For decades, U.S. Open women's singles champions received a replica trophy that was much smaller than the ones the men's title winners were allowed to take home.

The U.S. Open’s largest court was packed for the final three matches of the reimagined mixed doubles tournament Wednesday night, which was made up of mainly top singles players for the first time.

Imagine Carlos Alcaraz and Emma Raducanu competing together for a Grand Slam trophy.

Billie Jean King became the first woman to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in the new sports entertainment category.

(AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)NEW YORK – The Latest on the U.S. Open tennis tournament (all times local):___4:20 p.m.Dominic Thiem says he expects another close match between he and Alexander Zverev in the U.S. Open final, which has now begun. Thiem leads the series 7-2 and has won all three in Grand Slam tournaments. ___3:20 p.m.Dominic Thiem and Alexander Zverev are set for the U.S. Open final, with the winner giving men's tennis its first new Grand Slam champion in six years. The Austrian lost two French Open finals to Rafael Nadal and fell in this year's Australian Open final to Novak Djokovic. The fifth-seeded Zverev is in his first Grand Slam final.

Defending champion Rafael Nadal will skip the U.S. Open because of the coronavirus pandemic, putting on hold his bid to equal Roger Federers mens record for Grand Slam titles. Nadal's plan to skip the U.S. Open came shortly after the Madrid Open, scheduled for September, was canceled because of the pandemic. We know that the reduced tennis calendar is barbaric this year after 4 months stopped with no play, Nadal wrote on Twitter. The last Grand Slam tournament contested without either Federer or Nadal was the 1999 U.S. Open four years before Nadal made his debut at one of the sports four most prestigious events. I know our fans will be disappointed to not have Rafa playing this years Western & Southern Open and U.S. Open," Allaster said.