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US Open

Also known as: 2022 US Open

2026-04-262026-06-28

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  1. June 2026
  2. Joy Online

    There will also be discussions with executives from the US Tennis Association as they finalise their prize money offer for the US Open, which begins on 30 August.

    Players to expand prize money protest at Wimbledon
  3. Joy Online

    Williams played what was widely expected to be the final match of her career at the 2022 US Open before “evolving away” from the sport.

    Serena Williams to make singles comeback at Wimbledon
  4. Daily Guide

    Serena, 44, made her comeback at Queen’s last week, four years after playing what many expected to be the final match of her career at the 2022 US Open.

    Williams Sisters Receive Wimbledon Doubles Wildcard
  5. Joy Online

    Serena, 44, made her comeback at Queen’s last week, four years after playing what many expected to be the final match of her career at the 2022 US Open.

    Williams sisters receive Wimbledon doubles wildcard
  6. Joy Online

    But those doubts had been quashed 92 minutes later as her serve – once considered her greatest weapon – wrapped up her first match win since the 2022 US Open.

    Williams rolls back the years on return at Queen’s
  7. Joy Online

    Williams has never liked the word “retirement,” preferring instead to say she was “evolving away” from the sport after losing in the third round of the 2022 US Open.

    Williams ‘doesn’t have anything to prove’ on return
  8. Joy Online

    At the US Open in 2020, he lost the final despite being two sets up against Dominic Thiem and having served for the championship at 5-3 in the final set.

    ‘I had the best and worst moments of my life here’ – Zverev
  9. Joy Online

    Sabalenka’s four Grand Slam singles titles – two Australian Open and two US Open triumphs, all on hard courts – are more than most people can dream of.

    Sabalenka lets another golden Slam opportunity slip
  10. Joy Online

    His last Grand Slam quarter-final appearance was at the 2022 US Open, and he has missed six of the following 13 majors through injury.

    Love of tennis behind second coming of Berrettini
  11. Joy Online

    next chapter. “Grass has given me some of the most meaningful moments of my career, and I’m excited to be back competing on one of the sport’s most iconic stages.” Williams will take the court in London at the WTA 500 event 196 weeks after her final appearance at the 2022 US Open

    Serena Williams, 44, to return to action in Queen’s doubles
Sport

Leading tennis players expand prize money protest at Wimbledon

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Leading tennis players will expand their protest over prize money at Wimbledon, restricting post-match media appearances to 15 minutes during the first week of the Championships starting Monday, despite a 20% increase in this year's prize money pot. The 15-minute limit is meant to symbolise the 15% of revenue that Grand Slams broadly allocate to prize money.

24 June 2026 · Joy Online

Wednesday 24 June

  1. Leading tennis players expand prize money protest at Wimbledon

    Leading tennis players will expand their protest over prize money at Wimbledon, restricting post-match media appearances to 15 minutes during the first week of the Championships starting Monday, despite a 20% increase in this year's prize money pot. The 15-minute limit is meant to symbolise the 15% of revenue that Grand Slams broadly allocate to prize money.

    24 June 2026 · Joy Online

Sunday 21 June

  1. Serena Williams accepts Wimbledon singles wildcard entry

    Serena Williams will compete in singles at Wimbledon later this month after accepting a wildcard to the women's main draw. The 44-year-old has won seven Wimbledon singles titles and returns to singles competition for the first time in over four years.

    21 June 2026 · Joy Online

Wednesday 17 June

  1. Serena and Venus Williams get Wimbledon doubles wildcard

    Serena and Venus Williams have been awarded a wildcard to compete in the women's doubles at Wimbledon. Serena, 44, is making a comeback after four years away from competition, while Venus, 45, will join her at the All England Club.

    17 June 2026 · Daily Guide

Tuesday 16 June

  1. Williams sisters receive Wimbledon women's doubles wildcard

    Serena and Venus Williams have been awarded a wildcard to compete together in the women's doubles at Wimbledon, marking a return to the tournament for both. Neither sister received a singles wildcard, though Serena is continuing her comeback after four years away from professional tennis.

    16 June 2026 · Joy Online

Tuesday 9 June

  1. Serena Williams returns to tennis after 1,375 days away

    Serena Williams made her comeback to professional tennis at Queen's after nearly four years away from the sport, playing doubles with Canadian teenager Victoria Mboko and winning 7-6 (7-2) 6-2 against third seeds Erin Routliffe and Nicole Melichar-Martinez.

    9 June 2026 · Joy Online

Sunday 7 June

  1. Serena Williams returns to tennis with family as primary motivation

    Serena Williams, the 23-time Grand Slam singles champion, is returning to competitive tennis after nearly four years away to compete in doubles at Queen's, saying she has "nothing to prove" and is mainly motivated by the prospect of her daughters seeing her play again.

    7 June 2026 · Joy Online

  2. Zverev wins first Grand Slam at French Open four years after injury

    Alexander Zverev claimed his first Grand Slam title by defeating Flavio Cobolli in a five-set final at the French Open, 1,465 days after suffering a serious ankle injury on the same court in 2022 that required surgery and sidelined him for months.

    7 June 2026 · Joy Online

Wednesday 3 June

  1. Sabalenka exits French Open after shock quarter-final loss

    World number one Aryna Sabalenka suffered a 3-6 7-5 6-0 defeat to Russia's Diana Shnaider in the French Open quarter-finals, squandering a set and double break advantage and missing another chance at the title despite being the overwhelming favourite.

    3 June 2026 · Joy Online

Monday 1 June

  1. Berrettini reaches French Open quarter-final after four-year gap

    Matteo Berrettini reached a Grand Slam quarter-final for the first time in almost four years after defeating Juan Manuel Cerundolo at the French Open. The Italian, who has slipped to 105th in the rankings after injuries, is the lowest-ranked Roland Garros quarter-finalist since Igor Andreev in 2007.

    1 June 2026 · Joy Online

  2. Serena Williams, 44, returns to competitive tennis at Queen's

    Tennis legend Serena Williams will make her competitive return after nearly four years away, playing women's doubles at Queen's Club starting June 8 alongside Canadian teenager Victoria Mboko. The 44-year-old American stepped back from tennis in 2022 after winning 23 Grand Slam singles titles.

    1 June 2026 · Joy Online

Monday 25 May

  1. Wawrinka plays final French Open match at Roland Garros

    Swiss tennis player Stan Wawrinka lost 6-3 3-6 6-3 6-4 to Jesper De Jong in his final French Open on Monday, though he will not officially retire until October's Swiss Indoors in Basel. Wawrinka, 41, called the venue witness to the best match of his life—his 2015 final victory over Novak Djokovic—and wore a memento of the iconic plaid shorts from that performance.

    25 May 2026 · Joy Online

Sunday 24 May

  1. Emma Raducanu loses French Open first round to Solana Sierra

    British number one Emma Raducanu was defeated 6-0 7-6 (7-4) by Argentina's Solana Sierra in the French Open first round. Raducanu's 2026 season has been disrupted by a post-viral illness that kept her off the WTA Tour for more than two months, and her lack of match play on clay showed as she struggled against the world number 68.

    24 May 2026 · Joy Online

  2. Sabalenka and top players limit media time over prize money

    World number one Aryna Sabalenka and other leading players, including Jannik Sinner and Iga Swiatek, cut their French Open media duties to 15 minutes in protest at prize money allocation, believing players deserve a greater share of Grand Slam tournament revenue than the current 15% offered.

    24 May 2026 · Joy Online

Wednesday 20 May

  1. Tennis players plan 15-minute French Open interviews in protest

    The world's leading tennis players plan to limit their pre-French Open media commitments to 15 minutes in protest at prize money, with the 15-minute limit symbolising the 15% of revenue that Grand Slams broadly allocate to prize money. The men's and women's top-10 players are demanding a higher percentage of revenue generated by the four Grand Slams, as well as benefit contributions and greater say in scheduling.

    20 May 2026 · Joy Online

Tuesday 19 May

  1. Alcaraz withdraws from Wimbledon due to right wrist injury

    Two-time Wimbledon champion Carlos Alcaraz has withdrawn from this year's Wimbledon and Queen's due to a right wrist injury sustained at Barcelona Open. The Spanish world number two, 23, said his recovery is progressing but he is not yet ready to compete.

    19 May 2026 · Joy Online

Sunday 17 May

  1. Sinner becomes second man to win all nine ATP Masters

    Twenty-four-year-old Jannik Sinner won the Italian Open in Rome on Sunday, completing the career Golden Masters – all nine ATP Masters 1000 titles. Sinner is only the second player to achieve the feat, after Novak Djokovic, and has done so at a considerably younger age than Djokovic.

    17 May 2026 · Joy Online

Tuesday 12 May

  1. Andy Murray joins Jack Draper coaching team for grass-court season

    Three-time Grand Slam champion Andy Murray has joined British number two Jack Draper's coaching team for the grass-court season, including Wimbledon, after Draper parted company with coach Jamie Delgado.

    12 May 2026 · Joy Online

Monday 11 May

  1. Gauff battles past Jovic at Rome; eyes French Open defence

    Reigning French Open champion Coco Gauff recovered from match point down to defeat American teenager Iva Jovic 5-7 7-5 6-2 in the Italian Open fourth round. Gauff acknowledged she must improve significantly to defend her French Open title beginning 24 May and match her run to last year's Italian Open final.

    11 May 2026 · Joy Online

Sunday 10 May

  1. Tennis players demand higher Grand Slam revenue share

    Top men's and women's tennis players are demanding a higher percentage of Grand Slam revenue, benefit contributions, and greater say in scheduling. Players including Jannik Sinner and Aryna Sabalenka say the core issue is respect, noting they have not received a substantive response to a letter submitted a year ago, and that top athletes in other sports typically receive responses within 48 hours.

    10 May 2026 · Joy Online

Wednesday 6 May

  1. Rory McIlroy returns motivated after second Masters victory

    World number two Rory McIlroy says he is "more motivated than I've ever been" as he returns to action following his successful defence of the Masters, where he became just the fourth player to win successive Green Jackets by holding off Scottie Scheffler at Augusta National.

    6 May 2026 · Joy Online

  2. Sabalenka says top tennis players will boycott Grand Slams

    World number one Aryna Sabalenka believes players will boycott a Grand Slam "at some point" over a dispute regarding prize money, revenue percentage, benefit contributions, and scheduling input. The men's and women's top-10 players are demanding a higher percentage of revenue generated by the four majors, with players expressing deep disappointment at a 9.5% prize money increase at the French Open when they believe they are entitled to 22% of tournament revenue.

    6 May 2026 · The Ghanaian Times

Tuesday 5 May

  1. World number one Sabalenka predicts Grand Slam boycott over prize money dispute

    World number one Aryna Sabalenka believes players will boycott a Grand Slam "at some point" over a dispute with the majors regarding prize money, benefit contributions, and scheduling power. Top-10 men's and women's players are demanding a higher percentage of tournament revenue, with Roland Garros's 9.5% prize fund increase falling short of what players believe they are entitled to.

    5 May 2026 · Joy Online

Wednesday 29 April

  1. Jack Draper misses French Open due to knee injury

    Britain's Jack Draper will miss the remainder of the clay court season, including the French Open, because of an ongoing knee tendon issue in his right knee. The 24-year-old hopes to return for the grass court season in June but is expected to fall outside the world's top 100.

    29 April 2026 · Joy Online

Sunday 26 April

  1. Two-time defending champion Alcaraz misses French Open

    Carlos Alcaraz, the world number two, will miss next month's French Open and the Italian Open due to a right wrist injury sustained at the Barcelona Open. The 22-year-old two-time defending champion said he is being cautious to assess the situation before returning to competition.

    26 April 2026 · Joy Online

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