Facing the prospect of empty stands at the first fanless Grand Slam since the coronavirus outbreak, top contenders at this year's US Open admit that the unprecedented new hush will take some getting used to.
Under-fire Australia coach Mickey Arthur has played down the talk of Mike Hussey coming out of retirement in the wake of the team's disastrous show in the ongoing Test series in India.
The second round match between former champion Angelique Kerber and Anhelina Kalinina, originally scheduled to begin after Schwartzman and Anderson, was pushed to Thursday.
World number one Jannik Sinner's bid for a second Grand Slam title continued to gain momentum as he thumped Christopher O'Connell 6-1, 6-4, 6-2 on Saturday to reach the US Open fourth round.
Exasperated at his sudden removal, Mickey Arthur on Sunday said his unfair sacking was the result of a "deliberate campaign" against him but Cricket Australia has challenged his claim.
A summary of Wednesday's action at the US Open.
Former South Africa cricket coach Mickey Arthur on Tuesday became the first foreign head coach of the Australian team, completing a sweeping revamp of management following their disastrous Ashes campaign last year.
Big names and young guns turn up the heat at US Open
Serena Williams returns to the Arthur Ashe Stadium on Sunday
This is the first time in over a year that Serena has posted back-to-back wins; the last time coming at the 2021 French Open.
Alcaraz stops Zverev to set up semi-final of US Open champions
Images from the US Open women's semi-finals on Thursday.
"Specifically, with Bouchard we are comfortable with our decision of putting her on Ashe, there are a lot of matches to schedule today, things could have gone many different ways," USTA spokesman Chris Widmaier told Reuters.
Mickey Arthur has been sacked as Australia coach just over two weeks before the start of the Ashes series against England, Cricket Australia chief executive James Sutherland said on Monday. Former Australia batsman Darren Lehmann, the Queensland coach who is in England with the Australia A team, will take over from Arthur.
Images from the men's singles action at the US Open on Sunday.
Images from the US Open women's singles third round matches, at Flushing Meadows, New York, on Friday.
Mickey Arthur's appointment as the first foreign coach of the Australian team 19 months ago was supposed to usher in a new dawn for the proud cricketing nation after the humiliation of their first home Ashes defeat for 24 years.
Iga Swiatek's maiden triumph at the US Open extended her lead to almost twice as many points as the second-ranked Ons Jabeur
Norway's Casper Ruud harnessed his mighty forehand to reach his second Grand Slam final this year by beating Russia's Karen Khachanov 7-6(5), 6-2, 5-7, 6-2 at the US Open, keeping alive his hopes of reaching the top of the world rankings.
Images from Day 6 of the 2021 US Open in New York on Saturday.
Mickey Arthur has blamed Cricket Australia (CA) for forcing him to take legal action over his "unfair" sacking as coach of the national team and said the incident had caused major damage to his career and reputation.
Mickey Arthur is demanding 3.6 million dollars in compensation or reinstatement as Australia's cricket coach following his sacking last month, according documents seen by the country's Seven News TV station.
Australia can bounce back from their 4-0 humbling away to India and become the top test nation within two years, according to head coach Mickey Arthur.
A disappointed Li Na admitted to an attack of stage fright in her humbling U.S. Open semi-final loss to Serena Williams and said she would have lost to any opponent she faced on Friday.
IMAGES from Day 1 of the US Open played Flushing Meadows, New York, United States, on Monday.
Sacked Australia coach Mickey Arthur has been left "extremely upset and disappointed" after his confidential lawsuit against Cricket Australia was leaked to the media leading to a massive controversy.
John Peers and Storm Sanders became the first Australians since 2001 to claim the US Open mixed doubles title with a 4-6, 6-4, 10-7 win over Belgian Kirsten Flipkens and France's Edouard Roger-Vasselin on Saturday.
Novak Djokovic kept his unbeaten streak in 2020 alive as he survived a terrible start to defeat Milos Raonic 1-6, 6-3, 6-4 in the final of the Western & Southern Open on Saturday.
Kyrgios has been playing the best tennis of his career over the past couple of months
IMAGES from Day 8 of the action at the US Open at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center at Flushing Meadows in New York on Monday.
Images from the US Open women's singles final at Flushing Meadows, New York, on Saturday.
'You cannot imagine, one player is going to die and then they're going to see'
Former champions Novak Djokovic and Maria Sharapova sparkled under the Arthur Ashe Stadium lights to end a steamy first day that proved more than a little stressful for several of the US Open favourites on Monday.
Rafael Nadal crowned his brilliant year by defeating World No 1 Novak Djokovic 6-2, 3-6, 6-4, 6-1 to win the US Open men's singles title at Arthur Ashe Stadium on Monday.
Former Australia coach Mickey Arthur has come to a financial settlement with Cricket Australia (CA) following his sacking from the national team last month, the two parties said in a joint statement on Wednesday.
Images from Day 7 at the US Open.
Australia selectors want Ricky Ponting to be part of the back-to-back Ashes series in 2013, coach Mickey Arthur has said, but the third and final Test against South Africa in Perth may be his last chance to reverse a run of wretched form.
Alexis Olympia Ohanian donned braids with white beads on them, just as her mother Serena did when she first won the US Open as a teenager in 1999.
Images from Day 2 at the US Open played at Flushing Meadows in New York on Tuesday
Tournament officials said there was no heat rule in effect on Friday for the first time in three days, with cloud cover expected to bring cooler temperatures.
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