Victory on Sunday will put the 36-year-old just one major away from completing the first men’s calendar Grand Slam since 1969
The ATP and WTA tours last week removed ranking points from Wimbledon after the All England Club banned Russian and Belarusian players.
The 23-year-old world number two, and four-time major winner, said she will now take a break from tennis, putting her participation at Wimbledon and even her home Olympics at risk
Whoever emerges as champion on Sunday, it will yet again confirm the dominance of the ‘Big Three’ of Federer, Djokovic and Nadal
Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal battle for a place in the Wimbledon final on Friday
The 37-year-old is setting his sights on becoming the oldest man to win a Grand Slam singles title
Williams won her most recent major at the Australian Open in 2017 while pregnant
Naomi Osaka won the final 6-2, 6-4 to delay Williams’s bid for a record-equalling 24th major title.
With the notable exception of Alex de Minaur, the US Open has been yet another Grand Slam to forget for the widely-hyped ‘NextGen’
Maria Sharapova was trying to reach the quarter-finals for the first time since 2012