The US Open has been WILD this year. Venus Williams came back at age 45, and though she lost in the first round of singles, she and Leylah Fernandez made it to the quarterfinals of the doubles and it was an absolute joy to see. Naomi Osaka’s resurgence and Amanda Anisimova’s rise were equally thrilling. A man took arguably the best tennis photo of all time . Carlos Alcaraz shaved his head.

But: A fan tried to grab Jannik Sinner’s bag. Karolina Muchova started crying in the middle of a match because she noticed an ex-boyfriend in the crowd whom she didn’t want there. Coco Gauff openly wept on-court during a bad run of serves, well aware that the media fervently covered the hiring of a new mechanics coach a week before the Open to try and fix her yips. Taylor Townsend played some of the s

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