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Naomi Osaka was overcome with emotion after she won her first match at the U.S. Open. Osaka, 26, defeated Jelena Ostapenko in a 6-3, 6-2 victory on Tuesday, August 27, advancing herself to the second round. After her win, Osaka wiped the sweat and tears off her face with a towel. As she continued to […]

Naomi Osaka Has Emotional Reaction to Winning Her 1st Match at the 2024 U.S. Open

Athlon Sports

Very unique tennis outfit for Noami Osaka

Naomi Osaka’s US Open Outfit Is Turning Heads

SANTA MONICA, Calif.—As the US Open nears, CoCo Vandeweghe finds herself in new territory. For the first time since her mid-teens, Vandeweghe is not preparing to compete in her homeland’s major. Having retired from tennis last fall, Vandeweghe now heads to the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis...

CoCo Vandeweghe, native New Yorker, is back for the US Open—but not as a player

Sofia Kenin of the United States prevailed in a closely-contested showdown between Grand Slam champions at the US Open on Tuesday, outlasting Great Britain's Emma Raducanu 6-1, 3-6, 6-4 on the Grandstand. US Open: Scores | Draw | Order of play. In their first meeting, 2020 Australian Open champion Kenin...

Kenin outlasts Raducanu in Slam champ clash; Rybakina advances at US Open

New York City, NY

NEW YORK—It all happened so fast, Paula Badosa’s first rise up the WTA rankings. “You remember,” she says in her Castilian-accented contralto, smiling as she leans on the wall of the Cincinnati Open’s Center Court. We’re standing just off the entrance to the Paul Flory Player...

Get Back: Paula Badosa turns pain into power with summer surge ahead of US Open

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In the mid-1970s, Good Timesmade a star of actor/comedian Jimmy 'JJ'/'Dynomite' Walker. However, behind the scenes, the tension between the stars was relatively challenging. According to what Jimmie Walker once relayed, most of the show's cast rarely had any interaction behind the camera. Walker didn't recall having any conversations with actress Esther Rolle, who played his TV mother, Florida Evans, or actor John Amos, who played James Evans, his TV mother.

Actor/Comedian Jimmie "JJ" Walker Behind the Scenes of TV's 'Good Times' in the 1970s

Sag Harbor, NY

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Justin Timberlake had a pricey wristwatch, a vape pen, and over $300 in cash on him when he was arrested on DWI charges on eastern Long Island in June. Law enforcement officers discovered the singer, 43, holding a vape device, a Rolex watch, a gold band, and a wallet containing $306 in bills when he was arrested in Sag Harbor on June 18, as reported by the Daily Mail.

Justin Timberlake had a vape pen, Rolex, and $306 cash at the time of his DWI arrest: police report

Prayers are pouring out for Yoshihito Nishioka.

U.S. Open Player Yoshihito Nishioka Forfeits Match After Terrifying Incident

Sports Illustrated

It was also her first victory over a Top 10 player since Jan. 2020.

Naomi Osaka Tearfully Celebrated Her First U.S. Open Win in Three Years

NBC News

Four-time tennis Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka began her comeback campaign Tuesday with a straight-sets win over 10th-ranked Jelena Ostapenko in the first round of the U.S. Open. Wearing a green ruffled skirt with a white bow tied around her waist — a custom look by Nike — Osaka made...

Naomi Osaka kicks off U.S. Open comeback with emotional win over Jelena Ostapenko

USA TODAY

Naomi Osaka is playing tennis not because she needs to, but because she loves to. That is far more important than her results at this US Open.

Why this is the best version of Naomi Osaka we've ever seen – regardless of the results

Tennis legend Martina Navratilova believes there is one “key factor” why Aryna Sabalenka is the favourite ahead of Iga Swiatek for this year’s US Open. Swiatek is the top seed ahead of Sabalenka for the final Grand Slam of the year as she has been at No 1 in the WTA Rankings since the start of the year, but most people have tipped the Belarusian to win the title at Flushing Meadows.

Martina Navratilova names her US Open favourite and it is not Iga Swiatek

The Athlete Lifestyle On SI

Tennis star Naomi Osaka is known for her fashion and her new custom-made 'Goth Lolita' Nike tennis kit brings Japanese-inspired flare to the U.S. Open.

Naomi Osaka's custom 'Goth Lolita' tennis kit turning heads at US Open

NEW YORK—“Night sessions at US Open are very famous, most famous in our sport,” Novak Djokovic said this past weekend. “I’m going to play my first match here Monday night, so I can’t wait to be under the lights. The noise, the energy of the stadium is just different from anything else.”

Novak Djokovic made sure his first-round US Open win never escaped his grasp

Naomi Osaka recorded her first win over a top 10 player in more than four years as she secured an emphatic 6-3 6-2 victory over Jelena Ostapenko in the first round of the US Open.

Naomi Osaka records first top 10 win in more than four years to reach US Open second round

CHN Q. Zheng (7) Still just 22 years old, Anisimova has long been seen as a star of the future, one who first made good on that potential at 2019 Roland Garros when she reached the semifinals. Peaking just outside the Top 20 four months later, the New Jersey-born Florida native has dealt with numerous physical, emotional and mental setbacks, suffering the loss of her father and former coach Konstantin. Within a year of reaching her first Wimbledon quarterfinal, she opted to sit out much of the 2023 season due to burnout.

Olympic gold medalist Zheng Qinwen fends off Amanda Anisimova in US Open first round

Los Angeles, CA

Adam Rich was born on October 12, 1968, lived a troubled life, and died on January 7, 2023, at only 54 years old. This is his story. He lived in the Granada Hills area of Los Angeles with his parents and younger brother. The Rich family resided for a time in Florida where Adam studied acting at the local gym.

A Look Back at the Tragic Life and Death of Former Child Star Adam Rich (TV's 'Eight is Enough')

The US Open has played host to many memorable matches and, in particular, some of the most epic upsets in tennis history. With the 2024 tournament now underway, we rank nine of the biggest upsets in US Open history. 9) Marin Cilic def Roger Federer, 2014 SF. After Kei Nishikori...

US Open: The 9 biggest upsets in tournament history – ranked!

Tampa, FL

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Jacksonville, FL

Jacksonville Today

Three men and a woman have been arrested on murder charges in connection with the fatal shooting of Charles Jones , a Jacksonville rapper known as Julio Foolio,” outside a hotel in Tampa.

4 arrested in slaying of Jacksonville rapper Julio Foolio

The Independent

 A tearful Naomi Osaka admits she did not know whether she would ever make it back to the US Open as she enjoyed a winning return.The two-time champion is back at Flushing Meadow after missing last year’s tournament following the birth of her first child.Osaka, who has also been open about her mental health struggles, watched American Coco Gauff win the 2023 edition and questioned whether she would be able to make it back to New York.Naomi was enjoying the moment of being back at the US Open 🤗 pic.twitter.com/22XzmV1H2h— US Open Tennis (@usopen) August 27, 2024However, she proved...

Naomi Osaka tearful after making a winning return to Flushing Meadow

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Three to See, US Open Day 2: Jelena Ostapenko and Naomi Osaka face off in first round

If anyone has a strong opinion about who’s going to win this one, or how it’s going to go from one set to the next, you’re...

Three to See, US Open Day 2: Jelena Ostapenko and Naomi Osaka face off in first round

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