The final set alone lasted three hours as the 6-4, 1-6, 16-14 marathon eclipsed the longest Grand Slam women's match between Barbora Zahlavova Strycova and Regina Kulikova in Melbourne last year.

Jannik Sinner, of Italy, holds up the championship trophy after defeating Taylor Fritz, of the United States, in the men's singles final of the U.S. Open tennis championships, Sept. 8, 2024, in New ...

For Stephens, coming into Monday her career record in Grand Slam matches was 31-12 (a .721 winning percentage), while she is only 55-54 (.505) in all other main-draw matches.

Overall Djokovic has won eight of his last 10 matches against Nadal, the two blips coming in a phase when the 31-year-old was out of form. He holds a 27-25 record against the 32-year-old. Outside ...

He improved to 8-3 against Djokovic in Grand Slam matches, including a thriller of a semifinal at the French Open, which Nadal won 9-7 in the fifth set after trailing.

Williams hits some of her familiar big serves and groundstrokes while beating Peyton Stearns, 23, to become the oldest woman to win a tour-level singles match since Martina Navratilova did it at ...