A week into the U.S. Open, the once-promising American men are down to one representative.

On Friday, sixth-seeded Ben Shelton and No. 17 Frances Tiafoe were eliminated.

Saturday night, Tommy Paul joined them, leaving just Taylor Fritz, the fourth seed, left on the men’s side.

The 14th-seed, who had advanced to the quarterfinals of both the Australian and French Open earlier this year, was sent packing by No. 13 Alexander Bublik 7-6 (5), 6-7 (4), 6-3, 6-7 (5), 6-1 at Arthur Ashe Stadium.

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Friday, it was Ben Shelton.

A day later, Alexander Zverev departed.

Suddenly, the top seeds are exiting the men’s draw of the U.S. Open in a hurry.

After taking the first set, the third-seeded Zverev was no match for Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime, who is into the fourth round of the U.S. Open for the first time since 2021 with his first win over a top-five player in a Grand Slam in seven tries.

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It was looking like a long night for Iga Swiatek.

She was out of sorts, unable to find a rhythm.

She dropped five of the first six games of her third-round match against No. 29 seed Anna Kalinskaya of Russia.

Swiatek’s fifth consecutive Grand Slam of at least reaching the round of 16 appeared to be in jeopardy.

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Amanda Anisimova is moving on.

The No. 8 seed knocked off Jaqueline Cristian 6-4, 4-6, 6-2 at the Grandstand on Saturday.

She'll next play on Monday in the Round of 16.

Class was in session on Saturday night for the cast of the ABC sitcom.

Jelena Ostapenko apologized for her Wednesday outburst during the U.S. Open. 

The Latvian tennis player went off on American Taylor Townsend as they were shaking hands after the former was eliminated, 7-5, 6-1, from the women’s singles tournament.

Ostapenko, 28, said on Instagram after the match that she took issue with an apparent lack of an apology from Townsend after a shot clipped the top of the net but remained in play — also known as a net cord.

After the match, Townsend, 29, told ESPN that Ostapenko had told her she has “no class” and “no education and to see what happens when we get outside the U.S.”

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Leylah Fernandez and Venus Williams waltzed to a second-round win in the women's doubles tournament, and the former had some really kind words for her playing partner after the victory at Louis Armstrong Stadium.

It was a historic day for Jaume Munar at the U.S. Open.

The Spaniard beat Belgium’s Zizou Bergs in straight sets, 6-1, 6-4, 6-4, to make it to his first career fourth-round match in a Grand Slam. 

Munar, who also had a big win over No. 31 Gabriel Diallo in the second round on Thursday, jumped in the air in celebration at Stadium 17 on Saturday as the crowd cheered for his big accomplishment.

Bergs was unable to take advantage of the walkover opportunity he was given after Jack Draper’s withdrawal from the tournament due to a lingering arm injury.

Munar will face No.10 Lorenzo Musetti in the fourth round on Monday.

While it may not be the upset of the day, it was likely the slight scare of the day.

Arthur Ashe Stadium saw an unrecognizable Jannik Sinner take on his third-round match against No. 27 Denis Shapovalov on Saturday afternoon.

The world No. 1 only hit 55 percent of his first serves in play and had 11 unforced errors and four double faults, including one that lost him the first set 7-5.

Sinner was often shaking his head in frustration and disbelief at the efforts needed to come back to defend his U.S. Open 2024 title.

In 47 minutes, Sinner fought to win the second set, and after an hour and 40 minutes, the match was tied at a set apiece.

Despite breaking his shoe lace in the third set, Sinner went on to win nine straight games to capture the set and take control of the match.

Sinner went on to win 5-7, 6-4, 6-3, 6-3 in three hours and 11 minutes despite Shapovalov’s great efforts, including 15 aces.

The Italian will face either No. 14 Tommy Paul or Alexander Bublik in the fourth round on Monday.

A new Labubu has been added to Naomi Osaka’s family.

After Osaka won her third-round match over Daria Kasatkina on Saturday afternoon, 6-0, 4-6, 6-3 to move on to the fourth round, where she will face Coco Gauff, the ESPN broadcast was quick to point out the new accessory on Osaka’s bag.

So far throughout the Grand Slam, fans have been introduced to “Billie Jean Bling," which paired with Osaka’s red sparkly night kit, and the purple “Arthur Flashe” to match her day kit. 

“LaBillie Boo” is the newest of the new. In other words, it’s the legendary tennis player in Labubu form.

“We saw a comment that Billie Jean King wanted one, so we just made this one of her,” Osaka said.

“LaBillie Boo” is in a sparkly black color with a gold shimmering racket and pink glasses, which model the usual colorful frames King wears. 

After seeing "Billie Jean Bling" King took to X and posted, "Where can I get one of those?"

Maybe fans will get a special edition for the upcoming showdown between Osaka and Gauff, which is slated to be the match of the U.S. Open so far.

Any opponent would be on notice with how impressive Naomi Osaka has been since the start of the U.S. Open. 

On Saturday, anything a player saw in the first set would especially have been alarming. 

The two-time U.S. Open winner absolutely dominated the first set. She only lost eight points and didn’t drop a game while only having six unforced errors to world No. 15 Daria Kasatkina’s 12, winning 6-0 in stunning fashion. 

Surely Coco Gauff, who is set to be Osaka’s fourth-round opponent, had her eyes on the Japanese player’s third-round match at Louis Armstrong Stadium on Saturday afternoon while doing her post-match routine.

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A British friend said something snooty to me Wednesday night at the U.S. Open.

“Ugh, this is so American.”

A concert fog machine had just turned on as World No. 2 Carlos Alcaraz walked into Arthur Ashe Stadium, like he was Lady Gaga at MSG.

Once the match started, the 23,000 spectators talked the entire time. 

“Please try to keep your voices down,” the Serbian chair umpire repeatedly implored in an exasperated tone that suggested these are her two least favorite weeks of the year.

The New York crowd couldn’t care less and kept yapping away regardless

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