If there’s been one strong driving force at the US Open in recent years, it has to be none other than Stacey Allaster . Remember how she helped introduce a revolutionary change for women’s singles champions at the American hard court slam two years ago? After 50 years, the female winners received the same-sized replicas as men for their trophies. Back then she said, “Trophies are so iconic to the history of these championships, and we just didn’t feel it was the right thing to move away from that history, but … (we wanted) to be able to award the singles champions the same sizes.” However, now it’s time for her to make a new transition.

For the uninitiated, Stacey Allaster has been the tournament director for the US Open since 2020. But now she’s going to retire from the designation t

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