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Alexei Popyrin turns US Open uncertainty into a forceful four-set answer against Grigor Dimitrov
Alexei Popyrin arrived in New York under a cloud of qualification questions and wildcard framing. He left his first-round court with a more useful statement: when his serve and forehand set the terms, he can still mak...
Aleksandar Vukic’s five-set US Open fight shows the margins now separating opportunity from progress
Aleksandar Vukic pushed Rei Sakamoto through nearly three and a half hours at Flushing Meadows, but the Australian’s first-round defeat underlined how much harder major chances are becoming to convert.
James Duckworth turns a retirement scare into a US Open second-round launchpad
James Duckworth ’s 5-7, 6-3, 6-2, 7-6(8) win over No.30 seed Matteo Arnaldi was less about the upset label than the tactical adjustment that made it possible. Two days after retiring in Winston-Salem, the Australian a...
Alex de Minaur’s Davis Cup leadership gives Australia’s Poland tie a clear centre of gravity
Australia’s No.1 will lead the green and gold into a September showdown with Poland in Brisbane, with a place in the 2027 Davis Cup Qualifiers on the line.
Adam Walton’s US Open return slips away after missed chances against Yibing Wu
Adam Walton ’s US Open return ended in a straight-sets loss to Yibing Wu, but the 7-6(2), 6-2, 7-5 scoreline only partly captures how close the Australian came to extending the contest.
Aleksandar Vukic’s US Open fight survives the rain, but the Australian now faces one final break-point-sized hurdle
Aleksandar Vukic dragged Rei Sakamoto into a deciding set after twice falling behind, only for rain to suspend their US Open opener at 4-3 in the fifth. The Australian returns on September 1 needing to overturn a brea...
Thanasi Kokkinakis’ US Open comeback now runs into Spain’s teenage qualifier Rafael Jódar
Thanasi Kokkinakis ’ protected-ranking return has produced a difficult first-round assignment in New York, with Rafael Jódar bringing a rapidly rising ranking, a Grand Slam breakthrough already behind him and the mome...
Rinky Hijikata’s US Open progress gets its clearest test yet against Felix Auger-Aliassime
Rinky Hijikata ’s latest climb through the ATP and Challenger levels has earned him a brutal but revealing first-round assignment in New York against third seed Felix Auger-Aliassime.
Alexei Popyrin’s US Open return begins with a qualifier carrying plenty of old danger
Alexei Popyrin has been handed a first-round matchup that looks less like a soft landing than an immediate examination of whether his New York power game can still bend a major draw.
Aleksandar Vukic’s US Open draw offers a winnable first step, but no safe passage
Aleksandar Vukic has the kind of opening-round opportunity that can change the feel of a Grand Slam campaign — provided he can handle the danger carried by Rei Sakamoto’s qualifying run.
Alex de Minaur’s settled US Open build now faces the unfamiliarity of Andrea Guerrieri
Alex de Minaur arrives in New York with a clearer feel for his game, but the first-round draw offers no rhythm-based introduction: the Australian must solve qualifier Andrea Guerrieri without a recent scouting referen...
Christopher O’Connell’s US Open route collapses at the final hurdle after retirement
Christopher O’Connell was one set from another US Open main-draw opportunity before a retirement against Zsombor Piros turned a controlled qualifying run into an unresolved physical setback.
James Duckworth’s Winston-Salem run ends with an injury retirement before the US Open
James Duckworth’s best Winston-Salem campaign ended abruptly against Arthur Fery, leaving the Australian with a timely fitness question to answer before his US Open campaign begins.
Tristan Schoolkate’s US Open draw turns another qualifying run into a direct opportunity
Tristan Schoolkate will begin his 2026 US Open campaign against fellow qualifier Nishesh Basavareddy, a draw that removes an immediate seeded obstacle but places greater weight on his ability to convert momentum into ...
Christopher O’Connell’s Cincinnati run showed the level he can still reach
Before his US Open qualifying campaign, Christopher O’Connell had already supplied the more important evidence of a season turning: a qualifying place at an ATP Masters 1000, a win over Casper Ruud and a run to the Ci...
Cruz Hewitt is making Australia’s wildcard pathway feel like a beginning, not a finish
From qualifying in Washington to winning again in Winston-Salem, Cruz Hewitt’s fortnight has given Australia’s teenage pipeline a sharper question: can opportunity become repeatable ATP-level performance?
James Duckworth’s Winston-Salem progress gives his US Open preparation a sharper edge
James Duckworth has reached the Winston-Salem quarter-finals with a controlled win over Lorenzo Sonego, turning a routine US Open lead-in into a meaningful test of his hard-court level.
Alex de Minaur’s US Open test starts with a question of pressure, not pedigree
Australia’s leading men’s singles player enters New York with the ranking and recent hard-court wins to matter, but his Cincinnati defeat has sharpened the issue the US Open draw will expose: can de Minaur turn defens...
James McCabe’s US Open exit shows how quickly a Grand Slam chance can disappear
James McCabe’s 6-1, 6-4 loss to Lukas Neumayer in US Open qualifying was not a five-set epic or a near miss. It was a reminder of how little room there is for Australia’s next wave when a major opportunity arrives wit...
Alex Bolt’s US Open qualifying run ends where his first-strike margins disappeared
Alex Bolt’s campaign stopped at the first hurdle in New York, but the 7-6(3), 7-5 loss to Pablo Llamas Ruiz was decided by a narrow tactical shift rather than a collapse.