A thrilling US Open crowns new champions in Queens
Tennis fans packed Flushing Meadows as a new generation of stars lit up the season's final Grand Slam.
The US Open delivered a fortnight of drama at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Queens this September, drawing huge crowds back to Flushing Meadows and crowning champions who signalled a changing of the guard in the sport.
On the men's side, a young Spaniard thrilled fans with a run of late-night five-set epics, capturing his first Grand Slam title and rising to the top of the rankings in the process, announcing the arrival of a new era. In the women's draw, a dominant champion added another major to a season of brilliance.
The tournament, the final Grand Slam of the tennis calendar, is one of the great annual spectacles of New York sport, filling the stadiums of Flushing Meadows with a boisterous, international crowd and lighting up late-summer nights in Queens.
This edition carried added emotion, marking the farewell of one of the sport's beloved stars, whose final appearances drew rapturous ovations and a sense of an era passing.
Beyond the tennis, the Open is a major economic and cultural event for the city, drawing hundreds of thousands of fans and millions of television viewers, and showcasing Queens on a global stage. For two weeks, the eyes of the sporting world turned to New York, and the city delivered a memorable show.