The young Japanese Naomi Osaka, champion of the US Open, received her trophy with tears before the booing of the public, which favoured the American Serena Williams.

Former world number one Serena Williams was the centre of all attention at Flushing Meadows despite having lost the US Open final to young Japanese rising star Naomi Osaka (6-2, 6-4) in a match mired in controversies and penalties.

A huge controversy has engulfed a US Open final game between Serena Williams and Naomi Osaka, won by the latter. Defending her actions on the field, Serena Williams came out in open to slam their chair umpire Carlos Osaka; she mentioned that she did not cheat in the women’s singles final against Naomi Osaka on Saturday.

Sixth seed Novak Djokovic defeated Marton Fucsovics 6-3, 3-6, 6-4, 6-0 to reach the second round of the US Open tennis tournament here.

Second seed Roger Federer started his US Open appearance with an overwhelming 6-2, 6-2, 6-4 win against Japan's Yoshihito Nishioka to enter the second round.

Romania's Simona Halep continued to lead the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) singles rankings released on Monday with 8,061 points, followed by Denmark's Caroline Wozniacki.

Spain's Rafael Nadal maintained the no. 1 spot in the men's Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) world singles rankings released on Monday with 10,040 points, ahead of Switzerland's Roger Federer.

Serbia's Novak Djokovic has moved a step closer to winning the only ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event that has eluded him in his career, rallying to defeat Frenchman Adrian Mannarino 4-6, 6-2, 6-1 in the second round of the Western & Southern Open here.

Spanish tennis star Rafael Nadal has asserted his authority on court and defeated Switzerland's Stan Wawrinka 7-5, 7-6(4) in the Round of 16 at the Masters 1000 in Toronto.

Reigning Wimbledon champion Novak Djokovic has gotten off to a solid start in the North American summer hard-court season, defeating Bosnia and Herzegovina's Mirza Basic 6-3, 7-6 (7-3) in the first round of the Rogers Cup here.