactive," she added. "I’m pretty happy that I won and can play the next round.”There will be no play on the outside courts until at least 1.30pm local time because of rain.

Rafael Nadal says his hip was injured during a second-round loss at the Australian Open to Mackenzie McDonald.

“I don’t want to know the draw!” Garcia blurted out, raising her left hand as if to literally deflect the subject. “I don’t know my draw!”She is hardly the only athlete making that claim at Melbourne Park during the year's first Grand Slam tournament, where the second round begins Wednesday. “I only know who I'm playing (in the) first round.”They haven’t glanced at the bracket, they say. “Everyone who says they don’t (know), they’re lying, man,” said Tiafoe, a semifinalist at last year’s U.S. Open. 8 seed Taylor Fritz of the U.S. in the second round if both won their opening matches.

Some players at the Australian Open claim they do not want to know which opponents could stand between them and a championship.

She was masterful at the French Open and a dominating force at the US Open, and while her run of success didn't start until February, she made it to the semifinals at the 2022 Australian Open. When is the 2023 Australian Open? The 2023 Australian Open begins on Jan. 16 and runs through Jan. 29. Australian Open 2023 women's oddsWith the defending Australian Open women's singles champ retired and pregnant with her first child, Swiatek took over in 2022, and she's got great odds to win the first Grand Slam of 2023. Iga Swiatek +240Aryna Sabalenka +700Jessica Pegula +1000Coco Gauff +1400Ons Jabeur +1400Caroline Garcia +1400Belinda Bencic +1600How to watch the 2023 Australian OpenESPN has the broadcast rights to the 2023 Australian Open.

The women’s singles final is Saturday, Jan. 28; the men’s singles final is Sunday, Jan. 29. LOOKAHEAD TO MONDAYThe Australian Open begins at Melbourne Park on Monday morning (Sunday night EST) with 18-year-old American Coco Gauff in action in Rod Laver Arena against Katerina Siniakova. It was the first time in 57 years that a man won an Australian Open final after dropping the first two sets. PRIZE MONEYTotal prize money for the 2023 Australian Open is $76.5 million Australian dollars (about $53 million). The women’s and men’s singles champions each will be paid $2.975 million Australian dollars (about $2 million), a drop of 37.5% from last year’s checks of 4.4 million Australian dollars (about $3.15 million).

The Australian Open begins at Melbourne Park with 18-year-old American Coco Gauff in action in Rod Laver Arena against Katerina Siniakova.

MELBOURNE, Australia — (AP) — Coco Gauff acknowledges she tends to be in a bit of a hurry as she moves through life. Win that, and Gauff next could face Emma Raducanu, who won the 2021 U.S. Open as a teenager. That would be a rematch of their French Open final last June, which Swiatek won. But Coco is, of course, Coco and she’s herself,” WTA CEO and Chairman Steve Simon said. She made it to her first Grand Slam final in Paris.

Coco Gauff acknowledges she tends to be in a bit of a hurry as she moves through life.

Coco Gauff acknowledges she tends to be in a bit of a hurry as she moves through life. The 18-year-old Floridian doesn’t stick around in a city after a tennis tournament ends: “Even if it’s a nice place,” she said with a chuckle, “I like to leave.” Yes, generally, Gauff is ready to move on.

Rivals Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal have been placed on opposite halves of the Australian Open bracket in the draw, meaning the owners of a combined 43 Grand Slam singles titles could only meet in the final at Melbourne Park.

SYDNEY — (AP) — Frances Tiafoe beat Britain’s Daniel Evans 3-6, 7-5, 6-3 on Wednesday to move the United States into the United Cup mixed teams tournament semifinals. Tiafoe’s victory gave the Americans a 3-1 winning lead in the best-of-five Sydney City Final. 3 Jessica Pegula gave the United States a 2-1 lead by beating Britain’s Harriet Dart 6-2, 6-0 in 57 minutes. “I think Madi really set the tone with her match,” Pegula said. The three city final winners and the next best-ranked team will play in Sydney from Friday to Sunday to determine the tournament champion.

A new Netflix docuseries about professional tennis called “Break Point” is scheduled to debut on Jan. 13.

Iga Swiatek was honored as WTA Player of the Year for the first time on Monday after rising to No. Swiatek, a 21-year-old from Poland who was the WTA Newcomer of the Year in 2020, led the tour with 67 match wins and eight titles. “I felt like everything clicked this season,” Swiatek said in a video interview with The Associated Press during her unbeaten streak. The WTA Coach of the Year award went to David Witt. 3 in the rankings during 2022 and was a quarterfinalist at three Grand Slam tournaments — losing to Barty or Swiatek each time.

Iga Swiatek has won the WTA Player of the Year award for the first time.

Caroline Garcia took a tight first set and went on to a 7-6(4), 6-4 victory over Aryna Sabalenka to win the championship of the WTA Finals.

FORT WORTH, Texas — (AP) — Aryna Sabalenka ended top-ranked Iga Swiatek's 15-match winning streak against top-10 opponents, winning 6-2, 2-6, 6-1 on Sunday night for a spot in the championship of the WTA Finals. “Only because of this thinking, I was able to play at this amazing level tonight.”Swiatek fell behind one break in the final set with two wide forehands before another one put her down two breaks. Amelie Mauresmo (2005) is the only woman from France to win the WTA Finals. Garcia closed out that game for a 5-1 lead on the way to a 3-0 career record against Sakkari. “Not taking away anything from her, I played a very average match from my side,” said Sakkari, who didn't qualify for the WTA Finals until the final event of the regular season.

Aryna Sabalenka has stunned top-ranked Iga Swiatek to reach the championship of the WTA Finals.

WTA Tour Chairman and CEO Steve Simon says he does not know when women's professional tennis events will return to China.

Jessica Pegula and Coco Gauff are the first pair of U.S. women both in the top four spots of the WTA rankings since sisters Serena and Venus Williams were up there a dozen years ago. Gauff, who lost in the quarterfinals at that tournament, moved up from No. 7 to No. 4. The last time two Americans were that high in the women’s tennis rankings was the week of Oct. 18, 2010, when Serena Williams was No. 2 and Venus Williams was No. 4.

Top-ranked Iga Swiatek will not play in the Billie Jean King Cup and complained Monday about that event being scheduled to start immediately after the WTA Finals. The Billie Jean King Cup — a team competition run by the International Tennis Federation — will be held in Glasgow, Scotland, from Nov. 8-13. Swiatek, a 21-year-old from Poland, is establishing herself as a dominant force in women's tennis. Heading into a tournament she entered this week in Ostrava, Czech Republic, Swiatek is 57-7 with seven titles in 2022. As of now, other singles players in position to compete at the WTA Finals whose countries are going to be in the Billie Jean King Cup include No.

Top-ranked Iga Swiatek says she won't play in the Billie Jean King Cup and has complained about that event being scheduled too close to the WTA Finals.

We will miss them,” Nick Bollettieri, a Hall of Fame coach, said about Federer and Williams. Williams has 23, and Federer 20, and both have dozens of other trophies, Olympic medals, hundreds of weeks at No. 1 since Ash Barty’s retirement six months ago, is the first woman to win two Grand Slam titles in a single season since 2016. Swiatek and Alcaraz learned tennis, learned what it takes to be champions, learned what success beyond the lines looks like, during as golden an era as their sport ever enjoyed. So tennis is in for a nice little pop here.”___More AP tennis: https://apnews.com/hub/tennis and https://twitter.com/AP_SportsCopyright 2022 The Associated Press.

The timing of it all hardly could be more symbolic: All within a span of two weeks, Serena Williams plays what is believed to be her last match at age 40, Roger Federer announces he’ll be retiring at 41, Iga Swiatek wins her third Grand Slam title at 21, and Carlos Alcaraz gets his first at 19.

1 on Monday at age 19, making him the youngest man to lead the ATP computerized rankings since they began in 1973. 2 after reaching his second major final of the season. Sunday's matchup was the first Grand Slam final featuring two men both trying to win a first Slam trophy and with No. Novak Djokovic missed his second Grand Slam tournament this season because he is not vaccinated against COVID-19 and slid one place down to No. Iga Swiatek's third major title, and first in New York, kept her at No.

Carlos Alcaraz’s U.S. Open championship has moved him up to No. 1 at age 19.

Her 6-2, 7-6 (5) victory over Ons Jabeur in Arthur Ashe Stadium on Saturday gave Swiatek 10 consecutive triumphs in title matches, every one in straight sets. And to think: This is not her favorite surface, her favorite tennis balls, her favorite weather, her favorite site. “I’m proud that I have much more solutions and options on court than I had before, tennis-wise, but also mentally. “I’m going to see how I’m going to react,” she said. Write to him at hfendrich@ap.org or follow him on Twitter at https://twitter.com/HowardFendrich___More AP coverage of U.S. Open tennis: https://apnews.com/hub/us-open-tennis-championships and https://twitter.com/AP_SportsCopyright 2022 The Associated Press.

Iga Swiatek is still just 21 and yet she already is guaranteed a spot on the International Tennis Hall of Fame ballot five years after she retires.

Jabeur rallied after poor starts in both sets, but fell short in a Grand Slam final for the second straight time. One of those was against Jabeur this year in Rome, a 6-2, 6-2 rout, and so far this one has been just as easy. Jabeur is trying to become the first African woman and first Arab in the professional era to win a Grand Slam title. ___4 p.m.Alexandra Eala has become the first player from the Philippines to win a junior Grand Slam singles title. Swiatek is bidding for her second Grand Slam title this year and third overall.

NEW YORK — (AP) — Ons Jabeur dropped her racket in disgust after one poor shot in the U.S. Open final. Jabeur picked herself up and kept on fighting Saturday, and that's exactly what she intends to do after a second straight Grand Slam tournament ended in disappointment. “Definitely I’m not someone that's going to give up,” Jabeur said. “I am sure I’m going to be in the final again. But she really wants that Grand Slam trophy, which would be the first by an African and Arab woman in the professional era, which dates to 1968.

Ons Jabeur dropped her racket in disgust after one poor shot in the U.S. Open final.

NEW YORK — Iga Swiatek beat Ons Jabeur on Saturday to claim her first U.S. Open women’s title and the third Grand Slam title of her career. 5 Jabeur 6-2, 7-6 to win her first championship at Flushing Meadows, ESPN reported. Ashleigh Barty, Lindsay Davenport, Jennifer Capriati and Virginia Wade also won their first three major finals. Saturday’s win brings Swiatek’s tour-level record to 55-7 in 2022, including seven trophies. She also won the French Open in June and is the first woman since 2016 to collect two major titles in a season, the sports news network reported.

The top-ranked Swiatek has won seven titles in 2022, the most by a woman since Serena Williams in 2014.

NEW YORK — (AP) — Iga Swiatek beat Ons Jabeur 6-2, 7-6 (5) in the U.S. Open final on Saturday to claim her first championship at Flushing Meadows and third Grand Slam title overall. On Saturday, Swiatek had her first match point while leading 6-5 in the second as Jabeur served. Right before the point began, Swiatek jogged over to the sideline to change rackets — an unusual choice at that moment. Jabeur, a 28-year-old from Tunisia, is the first African woman and first Arab woman to reach a Grand Slam final and was participating in her second in a row. ___More AP coverage of U.S. Open tennis: https://apnews.com/hub/us-open-tennis-championships and https://twitter.com/AP_Sportsball: https://apnews.com/article/us-open-tennis-championships-sports-new-york-iga-swiatek-2526304c7d52fd71439537c397a7253cmen pre: https://apnews.com/article/rafael-nadal-novak-djokovic-us-open-tennis-championships-sports-d71b8b87e942026a57cb8be9c2bc5e18Swiatek: https://apnews.com/article/french-open-sports-tennis-wimbledon-6cededafff177365f43ff614630e3abbJabeur: https://apnews.com/article/us-open-tennis-championships-sports-iga-swiatek-caroline-garcia-ecb65ee5c6b2b2c6fdc6ed545ef14032Copyright 2022 The Associated Press.

NEW YORK — (AP) — The Latest on the U.S. Open tennis tournament (all times local):___6:10 p.m.Iga Swiatek has won her first U.S. Open and third Grand Slam title, beating Ons Jabeur 6-2, 7-6 (5). Jabeur rallied after poor starts in both sets, but fell short in a Grand Slam final for the second straight time. Jabeur is trying to become the first African woman and first Arab in the professional era to win a Grand Slam title. ___4 p.m.Alexandra Eala has become the first player from the Philippines to win a junior Grand Slam singles title. Swiatek is bidding for her second Grand Slam title this year and third overall.

Iga Swiatek has defeated Ons Jabeur 6-2, 7-6 (5) to win her first U.S. Open championship and third Grand Slam title overall.

The fifth-seeded Jabeur had lost only one set in the tournament while reaching her second straight Grand Slam final. ___4:20 p.m.Iga Swiatek and Ons Jabeur have started the women's singles final at the U.S. Open. Jabeur is trying to become the first African woman and first Arab in the professional era to win a Grand Slam title. ___4 p.m.Alexandra Eala has become the first player from the Philippines to win a junior Grand Slam singles title. Swiatek is bidding for her second Grand Slam title this year and third overall.

NEW YORK — (AP) — The Latest on the U.S. Open tennis tournament (all times local):___4:20 p.m.Iga Swiatek and Ons Jabeur have started the women's singles final at the U.S. Open. Jabeur is trying to become the first African woman and first Arab in the professional era to win a Grand Slam title. ___4 p.m.Alexandra Eala has become the first player from the Philippines to win a junior Grand Slam singles title. ___1:15 p.m.Top-ranked Iga Swiatek and Ons Jabeur will play for the women's singles title at the U.S. Open, where the mixed doubles champion also will be decided. Swiatek is bidding for her second Grand Slam title this year and third overall.

NEW YORK — (AP) — The Latest on the U.S. Open tennis tournament (all times local):___4 p.m.Alexandra Eala has become the first player from the Philippines to win a junior Grand Slam singles title. 10 seed beat Lucia Havlickova of the Czech Republic 6-2, 6-4 to win the U.S. Open junior girls' title. ___2 p.m.Australians Storm Sanders and John Peers won the U.S. Open mixed doubles title with a 4-6, 6-4, 10-7 victory over the team of Kirsten Flipkens and Edouard Roger-Vasselin. Swiatek is bidding for her second Grand Slam title this year and third overall. ___More AP coverage of U.S. Open tennis: https://apnews.com/hub/us-open-tennis-championships and https://twitter.com/AP_SportsCopyright 2022 The Associated Press.

NEW YORK — (AP) — The Latest on U.S. Open tennis tournament (all times local):2:15 p.m.U.S. Open semifinalist Frances Tiafoe has pulled out of the United States team that will play group stage matches in the Davis Cup next week in Glasgow, Scotland. ___2 p.m.Australians Storm Sanders and John Peers won the U.S. Open mixed doubles title with a 4-6, 6-4, 10-7 victory over the team of Kirsten Flipkens and Edouard Roger-Vasselin. It was the first Grand Slam mixed doubles title for Peers, who had made 31 previous appearances before teaming up for the first time in this tournament with Sanders. Swiatek is bidding for her second Grand Slam title this year and third overall. ___More AP coverage of U.S. Open tennis: https://apnews.com/hub/us-open-tennis-championships and https://twitter.com/AP_SportsCopyright 2022 The Associated Press.

NEW YORK — (AP) — The Latest on U.S. Open tennis tournament (all times local):2 p.m.Australians Storm Sanders and John Peers won the U.S. Open mixed doubles title with a 4-6, 6-4, 10-7 victory over the team of Kirsten Flipkens and Edouard Roger-Vasselin. It was the first Grand Slam mixed doubles title for Peers, who had made 31 previous appearances before teaming up for the first time in this tournament with Sanders. Swiatek is bidding for her second Grand Slam title this year and third overall. 5 seed from Tunisia would become the first African woman to win a Grand Slam event in the professional era, which began in 1968. Their match on Arthur Ashe Stadium was to follow the mixed doubles final between Australians Storm Sanders and John Peers, and the team of Kirsten Flipkens and Edouard Roger-Vasselin.

NEW YORK — (AP) — The Latest on U.S. Open tennis tournament (all times local):1:15 p.m.Top-ranked Iga Swiatek and Ons Jabeur will play for the women's singles title at the U.S. Open, where the mixed doubles champion also will be decided. Swiatek is bidding for her second Grand Slam title this year and third overall. 5 seed from Tunisia would become the first African woman to win a Grand Slam event in the professional era, which began in 1968. Their match on Arthur Ashe Stadium was to follow the mixed doubles final between Australians Storm Sanders and John Peers, and the team of Kirsten Flipkens and Edouard Roger-Vasselin. ___More AP coverage of U.S. Open tennis: https://apnews.com/hub/us-open-tennis-championships and https://twitter.com/AP_SportsCopyright 2022 The Associated Press.

There’s more to New York than just the U.S. Open.

Swiatek won her second French Open title this year. 6-seeded Sabalenka has never played for a Grand Slam title, losing in the U.S. Open semifinals last year. ___8:25 p.m.Ons Jabeur dominantly advanced to her second straight Grand Slam final, beating Caroline Garcia 6-1, 6-3. The fifth-seeded Jabeur is trying to reach her second straight Grand Slam final. Seeded 17th, the Frenchwoman's first career Grand Slam appearance will send her back into the top 10 next week.

NEW YORK — (AP) — No. 6 Aryna Sabalenka 3-6, 6-1, 6-4 in the U.S. Open semifinals Thursday night to reach her first title match at Flushing Meadows. After falling behind 4-2 in the third, she grabbed the last four games and 16 of the last 20 points. Jabeur beat Caroline Garcia 6-1, 6-3 in the other semifinal. ___More AP coverage of U.S. Open tennis: https://apnews.com/hub/us-open-tennis-championships and https://twitter.com/AP_SportsCopyright 2022 The Associated Press.

NEW YORK — (AP) — The Latest on the U.S. Open tennis tournament (all times local):10:15 p.m.Iga Swiatek has sent the second U.S. Open women's semifinal to a third set. ___8:25 p.m.Ons Jabeur dominantly advanced to her second straight Grand Slam final, beating Caroline Garcia 6-1, 6-3. The fifth-seeded Jabeur is trying to reach her second straight Grand Slam final. Jabeur is bidding for a second straight major final, having made her deepest run yet at Wimbledon. Seeded 17th, the Frenchwoman's first career Grand Slam appearance will send her back into the top 10 next week.

Aryna Sabalenka is a set away from her first Grand Slam final. 6-seeded Sabalenka has never played for a Grand Slam title, losing in the U.S. Open semifinals last year. ___8:25 p.m.Ons Jabeur dominantly advanced to her second straight Grand Slam final, beating Caroline Garcia 6-1, 6-3. Jabeur is bidding for a second straight major final, having made her deepest run yet at Wimbledon. Seeded 17th, the Frenchwoman's first career Grand Slam appearance will send her back into the top 10 next week.

The top-ranked Swiatek is hoping to add a U.S. Open title to her two French Open championships. 6-seeded Sabalenka has never played for a Grand Slam title, losing in the U.S. Open semifinals last year. ___8:25 p.m.Ons Jabeur dominantly advanced to her second straight Grand Slam final, beating Caroline Garcia 6-1, 6-3. The fifth-seeded Jabeur is trying to reach her second straight Grand Slam final. Seeded 17th, the Frenchwoman's first career Grand Slam appearance will send her back into the top 10 next week.

Iga Swiatek and Ons Jabeur will face each other in the U.S. Open women's final.

17 seed from France looked overwhelmed in her first Grand Slam semifinal, making 14 unforced errors while winning only 13 points in the 23-minute set. The fifth-seeded Jabeur is trying to reach her second straight Grand Slam final. She also reached the Australian Open semifinals and is 19-2 in Grand Slam tournaments this year. Jabeur is bidding for a second straight major final, having made her deepest run yet at Wimbledon. Seeded 17th, the Frenchwoman's first career Grand Slam appearance will send her back into the top 10 next week.

Garcia has won 13 straight matches and hadn't dropped more than four games in any set during her first five matches in Flushing Meadows. 17 seed from France looked overwhelmed in her first Grand Slam semifinal, making 14 unforced errors while winning only 13 points in the 23-minute set. 5 seed from Tunisia, is bidding for her second straight major final. The fifth-seeded Jabeur is trying to reach her second straight Grand Slam final. Jabeur is bidding for a second straight major final, having made her deepest run yet at Wimbledon.

NEW YORK — (AP) — The Latest on the U.S. Open tennis tournament (all times local):7:20 p.m.Ons Jabeur and Caroline Garcia are on the court in the opening match of the women's semifinals. The fifth-seeded Jabeur is trying to reach her second straight Grand Slam final. She also reached the Australian Open semifinals and is 19-2 in Grand Slam tournaments this year. 6-seeded Sabalenka lost last year in the U.S. Open semifinals, which remains her best performance in a major. Jabeur is bidding for a second straight major final, having made her deepest run yet at Wimbledon.

NEW YORK — (AP) — The Latest on the U.S. Open tennis tournament (all times local):6 p.m.Rajeev Ram and Joe Salisbury will play for a second straight U.S. Open men's doubles title after fighting off the Colombian team of Juan Sebastian Cabal and Robert Farah. Swiatek is the only major champion left, having won her second French Open title this summer. She also reached the Australian Open semifinals and is 19-2 in Grand Slam tournaments this year. 6-seeded Sabalenka lost last year in the U.S. Open semifinals, which remains her best performance in a major. Jabeur is bidding for a second straight major final, having made her deepest run yet at Wimbledon.

Iga Swiatek has reached the U.S. Open final and will play for her third Grand Slam title.

Alcaraz will face Frances Tiafoe on Friday in the first Grand Slam semifinal for both. ___4:45 p.m.Frances Tiafoe became the first American man into the U.S. Open semifinals in 16 years by beating No. 22-seeded Tiafoe reached the last four of a Grand Slam tournament for the first time. ___1:45 p.m.Aryna Sabalenka reached the U.S. Open semifinals for the second straight year by beating Karolina Pliskova 6-1, 7-6 (4). ___12:15 p.m.Aryna Sabalenka is on the court in search of a second straight trip to the U.S. Open semifinals in the opening singles match of the day.

___4:45 p.m.Frances Tiafoe became the first American man into the U.S. Open semifinals in 16 years by beating No. 22-seeded Tiafoe reached the last four of a Grand Slam tournament for the first time. The largest, most lucrative wheelchair tournament in Grand Slam history began with victories for top seeds Diede de Groot and Shingo Kunieda. ___1:45 p.m.Aryna Sabalenka reached the U.S. Open semifinals for the second straight year by beating Karolina Pliskova 6-1, 7-6 (4). ___12:15 p.m.Aryna Sabalenka is on the court in search of a second straight trip to the U.S. Open semifinals in the opening singles match of the day.

She sure seems to be getting the hang of this hard-court thing at the U.S. Open, though. Swiatek, a 21-year-old from Poland who won the French Open in 2020 and this June, twice failed to serve out the victory, at 5-4 and 6-5. 8-seeded Pegula missed a backhand, Swiatek ran toward her guest box, flung her white racket away and yelled. 6 seed Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus in Thursday's semifinals. Sabalenka made sure from the start that this one would be different, racing to a 4-0 lead.

Top-ranked Iga Swiatek has beaten Jessica Pegula 6-3, 7-6 (4) in to reach the U.S. Open semifinals for the first time.

Frances Tiafoe has become the first American man to reach the U.S. Open semifinals since 2006.

Carlos Alcaraz has outlasted Jannik Sinner in the latest-finishing match in U.S. Open history, advancing to the semifinals with a 6-3, 6-7 (7), 6-7 (0), 7-5, 6-3 victory.

Serena Williams played what’s expected to be her last match at the U.S. Open.

Frances Tiafoe has ended Rafael Nadal’s 22-match winning streak at Grand Slam tournaments by beating the 22-time major champion 6-4, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 in the U.S. Open’s fourth round.

It’s going to be a U.S. Open quarterfinals matchup of two rising stars when third-seeded Carlos Alcaraz plays No. 11-seed Jannik Sinner.

Much like for so many other folks, Serena Williams’ last match at the U.S. Open was must-see TV for players still in the tournament, so Jessica Pegula and Petra Kvitova tuned in from their hotel rooms the night before their victories led off Saturday’s schedule and set up a fourth-round showdown.

Rafael Nadal made it through his latest U.S. Open match in one piece and knocked off Richard Gasquet 6-0, 6-1, 7-5.

Matteo Berrettini has ended Andy Murray’s bid to return to the fourth round of a Grand Slam tournament by beating the the three-time major 6-4, 6-4, 6-7 (1), 6-3 at the U.S. Open.

Iga Swiatek is winning easily — and quietly.

Rafael Nadal has come back to win at the U.S. Open after cutting himself on the bridge of his nose when his racket bounced off the court and smacked him in the face during the fourth set against Fabio Fognini.

Serena Williams has eliminated No. 2 seed Anett Kontaveit 7-6 (4), 2-6, 6-2 in the U.S. Open’s second round to ensure that the 23-time Grand Slam champion will play at least one more singles match.

Emma Raducanu's defense of her surprising 2021 U.S. Open championship has ended with a first-round loss to Alizé Cornet.

Past U.S. Open champions Venus Williams, Naomi Osaka and Emma Raducanu all have lost in straight sets in the first round of the U.S. Open.

Four-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka has lost in the first round of a second consecutive major tournament.

Daria Snigur of Ukraine pulled off the first big upset of the U.S. Open, knocking off No. 7 seed Simona Halep 6-2, 0-6, 6-4.

The first woman Serena Williams will face in what is expected to be the last tournament of her stellar career says she is honored to play someone she remembers watching on TV as a child.

Coco Gauff’s shoes carried the message “Play for Peace” as she joined Rafael Nadal, Iga Swiatek and other tennis stars in a pre-U.S. Open exhibition event that helped generate more than $1 million for humanitarian assistance in Ukraine.

American Madison Keys upset No. 1 Iga Swiatek 6-3, 6-4 on Thursday to reach the Western & Southern Open quarterfinals.