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Randy Moffitt, a reliever who played 12 seasons in Major League Baseball and was the younger brother of tennis great Billie Jean King, has died after an extended illness at the age of 76.

Carlos Alcaraz overcame a knee issue that prompted a medical timeout to advance past Luciano Darderi in the third round of the US Open on Friday.

US Open organizers insist the conditions are the same as last year. But players disagree. The catch: They can't decide if they're faster or slower.

Tommy Paul outlasted Nuno Borges 7-6 (6), 6-3, 5-7, 5-7, 7-5 in a second-round US Open match that lasted 4 hours, 25 minutes, ending at 1:46 a.m.

Coco Gauff was broken four times and had seven double faults in the first set, but still managed to gut out a 7-6 (5), 6-2 victory over Donna Vekic in the second round of the US Open.

Taylor Townsend has received support from players after her on-court spat with Jelena Ostapenko, when the Latvian accused her of being "disrespectful" and "uneducated."

Two-time US Open champion Naomi Osaka needed just 70 minutes to beat American Hailey Baptiste 6-3, 6-1 on Thursday to reach the third round at Flushing Meadows.

Venus Williams, who won 14 Grand Slam doubles titles with sister Serena, teamed with Leylah Fernandez to win her first doubles match at the US Open since 2014.

Iga Swiatek, the No. 2 seed, eked past Suzan Lamens at the US Open to again reach the third round, which she has done at every Slam event since the start of 2020.

The stars were out during the first week of the tournament in New York.