US Open 2021

British teenager Emma Raducanu continued her fairytale run at the US Open by reaching the semi-finals with a dominant straight set win over Swiss 11th seed Belinda Bencic. Raducanu, 18, again showed all of her quality and composure in a 6-3 6-4 win. Victory means she will rise to the cusp of the world's top 50 and become the British women's number one. Raducanu will play Maria Sakkari in Thursday's semis after the Greek beat Czech fourth seed Karolina Pliskova. It will be the second

Canadian teenager Leylah Fernandez continued her remarkable US Open run as she beat 2016 champion Angelique Kerber to advance to the quarter-finals. On the eve of her 19th birthday, Fernandez backed up her win over Naomi Osaka with a 4-6 7-6 (7-5) 6-2 victory over Germany's Kerber. She battled back from a 4-2 deficit in the second set to force a tie-break and barely let up from then on. Fernandez will face fifth seed Elina Svitolina for a semi-final spot. Fernandez doubled over as her

Novak Djokovic had to come from behind to beat Kei Nishikori and keep his bid for a calendar Grand Slam alive as he advanced to the US Open fourth round. The world number one overcame a loose first set to win 6-7 (4-7) 6-3 6-3 6-2 and beat the Japanese for the 17th time in a row. The Serb, 34, is aiming for a men's record 21st Grand Slam title. He will face American Jenson Brooksby next, after the wildcard beat Russian 21st

ZEENEWS Novak Djokovic missed an overhead and stared over toward a section of the Arthur Ashe Stadium stands. After taking the next game, Djokovic glared in that direction again. Later, he spoke to the chair umpire about someone making noise in the middle of points, considered a no-no in tennis. That, then, is pretty much what provided some intrigue and interest for Djokovic’s second-round match at the US Open, because the ultimate outcome seemed fairly obvious after all of about 15 minutes on

Second seed Aryna Sabalenka says she was "scared" she had broken her hand during her 6-3 6-1 victory over Tamara Zidansek in the US Open second round. The Belarusian fell heavily in the opening set and iced her wrist and hand regularly during changeovers. She recovered to beat Zidansek in an hour, setting up a third-round tie with American Danielle Collins. Afterwards she said her hand was "getting bigger" and the bruising on her finger was "getting darker". "I was really scared that I

Andy Murray produced his finest display in four injury-disrupted years but fell agonisingly short of beating Greek world number three Stefanos Tsitsipas in a thrilling start to the US Open. The British former world number one played in a manner reminiscent of his best as he led by two sets to one. But Tsitsipas fought back to win 2-6 7-6 (9-7) 3-6 6-3 6-4 in New York. Dan Evans is the only Briton through after defeats for Heather Watson, Harriet Dart and Cameron