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The Latest on the US Open Tennis Tournament (All Local Times):
8:10 p.m.
The WTA calls for fair treatment of players and the training of coaches through tennis following the American women's final.
CEO Steve Simon said all players should be treated the same way and that the tour "does not believe it was done last night" when Umpire Carlos Ramos sentenced Serena Williams to defeat Naomi Osaka.
Simon says the WTA supports coaching, but adds that additional exams are needed.
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7:40 p.m.
Novak Djokovic won his second consecutive major title and 14th overall by beating Juan Martin del Potro 6-3, 7-6 (4) and 6-3 in the United States.
With his third championship at Flushing Meadows, Djokovic tied Pete Sampras for third place in the Grand Slam title standings. Roger Federer has 20 titles and Rafael Nadal 17.
Djokovic went on to a remarkable summer after missing the end of last season with a right elbow injury. He won Wimbledon and a Masters event in Cincinnati.
Del Potro, the American Open champion of 2009, remains with this single major title.
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6:40 p.m.
Novak Djokovic won a tiebreaker to win a second set of 95 minutes, moving away a set from the USA.
Djokovic leads Juan Martin del Potro 6-3, 7-6 (4).
It seems that it could be easier when Djokovic broke Potro in the second game of the set and led 3-1. But he was broken in his next match. Del Potro then held on and had opportunities to take another break before Djokovic finally managed to end a 22-point game that lasted more than 20 minutes.
Del Potro had a 3-1 lead in the tie-break before Djokovic started again to take it.
Djokovic is in contention for his third US Open title, his second consecutive Grand Slam title this season, and a 14th overall to tie Pete Sampras for the third time.
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5:10 p.m.
Novak Djokovic won the first leg against Juan Martin del Potro in the United States.
Sixth-seeded Djokovic tries to claim a third title for the US Open and a 14th overall.
Djokovic missed last year's tournament with a wounded right elbow that ultimately required surgery, but he is back at the top of his game and won Wimbledon in July.
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16.30.
Thiago Seyboth Wild of Brazil defeated Lorenzo Musetti 6-1, 2-6, 6-2 to win the US junior men's championship. Wang Xiyu of China beat Clara Burel 7-6, 6-2 to win the women's junior title.
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4:20 p.m.
Novak Djokovic and Juan Martin del Potro opened their U.S. Open match between two former champions.
It's the first big final of Potro del since he's won his only game at the 2009 US Open by defeating Roger Federer.
Djokovic is looking for a third US Open title and 14th overall, making Pete Sampras third in the career rankings.
The match is played with the roof closed at Arthur Ashe Stadium because of the rain.
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4:15 p.m.
US Open champion Naomi Osaka tweeted that she was "grateful" for her opportunity to play Serena Williams.
Osaka defeated Williams 6-2, 6-4 on Saturday night to become the first Grand Slam champion from Japan. His victory was overshadowed by the fact that Williams was the victim of three code violations that resulted in a $ 17,000 fine.
"So there are a lot of things going on but I just want to say that I was grateful to have the opportunity to play on this stage yesterday. Thank you," tweeted Osaka.
She posed with her trophy at the top of the observation deck at Rockefeller Center.
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16h
Ashleigh Barty and CoCo Vandeweghe won the women's doubles final, beating Timea Babos and Kristina Mladenovic 3-6, 7-6 and 7-6 at Arthur Ashe Stadium.
The 13th-ranked team of Barty and Vandeweghe defeated Team # 3 and No. 1 on their way to their first Grand Slam team title. They did not even miss a set on this race until Babos and Mladenovic won in the first set on Sunday.
The duo saved three championship points in the deciding set in a match that lasted more than two and a half hours. Barty and Vandeweghe won the second set of tiebreakers 7-2 and won the third 8-6 to win for the second time in four games this season against Babos and Mladenovic.
Vandeweghe, the niece of former NBA star Kiki Vandeweghe, became the 17th American in the Open era to win the tournament title. The team had already won the Miami Open in March. But to win in Ashe is as big as possible. Barty and Vandeweghe have embraced the trophy and won $ 700,000 for their championship.
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13h
Serena Williams was fined a total of $ 17,000 for three code violations during her loss to Naomi Osaka in the US final.
On Sunday, one day after the match, the Tournament Referee Office put $ 10,000 at Williams' disposal for "verbal abuse" of chair referee Carlos Ramos,
The money comes from his $ 1.85 million award as Osaka 's finalist, whose 6-2, 6-4 win on Saturday makes her the first tennis player to play. Japanese to win a Grand Slam title.
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24:30
Novak Djokovic will look for his 14th Grand Slam title and Juan Martin del Potro his second when they meet in the final of the United States.
Their defeat on Sunday is the first appearance of del Potro in a league game since winning the 2009 Flushing Meadows Trophy. He has had four wrist operations since then.
Djokovic missed last year's tournament with a wounded right elbow that ultimately required surgery, but he is back at the top of his game and won Wimbledon in July.
He plays in his eighth open final in the United States and has won two in the past. While he beat Pot del Potro, Djokovic will equal Pete Sampras for third place in men's singles titles, lagging behind Roger Federer 20 and Rafael Nadal (17).
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