An emboldened Max Purcell has laid down the gauntlet after helping secure a winning start to Australia’s 21-year quest for a 29th Davis Cup.

Australia’s hopes of ending their 21-year title drought in Davis Cup have suffered a blow with Alex de Minaur ruled out of the group stage due to lingering problems with his hip.

Jannik Sinner normally employs his powerful serve, on-court speed and rocket forehand to dispatch opponents.

More than a million fans passed through the gates of the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center over three weeks of U.S. Open qualifying and main draw play, the most ever for the year’s final Grand Slam, the United States Tennis Association (USTA) said.

Jessica Pegula played in her first Grand Slam final in Flushing Meadows and despite getting downed by an opponent at the peak of her powers, the top American in women’s tennis feels it will not be her last shot at a major title.

Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka beat American sixth seed Jessica Pegula 7-5 7-5 in the U.S. Open women’s final.

Jannik Sinner will hope to block out a rocking home crowd on Sunday when he faces Taylor Fritz in the U.S. Open final at Flushing Meadows, where the 12th seed will be bidding to become the first American man in 21 years to win a Grand Slam singles title.

U.S. Open finalist Jannik Sinner is hopeful the wrist injury he sustained in a fall during Friday’s semi-final win over Jack Draper will not be a bother during the final.

Latvian Jelena Ostapenko and Ukraine’s Lyudmyla Kichenok won the women’s doubles crown at the U.S. Open with a 6-4 6-3 victory over Chinese-French pairing Zhang Shaui and Kristina Mladenovic.

Karolina Muchova will take plenty of positives from New York despite losing in the U.S. Open semi-final, the Czech said, as she found her best level again after spending the better part of a year off the court injured.

Daniil Medvedev said he was enjoying his growing rivalry with world number one Jannik Sinner despite coming out on the wrong end of the scoreline in the quarter-finals of the U.S. Open on Wednesday.

Top seed Jannik Sinner broke through Daniil Medvedev’s defences to win 6-2 1-6 6-1 6-4 in a seesawing U.S. Open quarter-final.