THE BLOG

Draper called an early end to an injury-wrecked 2026 season after recurring left-arm bone bruising forced him out of Wimbledon and the US Open, with the 24-year-old shutting things down for the rest of the year in hopes of returning fully healed at the start of 2027.

Nakashima earns a Laver Cup debut after US Open runner-up Ben Shelton withdrew from Team World just days after his final loss to Zverev, with Agassi's squad now also set to face Davis Cup duty overlap as Shelton instead turns to representing the US against the Czech Republic.

A brand-wide rundown of Solinco's poly lineup, from the tension-holding, control-first Confidential to the more all-around Hyper-G, comparing spin, durability, and feel across the range's soft and standard variants.

Bublik beat top seed Lorenzo Musetti 7-6(2), 6-3 in a final shortened by Musetti's arm trouble, claiming his ninth tour title and becoming the first Kazakhstani man to reach the world's Top 10, while Musetti's runner-up finish still carried him into the Top 5 for the first time in his career.

A look at Wilson's Team Europe-blue Laver Cup cosmetic on the RF 01 and RF 01 Pro plus matching bags, applied over the same Federer-developed SABR frame design and Braid 45 layup as the standard retail versions.

Agassi rounds out his six-man Team World roster for the September 25-27 Laver Cup in London with Learner Tien, set for his Laver Cup debut, and Tommy Paul, joining Shelton, de Minaur, Fritz, and Bublik in what is Team World's highest-ranked lineup yet against Casper Ruud-led Team Europe.

A tournament-wide wrap tying together Zverev's second major of the season, Shelton's run to a first Grand Slam final, and the other storylines — from Sinner's injury absence to the early upsets — that defined the fortnight in New York.

Tennisnerd looks past the trophy at what the US Open win does to the ATP rankings race, closing Zverev's points gap on an injury-sidelined Jannik Sinner heading into the fall hard-court and indoor swing.

A career retrospective on Rybakina's years-long path to the top of the rankings, tracing the quiet junior years and early struggles behind her US Open breakthrough as she becomes the 30th woman, and the first from Kazakhstan, to reach world No. 1.

Ruud takes the final spot on Team Europe's roster for the September 25-27 Laver Cup in London, joining Alcaraz, Zverev, Cobolli, Jodar, and Mensik against Andre Agassi's Team World and making his sixth consecutive appearance at the event.

Rybakina beat two-time defending champion Sabalenka 6-4, 5-7, 6-2 in the final for her third career major, denying a three-peat and becoming the first player to beat the defending champion in a US Open women's final since Serena Williams in 2002.

Zverev beat first-time major finalist Ben Shelton 6-3, 7-6(2), 5-7, 6-2 to add the US Open to his French Open title, becoming the fourth man in the Open Era to win his first two Grand Slam titles in the same season and extending the American men's title drought that dates back to Andy Roddick in 2003.