At the U.S. Open, Arthur Fils, a 19-year-old Frenchman, is surpassing expectations. Britain’s Jack Draper, 21, has been there. It’s all good.
Category: Content Type: Personal Profile
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Ja’Tovia Gary Sets Her Sights on Love
The experimental artist discusses Black Southern storytelling, the blues and the guilt-free pleasures of a romance novel.
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Sadie Dupuis Confronts Her Darkest Memories on Speedy Ortiz’s New LP
The indie rocker found herself writing about what she had long suppressed on “Rabbit Rabbit,” due Friday.
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Singers, the Brooklyn Bar Where Anything Can Happen
Singers has played host to sauna raves, pop-up petting zoos and the most perfectly deranged Olympic Games imaginable.
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At the U.S. Open Tommy Paul Readies Himself for the Second Round
After numerous misfires with his career, Paul, an American seeded 14th at the U.S. Open, finds himself as comfortable on the court as off it, and into the second round in Queens.
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Ons Jabeur Struggles to a First-Round Win at the U.S. Open
Jabeur, who said she had been dealing with an illness before the tournament, appeared weary at the end of the match but nonetheless took the first step toward a repeat run to the final.
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At the U.S. Open, Frances Tiafoe Picks Up Where He Left Off
Tiafoe, who made a sensational run to the semifinal in New York last year where he ran into Carlos Alcaraz, got an easy first-round win over Learner Tien on Monday.
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After the Loss of a Son, a Football Coach Confronts a Terrible Truth
Meiko Locksley was found to have had a degenerative brain disease often associated with football. His father, the head coach at Maryland, is still reckoning with the implications.
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Frances Tiafoe Is Ready to Win the U.S. Open and Make Tennis Cool
Returning to the U.S. Open after last year’s electric run and crushing defeat, the boundary-busting American thinks he can win it all — and make tennis cool.
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Frances Tiafoe Is Ready to Win the U.S. Open and Make Tennis Cool
Returning to the U.S. Open after last year’s electric run and crushing defeat, the boundary-busting American thinks he can win it all — and make tennis cool.
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How to Recognize a Tennis Prodigy
The people who coached Frances Tiafoe as a child said they could see even then that he would become one of the world’s top players. But how did they know?