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NEW YORK – (AP) – Latest information on the US Open tennis tournament (all local times):
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4:25 p.m.
Emma Raducanu and Leylah Fernandez have started their US Open final, one of which will become the youngest major tennis champion since 2004.
Raducanu, 18, is the first professional-era qualifier to reach a Grand Slam final.
Fernandez turned 19 during the tournament. This is the first teenage Grand Slam final since the 1999 US Open. 17-year-old Serena Williams defeated 18-year-old Martina Hingis in the tournament for the first of her 23 major singles trophies.
The winner will be the youngest major champion since then-17-year-old Maria Sharapova at Wimbledon in 2004.
Before the game, cadets from the United States Military Academy displayed a giant American flag that covered almost the entire field of Arthur Ashe Stadium during a ceremony in memory of the victims of the 9/11 attacks.
Raducanu and Fernandez were born in 2002, a year after the attacks.
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3:30 p.m.
Joe Salisbury won a US Open doubles title for the second time in two days and Desirae Krawczyk won her third mixed doubles Grand Slam title of the year.
The No. 2 seeded team defeated Giuliana Olmos of Mexico and Marcelo Arevalo of Argentina 7-5, 6-2.
It was the second Grand Slam title this year for the pair, who also won the French Open.
Salisbury teamed up with American Rajeev Ram to win the doubles title on Friday. The British player became the first man since Bob Bryan in 2010 to win the US Open doubles and mixed titles that same year.
Krawczyk also won the Wimbledon title this year with Neal Skupski. The American became the first to win three mixed doubles Grand Slam titles in a year since Martina Hingis and Leander Paes in 2015.
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2:45 p.m.
Robin Montgomery of the United States won the women’s singles title with a 6-2, 6-4 victory over No.6 seed Kristina Dmitruk of Belarus.
Washington’s No.7 seed Montgomery became the first American to win the US Open title since 2017, when Amanda Anisimova defeated compatriot Coco Gauff in the final.
The women’s tournament was not played last year due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Montgomery, who turned 17 on Sunday, was back on the pitch later Saturday to try to win the women’s doubles title with partner Ashlyn Krueger as well.
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1:00 p.m.
England’s teenager Emma Raducanu’s appearance in the women’s US Open final will be broadcast live on free-to-air TV as part of a last-minute deal.
Amazon Prime has agreed to share its exclusive rights to the event in Britain with Channel 4 in exchange for a payment the video streaming service has pledged to invest in women’s tennis in the country.
British government ministers had urged Amazon to make Saturday’s final free for viewers.
Raducanu, 18, was born in Canada and her family moved to England when she was 2 years old. She may become the first British woman since Virginia Wade at Wimbledon in 1977 to win a Grand Slam singles title.
Raducanu faces 19-year-old Canadian Leylah Fernandez in the first major teenage tennis final in 22 years.
Channel 4 is a commercially supported but state-owned broadcaster.
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12:30 p.m.
A pair of unranked teenagers will meet at the US Open in one of the most unlikely Grand Slam finals in women’s tennis history.
The championship will be won on Saturday by either Emma Raducanu of Great Britain, 18, or Leylah Fernandez of Canada, 19.
Raducanu is ranked 150th and is only participating in its second major tournament. She is the first qualifier – players who earn a place on the pitch by winning three matches in the preliminary rounds – in the professional era of the sport to reach a Grand Slam final.
The Open era began in 1968.
Fernandez is ranked 73rd and had never made it past the third round in his previous six major tournament appearances. She beat four seeds, including defending champion Naomi Osaka.
This is the first Grand Slam final between two teenagers since the 1999 US Open. Serena Williams, 17, defeated Martina Hingis, 18, in the tournament for the first of her 23 major singles trophies. .
Saturday’s winner will be the youngest Grand Slam champion since Maria Sharapova was 17 at Wimbledon in 2004.
A ceremony to mark the 20th anniversary of September 11 is due to take place at Arthur Ashe Stadium before the final around 4 p.m.
A “9-11-01” stencil will be on the field and cadets from the United States Military Academy will fly a large American flag during a performance of the national anthem by “In the Heights” co-star Daphne Rubin-Vega while being accompanied by musicians from Broadway.
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