so we had some upsets over at arthur ashe stadium today. lot of celebs out there. yeah, it's it's been a wild all week out i still can't believe it's it's like game week for the nfl's already back 9 tomorrow, right? yeah. chiefs ravens afc championship rematch tomorrow. thursday night. i still can't believe im canada in very exciting you just got back a at party. yeah. just got back this morning. i flew in and i was hold for a week. we're in philadelphia at my home town. so the animals did the cross-country trip, which i'm very grateful floor. >> yeah, it was a big party. my voice is still a little cry going to say i'm little may so please forgive i had to get iv on monday to kind of, you know, feel it get it's back. was all worth it. and we had a great time. there's a little bit of a crime presence there, too. so, yeah, we some of the users were out there in an interview. you guys always mention neck every once in a while. 100%. we cook up tomorrow on i got to right at the end of a sports night live tonight headed shank. you can the ring. look good on. thank you.

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barely a blank space on the arthur ashe stadium.ut it all proved a bit too straightforward for sinner the world number one, barely troubled by fritz in his first ever grand slam final. there was a late charge in the third set with nearly two hours on the clock, fritz breaking the sinner serve, the crowd on their feet, but any hope of a comeback was short—lived, sinner wrapping up the match in three sets. he raised his arms aloft, looked up to the sky and went to find his team. he dedicated the title in an emotional speech to his aunt who isn't well. and referenced the controversy in the build—up after he escaped a ban after twice testing positive for a banned substance. he said it hasn't been an easy time for his team. fritz apologised to the american fans for not being able to do it, and the wait for a champion goes on for them. what a 2024 for sinner, two grand slam titles to his name. let's hear from the new champion now, who only turned 23 a few weeks ago. sinner says he is always looking to raise his game. the work never stops.

. >> reporter: the energy in and around arthur ashe stadium in queens this weekend has been exhilarating. fans have traveled in from all over the country hoping to see an american man holding that u.s. open trophy. but win or lose today, american tennis is definitely having a comeback moment, willie. >> without question. we'll be rooting for taylor today and jessica pegula put up a great fight, showed incredible toughness against a really powerful opponent yesterday. >>> straight ahead, the highs and lows of the week, including the price you pay when you try to save a few bucks by ordering disney apparel from a popular chinese website known for its knockoffs. >>> and the heartwarming moment when one of college football's very best teams gave a much-needed boost and a touchdown celebration to one young fan. >>> but, up next, our "sunday focus" on this first nfl sunday, the cheat sheet to get you ready for the season, whether you're a big fan of america's favorite game or just of the celebrities in the stands. it's all coming up on "sunday it's all coming up on "sunday today." ok, here is

open at arthur ashe stadium.eer grand slam final. she will play number two-ranked aryna sabalenka in the title match saturday. sabalenka advanced to the final after defeating american emma navarro. >>> and two-time world cup champion and olympic gold medalist alex morgan is hanging up her cleats. the 35-year-old posted an emotional video on social media announcing that sunday's san diego waves game against north carolina will be her last. morgan also shared that she is pregnant with her second child. we'll be right back. hild. we'll be right back. if you have heart failure, farxiga can help you keep living life with the ones you love. ask your doctor about farxiga today. farxiga can cause serious side effects, including ketoacidosis that may be fatal, dehydration, urinary tract or genital yeast infections, and low blood sugar. a rare, life-threatening bacterial infection in the skin of the perineum could occur. stop taking farxiga and call your doctor right away if you have symptoms of this infection, an allergic

>> reporter: taylor fritz and frances tiafoe will take center stage at arthur ashe stadium in an all-american>> reporter: the last time that happened, 2005. fritz and tiafoe were just 7 years old. >> that's going to be a lot of fun, and that's going to be just electric. >> that's it. >> reporter: at least two american women through to the semifinals. jessica pegula and emma navarro. >> crazy, moving on to the semifinals. the u.s. open, baby. >> reporter: fritz and tiafoe play friday. >> so, are we seeing pizazz versus poise on friday night? >> yes, and on the court you have an extremely creative player in frances tiafoe, then you have a more disciplined meat and potatoes player in taylor fritz. >> game, set, match, roddick. >> reporter: the winner will then try to duplicate andy roddick's feat of 2003, the last time an american man won the title, something these two competitors hope to change this weekend. anne thompson, nbc news, queens. >>> and that is "nightly news" for this wednesday. thank you for watching. i'm lester holt. please take care of yourself and each other. good night. ht. rul

arthur ashe stadium was packed as the two americans were battling it out.. an american man and woman are back in the u.s. open finals for the first time in decades. >> reporter: for taylor fritz, it's an american dream. fritz beating his childhood friend frances tiafoe in the electric five-set battle in arthur ashe stadium friday night. >> it's the reason i do what i do. >> reporter: it's been 15 years since american andy roddick went to the finals in wimbledon. it has been more than 20 years since an american man won any grand slam title. >> the crowd will just be nuts if it happens. >> we're ready for fritz. >> reporter: on sunday, fritz will faceoff against jannik sinner. he beat jack draper. and in a few hours, the women's final begins. >> it's a childhood dream. >> reporter: american jessica pegula in her first ever grand slam final and with the home court advantage taking on sabalenka of belarus. she has only lost one set the entire tournament. >> to overcome the challenges and say i get a chance at the title on saturday is what we play for as players

they have been going for nearly two hours on the arthur ashe stadium behind me and they are so tightlyjack draper is just trying to cling onto the world number one on this, the biggest match of his life. regardless of the result, the feeling is there are really big things to come forjack draper. don't go anywhere, we will rejoin you laterfor an draper. don't go anywhere, we will rejoin you later for an update on his progress. a judge has postponed the sentencing of donald trump, found guilty of paying hush money to an adult film star. sarah smith is in washington. what could this mean for the election? ~ ., , , election? well, donald trump is worried that _ election? well, donald trump is worried that being _ election? well, donald trump is worried that being sentenced i election? well, donald trump is - worried that being sentenced weeks before the presidential election could harm his chances because he could harm his chances because he could get a jail sentence for this, he is facing up to four years in prison for there was a legal hush money payments so he asked for the sentencing t

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draper, who was playing in his first grand slam quarterfinal, and for the first time in the arthur ashe stadiumear he won it. draper will face either the world number one or the 2021 us open champion daniil medvedev. karolina muchova overcame illness to reach her second consecutive us open semifinal with a straight sets win over beatriz haddad maia. muchova left the court several times in the second set before eventually winning 6—1, 6—4. she'll playjessica pegula or iga swiatek. dame sarah storey has won her 18th paralympic gold — although critised the 14—kilometre time trial route in paris as being far too short, the organisers decision to make it half the distance of the men's as "appalling". hers was one of three golds for para gb on the seventh day of competiiton. wheelchair racer sammi kinghorn has the first paralympic gold of her career, after a sensational battle with catherine debrunner in the t53 final. finally beating the swiss after finishjing second to her in the 800 and 1,500 metres, they face each other again in the 400 final tomorrow. and in wheelchair fencing, dimitri coutya is

meanwhile, retired tennis legend vienna williams returning to arthur ashe stadium last night as a spectator chair empire during a straight sets loss to naomi. well a lot of people are headed to the beach on this labor day weekend. but in upstate new york, jenny the bear seems very satisfied catching some sun and just relaxing on the lawn. she's a 17-year-old syrian brown bear at a wildlife center upstate new york and has become something of an online celebrity. now she's an endangered nonnative species so jenny cannot be released into the wild, but she doesn't seem to mind. adam klotz you said there was going to be a lot of heat in the krnlgt and jenny actually seems to be enjoying it. adam: online celebrity people watch her nap in a park that's my dream job right there. jon: i could go for that too. adam: 70s, 80s cooler in upstate new york you know that, obviously, is going to feel really good -- i see a lot of that in my future. jon: all right adam let us know if you get that gig. adam: you know i will. jon: that's how fox reports this sunday september 1st, 2024 i'm jon scott thanks for

finally tonight, let's head to arthur ashe stadium in flushing, new york for the u.s.ampionship match. a familiar face in the crowd. a of staff steph curry checking out the action between american jessica pegula and last year's runner-up are in a supple inc of belarus since a blanket this year was not going to be denied. the number 2 seed. it total of 3 times in the first to win 7, 5, and then after trailing 5, 3, in the second, she won the next 4 games to take the match in straight sets. pegula, by the way, the daughter of buffalo bills, owners terry and kim pegula certainly didn't make it easy. she just a great player today, but a tremendous run for her. >> and for some blanket, her 3rd grand slam title her first u.s. open. >> he would accept the trophy from the great billie jean king. how cool is that? it was nice to see her get the titles with said she lost in the finals last year came back this year. >> and you got to trust he's good to say lots of big in king, steph curry, everybody, everybody, who's anybody. that's right. thank you for >> well, a basketball hall

cincinnati open final which sabalengka one is the only law some pegula is post olympic record arthur ashe stadium going to be rocking tonight for the first all-american us open semi in 19 years, frances tiafoe, taylor fritz, guaranteeing that one of them is going to reach their first ever grand slam final. fritz, a 6:00 a.m. one all time against his buddy. they've won been close friend since in playing against each other since they were 14-years-old i'm happy for him. >> i know he's happy for me so the best man win come friday man is going to be he's going to be epic it's popcorn ducey had to do it's going to be it's going to be a phone and come friday, it's going to be just electric and i think that would be that would be awesome for the fans as well as it'd be guaranteed that one of us is gonna be gone in the finals and be guaranteed to be awesome and kasie, i'm so sorry about your ravens. i mean, i hate it to be you coy. >> i am an orioles fan. my sport that's why all t's are super confusing. my dad's ravens fan, but i grew up outside philly and the only team i didn't i didn't have an nfl team

you know sabalengka may have been the favorite with oddsmakers, but the favor for fans inside arthur ashe stadium on saturday was her opponent, new york native jessica pegula. but sabalengka, returning to the scene of one of her biggest disappointments where she lost to another american coco gauff 12 months ago, was sabalengka admitting afterwards she was it's a little bit shaken by all of this support that golf god, that was not the case on saturday pegula, david are all in her first major final, but sabalengka was just too good, grinding out a straight sets win 7575, the 26-year-old now adding a us open title to her back-to-back aussie crowds. and she spoke to our andy scholes on center court afterwards three grand slam titles now, what do you want your legacy to be one day that's a big question on problem not ready to answer it right now, but i definitely want to be one of the greatest and i mean, i think everyone wants that, but of course i wanted but i'm just trying to focus on improving myself every day and and let's see how far we can go in this court it's now up to taylor fritz to carry t

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with her dog us open men's final will showcase a battle of firsts when it gets underway at arthur ashe stadium, just hours from now taylor fritz is set to face world number one, jannik sinner, the first italian man reached the singles final. fritz is the first american to reach the finals since adi were andy roddick in 2006, meet fellow american frances tiafoe in the semifinals. confident fritz is backing himself for victory, but we'll have to overcome sooners, ten match winning streak to claim the prize. the two have met twice before and they've split the proceeds with one when each all the weight is over for arena sabalenka, the world number two in tennis. she took home her first us open title on saturday, defeating american jessica pegula in straight sets the win marks sabalenka's third career grand slam singles title. she won the australian open for the second consecutive year back in january. our andy scholes caught up with the newly crowned champs it feels amazing i mean, i don't know how to describe how it feels about it. i'm definitely the hiker's person in the world right now. i can i

the packed arthur ashe stadium also hanging onto some gripping moments as pegula made her moves on thenis court. pegula making things interesting, but sabalenka fighting back to win the first set, 7-5. by the second set, sabalenka's booming strokes proven too much for pegula. the last one, the championship moment. >> game, set, match. >> reporter: sabalenka collapsing to the court. >> i was just super proud of myself and my team that we had, like, so many tough lessons here in the past, and we were able to come back stronger, and then finally we are holding this beautiful trophy. >> reporter: pegula saying she was touched by the number of friends and family in the stands. >> my parents are also somewhere here. i have lots of friends and family that just came in to watch that are all kind of scattered around. i don't really know where they are, but thank you guys so much for coming and supporting me. it's been a long journey, so it's -- to be able to have your support here in the u.s. at my home slam is amazing. thank you. [ applause ] >> reporter: meanwhile, the men's final between ame

this game is for hh now begin to $100 gift card for a free quote from a star-studded final in arthur ashe stadium in new york to a thrilling finish on the grid iron, it was a huge weekend for those of us who are a sports fans as the u.s open wrapped up and the nfl season got underway, cnn's coy wire is joining us right now quite catch us up. yeah, lots of excitement what the u.s. open drew a crowd of more than 1 million fans for the first time, arena sabalengka, of course, when it women's title on saturday and yesterday, the men's final taylor swift, travis kelce, they're among a slew of celebs in attendance. taylor fritz was looking to become the first american man to win a grand slam singles title. but world number one, yannick sinner just too much winning in straight sets of 23-year-old italian won the australian open in january, making him the third man and first since 1977, to win his first two grand slam trophies in the same season, our andy scholes caught up with the champ of course, italian guide. >> i think it's not for dennis to see some new champions, some new favorites of tournaments

championship sion, under the leadership of. category traditionally gathered a full house at the arthur ashe tennis stadium in new york, among the spectators was the popular singer taylor swift in the company of american football player travis kelsey. the favorite of the match, italian yannick ssinnar, started off with a bang, immediately taking the serve of his opponent, american taylor friedtz. then the number one player in the world relaxed a bit, allowing the host of the court to equalize the score, but... he immediately regained the initiative and brought the set to a 6:3 victory. in the second set, sinner confidently held his serve, and at the end he made another break, the result was 6:4. friedtz had the most real chance to turn the tide of the match in the third set. the american clearly caught the courage and took the lead with a score of 5:3. however, sinner again added at the right moment, taking four games in a row and winning 7:5. for the twenty-three-year-old italian, this is the second title in his career at a grand slam tournament. earlier this season , he also won the australian open. the

the final of the us open in men's singles traditionally drew a full house at the arthur ashe tennis stadium in new york. popular singer taylor swift was also spotted among the spectators, accompanied by american football player travis kelsey. the favorite of the match, italian yannick xinner, got off to a flying start, immediately taking his opponent's serve, american taylor. then the world number one relaxed a little, allowing the host of the court to equalize the score, but immediately regained the initiative and brought the set to victory 6:3. in the second set, sinner confidently held his serve, and at the end he made another break, the result was 6:4. the most real chance to turn the tide of the meeting was presented to friedz in the third set. the american clearly caught the courage and led with a score of 5:3. separate start on the streets of madrid, the gap after the final stage of the wonka with roglic from o-coner in the general classification increased to 2 minutes 36 seconds. the experienced slovenian won the vuelta for the fourth time in his career, repeating the record of the

francis tiafo wowing the crowd at arthur ashe stadium, taking the first set but gregor battling backtake the second set tie break with this masterful shot. the 33-year-old suffering an injury in the third set, ending the match early in the fourth walking up to the net to shake hands with tiafo. >> hopefully, you will see me again. friday will be one hell of a day. >> lara: now tiafo will play against his pal, taylor fritz, on friday, marking the first all-american men's semifinal at a major since the 2005 u.s. open.eing an american will be in the finals of the grand slam for the first time since 2006. >> it's over! taylor fritz! >> lara: fritz winning in his 3.5 hour, four-set thriller. >> it was my time to take ate step further. it's only fitting i'm doing it here on this court at the open. >> lara: on the women's side, american emma navarro taking care of things in straight sets. navarro down 1-5 in the second -- >> navarro with the nerves. >> lara: but she turned it around, winning six straight games, rallying to advance to her first grand slam semiwhere she takes on last year's f

and number 20, frances tiafoe, who electrified the arthur ashe stadium crowd overnight. >> spectacularts, six-time u.s. open champion serena williams, before the match. >> it was really cool to have her want to talk to me before the match and say that she wants me to do this thing and that i'm capable of doing it. >> big foe, as he's known, outlasting 28 seed alexei popyrin, who upset title winner novak djokovic in the third round. tiafoe punching his ticket to the quarterfinals, taking a moment after his big win to give a special shout out. >> tony goldwyn was in the crowd. yo, i'm a huge fan of you, bro. me and my girl used to watch "scandal" all the time. i'm a huge fan, brother. >> there was a big shondaland reunion, but today two more americans with a chance to join the quarterfinal party today. jess pegula facing diana schneider today, and tonight tommy paul takes on number 1 seed jannik sinner. you can catch all the u.s. open action that starts at 11:00 a.m. on espn. >> great tennis, as well. >> best two weeks of the year in new york. >> coming up, our labor day deals and steals

he adapted to the cavernous arthur ashe stadium very, very well. he'd never played there before.hing with my dad, i was giving my dad a high five if he got a winner. sometimes praying, praying that the other player might perhaps give you a cheap point. go, jack, go! at parkside school in cobham, they've been celebrating theirformer pupil. the fact that he was one of us is just crazy. it's crazy that we could grow up to be something, someone like him. it's amazing how he was in our school. and then now he's british number one playing in the us open, about to play against sinner. if he wins this, that is going to be the best thing ever. _ i'm not going to say— that he will because that would be like outstanding, outstanding. one of jack's early coaches was mum nicky. could you ever have imagined that he'd be british number one and heading into the us open semifinal? into the us open semifinal? you know, it was always there in my mind. and a lot of coaches, british coaches, people that i spoke to, they always thought that he would. but there's no guarantee. you know, you can invest

the humidity level was very, very high inside the arthur ashe stadium.whether you can just load those fluids into your body and then go and play a high octane game of tennis, which is hugely demanding physically anyway, i think. i'm not saying he brought it on himself, but i think that he maybe would manage that situation again. having said that, could that not have been, could the match not have been, could the match not have been stopped or stopped? >> yeah, but like stopped for a day . day. >> well, i'll tell you what was interesting. you don't see it very often, but there was a penod very often, but there was a period in the game where both players were were on medical timeouts. so having treatment jannik sinner was suffering, suffering from a wrist, a wrist problem which had to be treated. and so in terms of the match, though, i don't think he played within himself. that's what often, often happens when someone who's not used to playing at semi—final or final level, or the latter stage of big tournaments, they often freeze a little bit. i felt he wa