The American SetSeason's Last Slam Fills the Boxes at Arthur Ashe
The first week of the U.S. Open has a way of turning Arthur Ashe Stadium into as much a stage as a court, and this year's early rounds delivered exactly that. A steady run of recognizable faces filled the stands well before the marquee matches, the kind of turnout that marks the tournament as the final big date on the tennis calendar before the season proper winds down. For a readership that treats late summer as its own kind of countdown, the sight of a packed house in Flushing this early is its own small signal that the year is turning.
With reporting from Town & Country.