NEW YORK (AP) — Fans enduring a lengthy wait to get into the U.S. Open final booed and chanted “Let us in! Let us in!” when the match between Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner began Sunday after a delay.
With extra security measures in place because President Donald Trump was watching the match from a suite inside Arthur Ashe Stadium, the U.S. Tennis Association pushed back the start of the match a half-hour from its original 2 p.m. EDT time.
But thousands of fans were still far from the entrance to the arena when play eventually began.
Some said they were never informed what they would face after they arrived at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. Once they went through security to enter the grounds, as usual, there was then another stop to be checked in front of the steps into