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The latest US Open 2026 news — 13 daily updates dated Aug 31, 2026 to Sep 13, 2026, newest first: results, upsets, and the storylines that shaped each day.
The US Open 2026 daily recap for Sep 13, 2026 names Alexander Zverev, Ben Shelton, Carlos Alcaraz and Elena Rybakina.
Alexander Zverev is the US Open men's champion. The top seed beat eighth-seeded Ben Shelton 6-3, 7-6(2), 5-7, 6-2 in 3 hours 27 minutes, the only match on the tournament's closing day, and takes over the title Carlos Alcaraz won in New York in 2025.
The margin sat on serve. Zverev held 19 of his 20 service games and won 85 percent of his first-serve points, against 71 for Shelton, who saved two of the six break points he faced. Shelton, ATP No. 9, out-hit Zverev 47 winners to 35 and made 47 unforced errors to Zverev's 31.
Zverev arrived 3-0 in meetings on record, among them a 6-2, 6-2 quarterfinal at the Cincinnati Open. Elena Rybakina had taken the women's title a day earlier.
The US Open 2026 daily recap for Sep 12, 2026 names Elena Rybakina and Aryna Sabalenka.
Elena Rybakina is the US Open women's champion. The No. 2 seed beat top seed Aryna Sabalenka 6-4, 5-7, 6-2 in 2 hours 15 minutes, in the day's only completed match.
Rybakina broke in game 5 of the opening set and made five unforced errors in it to Sabalenka's 15. Sabalenka answered by taking the second set 7-5, then dropped serve in games 3 and 7 of the decider. Rybakina won every first-serve point she played in that third set.
She landed only 47 percent of her first serves across the match but won 85 percent of those points, with 12 aces. Sabalenka saved nine of 12 break points and one match point; her 35 unforced errors against Rybakina's 24 were the gap.
Sabalenka led their meetings on record 6-4 coming in. Rybakina's other win over her this season was January's Australian Open final.
The US Open 2026 daily recap for Sep 11, 2026 names Zverev, Khachanov, Shelton, Tiafoe, Alcaraz and won all four meetings on record.
Three points separated the top seed from a US Open exit on Day 13. Zverev took 107 of 211 points against Khachanov, unseeded and ranked 49th, needing 2 hours 57 minutes and back-to-back tiebreaks to reach the final. The lower-ranked man won first-serve points at the better rate, 82 percent to 79, and still lost, broken twice in 16 service games to Zverev's once in 17.
In the other semifinal, Shelton dropped the opener to Tiafoe with 14 unforced errors, then made 17 across the next three sets, breaking for 3-2 in game five of the third and finishing with 47 winners to 27 in 3 hours 10 minutes. The eighth seed, who beat Alcaraz in the quarterfinals, reaches a first Grand Slam final after semifinal exits at the 2023 US Open and 2025 Australian Open. The final pairs the French Open champion with a first-time Slam finalist, and Zverev has won all four meetings on record.
The US Open 2026 daily recap for Sep 10, 2026 names Gauff, Rybakina, Sabalenka and Pegula.
Day 12 at the US Open sent both women's semifinals to the higher seed, and only one was contested. Gauff took the opening set off Rybakina, then watched the second seed's serve harden — first-serve points won climbing 69 to 86 to 87 percent as the fourth seed's fell from 75 to 52 — in a 2-hour-8-minute defeat. The decider turned late: a break in game 8 for 5-3, Gauff back on serve in game 9, a second break in game 10 to close it.
In the other half, Sabalenka held all 10 service games against Pegula, who won first-serve points at a higher rate, 78 percent to 74, and lost three serves in 1 hour 20 minutes. Their final is a third 2026 title match between No. 1 and No. 2: Rybakina took the Australian Open final, Sabalenka Indian Wells, and the top seed leads 6-4 on record, 4-4 on hard.
The US Open 2026 daily recap for Sep 9, 2026 names 11 players.
Alcaraz is out of the US Open, beaten in a Day 11 quarterfinal that ran 4 hours 28 minutes to a fifth-set tiebreak. The No. 2 seed had won both prior meetings on record and out-hit Shelton 12 winners to six in a decider with no breaks of serve, and still lost it. The second set was the leak: 17 unforced errors, three of nine break points handed to the eighth seed.
Two courts over, Khachanov went through when Blockx, the 28th seed, retired at 3-2 in the third, and top-seeded Zverev gave up eight games to the 71st-ranked Van De Zandschulp. Both women's quarterfinals went to the player who lost the first set: Gauff won a second-set tiebreak against fifth-seeded Andreeva, while Rybakina needed three sets against 121st-ranked Zheng. Two men's seeds are gone, and the half Alcaraz vacated now tops out at Shelton's No. 8. Gauff and Rybakina, both three-set winners here, meet for a place in the final.
The US Open 2026 daily recap for Sep 8, 2026 names Sabalenka, Noskova, Tiafoe, Michelsen, Pegula and Navarro.
Chalk held through Day 10 at the US Open, and the top seed came nearest to breaking it. Sabalenka needed 2 hours 21 minutes and two tiebreaks to get past the No. 6 seed, Noskova breaking for 3-2 in the decider before Sabalenka broke back in game 8 for 4-4. Noskova out-aced her 18-12 and made six unforced errors in the third to Sabalenka's 12, and lost anyway.
Two courts over, Tiafoe and Michelsen split 343 points across 4 hours 38 minutes: the 45th-ranked Michelsen won 173 of them and lost, 21 aces undercut by nine double faults and 61 unforced errors, the 11th seed taking 29 of 41 net points and the fifth-set tiebreak. Pegula dropped the opener to Navarro and won the next two in 2 hours 19 minutes. Every favorite held, and the women's top half yields a No. 1 versus No. 3 semifinal, Sabalenka against Pegula.
The US Open 2026 daily recap for Sep 7, 2026 names 14 players.
Swiatek's US Open ended on Day 9 in the fourth round, to a qualifier ranked 113 places below her. Zheng, 121st, broke the No. 8 seed five times in 11 service games and won 24 of 56 first-serve return points to Swiatek's 4 of 24, in 1 hour 55 minutes. The qualifier had lost all three prior meetings on record, the last 6-3, 6-3 at Indian Wells in 2025.
The women's seeds otherwise held, Rybakina needing an hour against Osaka and Gauff and Andreeva coming through against Jovic and Potapova. Two men's seeds fell to lower-ranked opponents, Tien in five over 3 hours 49 minutes to the 49th-ranked Khachanov and Cerundolo to Blockx, while top-seeded Zverev dropped four games in the opening two sets against Darderi. Swiatek's exit leaves the qualifier a quarterfinal against the No. 2 seed, and the only quarterfinal pairing two top-five seeds sends Andreeva against Gauff.
The US Open 2026 daily recap for Sep 6, 2026 names 13 players.
Round-of-16 Sunday at the US Open cost the men's draw its No. 7 seed, and the serve was not the culprit. Medvedev struck 14 aces to four, then lost in straight sets over 2 hours 56 minutes, Tiafoe winning 30 of 46 second-serve return points and both tiebreaks. The 11th seed had been 0-2 on record against him, the last a 6-3, 6-2 loss at Brisbane in January.
Eight seeds fell in all, two others to lower-ranked opponents: Michelsen, ranked 45th, beat the 27th seed Etcheverry, and 26th-seeded Navarro gave up six games to Kalinskaya. Alcaraz, Shelton, Pegula and Sabalenka advanced without dropping a set, top-seeded Zverev too in a round of 32 still running on Day 8. Medvedev's quarter now runs through two Americans, Tiafoe against Michelsen, while the heaviest fixture ahead sends Sabalenka against Noskova, a 2:26 winner over 11th-seeded Kostyuk.
The US Open 2026 daily recap for Sep 5, 2026 names 11 players.
A two-set lead did not survive Day 7 at the US Open, and neither did the No. 9 seed. Fritz converted five of his first eight break points and none of his last four, going out in five over 3 hours 39 minutes to Cerundolo, who won at least 79 percent of first-serve points in each of the last three sets. One break settled the fifth, in game 9 for 5-4.
Cobolli went out too, the No. 5 seed winning six games across the final three sets against 28th seed Blockx. Elsewhere, Potapova removed No. 10 seed Anisimova in 98 minutes, Van de Zandschulp beat No. 31 seed Bergs in five, and Zheng, a qualifier ranked 121st, saved a match point against No. 22 seed Keys. Eight seeds fell in the round of 32, with Cerundolo and Blockx playing for a vacated quarterfinal place. Swiatek, through on two tiebreaks, meets Zheng next.
The US Open 2026 daily recap for Sep 4, 2026 names 11 players.
Third-round Friday at the US Open cost the women's draw its No. 7 and No. 9 seeds, from the same eighth. Muchova was broken five times in 10 service games and made 32 unforced errors to Navarro's 18, saving a match point before the 26th seed closed it 7-5. Svitolina took the middle set off Kalinskaya and lost the decider 6-3.
Also Friday, 95th-ranked Townsend came through in three sets against No. 15 seed Shnaider, and Tsitsipas, ranked 53rd, dropped the opening set before beating No. 18 Lehecka. Eleven seeds lost across the two draws, five to lower-ranked opponents; the rest of the chalk held, though top-seeded Zverev needed 4 hours 33 minutes to hold off 52nd-ranked Halys in the second round.
That eighth now has nobody left seeded above 21, its two survivors meeting for the quarterfinal place. Townsend's reward is top-seeded Sabalenka in the round of 16.
The US Open 2026 daily recap for Sep 3, 2026 names 14 players.
Day 5 at the US Open turned on the No. 3 seed's serve. Auger-Aliassime was broken seven times from 20 break points in the second round, going out in four sets to the 49th-ranked Khachanov, who had won their only prior meeting on record. The ATP No. 4 out-hit him 43 winners to 37 and still lost 24 games to 13.
The sixth seed went the same way, as De Minaur saved three match points and was broken five times by the 71st-ranked Van de Zandschulp. No. 13 Musetti won the opening set off 122nd-ranked wild card Sweeny, then five games total. Women's chalk held — Rybakina, Swiatek, Gauff and Andreeva through in straight sets, No. 32 Sakkari the lone seeded exit, beaten by Starodubtseva. Five seeds gone, and the section Auger-Aliassime vacated has no seed left in it: Khachanov meets Bonzi, who removed No. 32 seed Buse.
The US Open 2026 daily recap for Sep 2, 2026 names 10 players.
The first round was still finishing on Day 4 at the US Open when the men's draw lost its No. 12 seed. Bu, a lucky loser ranked 124th whose previous completed match came in January, held all 11 service games and won 89 of 140 points, while Jodar managed 15 winners against 37 unforced errors and held four times in 11.
Two more men's seeds went with him: 23rd-seeded Rublev fell in four sets to 39th-ranked Merida Aguilar, and 16th seed Nakashima lost in straight sets to Michelsen. Across the women's draw, 30th seed Ostapenko won the opening set against Maria and three games after it. Top-seeded Zverev survived, needing 4 hours 52 minutes and a break in game 5 of the fifth to hold off Sonego. That is four seeds out on the day, and the section Jodar vacated now runs through a lucky loser.
The US Open 2026 daily recap for Aug 31, 2026 names 16 players.
The men's draw lost its No. 10 seed on Day 2 at the US Open, to an opponent who had never beaten him. Tsitsipas, ranked 53rd, came in 0-3 on record against Fils, the last a 6-0, 6-1 March meeting at the Miami Open; this time he dropped the opener, then took three straight sets, holding 17 of 20 service games and winning 79 percent of first-serve points to Fils's 64.
Three more seeds fell, none of the winners ranked better than 40th: Bucsa over 28th-seeded Bejlek, Duckworth past No. 30 Arnaldi, and Townsend's 78-minute win over 20th-seeded Chwalinska. Elsewhere, Kenin ended Venus Williams's tournament, and 760th-ranked wild card Gorzny edged 38th-ranked Collignon on a 7-6(9) fifth-set tiebreak. Sabalenka, Alcaraz and Swiatek all came through in straight sets, leaving four seeds as the day's entire churn, and Gorzny's reward is seventh-seeded Medvedev in the round of 64.