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This summer had already witnessed one energy-sapping thriller between Andy Murray and Juan Martin Del Potro. But in terms of grueling efforts, the Rio Olympics gold-medal match proved to be nothing more than the appetizer to the main course.
Defending champion Great Britain is two victorious ties away from another Davis Cup title, but Argentina and Juan Martin Del Potro are standing the way in this weekend's semifinals.
The Grand Slam year has come and gone, but there is plenty more tennis in the cards for 2016 and the home stretch gets going this weekend with the Davis Cup semifinals.
When Stan Wawrinka turned 28 years old, he did not own a single major title. Three seasons later, he is within one Wimbledon title of the career Grand Slam.
Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Lucie Safarova captured the women's doubles title on the final day of action at the 2016 U.S.Open, beating Kristina Mladenovic and Caroline Garcia-6 7-6(5) 6-4.
In their first year as a doubles team, Jamie Murray and Bruno Soares captured their second Grand Slam title on Saturday afternoon at the U.S. Open.
Novak Djokovic and Stan Wawrinka will be facing each other for the 24th time in their careers when they meet against in the U.S. Open final on Sunday afternoon.
In what was nothing short of a bizarre semifinal showdown at the U.S. Open on Friday afternoon, Novak Djokovic held off Gael Monfils 6-3, 6-2, 3-6, 6-2 to reach the title match for the seventh time in his career at this event.
The summer's best player will not be a part of the final-weekend festivities at the U.S. Open. Andy Murray, the Wimbledon and Rio Olympics champion, fell to Kei Nishikori 1-6, 6-4, 4-6, 6-1, 7-5 during quarterfinal action on Wednesday afternoon.
As the main tours dwindle down to a select few of remaining players at the U.S. Open, the junior tournaments are just getting started.
The quarterfinal lineup in the bottom half of the U.S. Open bracket could not offer anything much better than what will be on display at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on Wednesday.
Labor Day weekend at the U.S. Open was not without drama in the men's singles tournament. On Saturday, Stan Wawrinka saved a match point in his fourth set against Dan Evans but eventually survived 4-6, 6-3, 6-7(6), 7-6(8), 6-2.
Tuesday at the U.S. Open will have a decidedly French flavor, at least in the department of men's singles. Of the four players remaining in the top half of the draw, a whopping three are Frenchmen.
Rafael Nadal's 2016 U.S. Open came to a close on Sunday evening, but not before the Arthur Ashe Stadium faithful were treated to a five-set thriller that lasted into the scheduled night session.
Juan Martin Del Potro's brilliant summer run has continued into round four of the U.S. Open, but one of the best players in 2016 is now standing in his way.
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