Arthur Ashe Stadium Archives - uSports.org https://usports.org/tag/arthur-ashe-stadium/ Sports News & Views Fri, 25 Aug 2017 17:59:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Tickets: U.S. Open 2017 Arthur Ashe Kids’ Day (Aug. 26) Evening Session [Ticket Info] https://usports.org/tickets-u-s-open-2017-arthur-ashe-kids-day-aug-26-evening-session-ticket-info/ https://usports.org/tickets-u-s-open-2017-arthur-ashe-kids-day-aug-26-evening-session-ticket-info/#respond Fri, 25 Aug 2017 17:59:05 +0000 http://usports.org/?p=41542 US Open Arthur Ashe Kids' Day evening session tickets (Ticketmaster.com)
Attention, all tennis fans! tickets for this year’s annual U.S. Open Arthur Ashe Kids’ Day are now on sale at Ticketmaster.com! US Open Arthur Ashe Kids’ Day 2017 Tickets The 137th U.S. Open will begin on Aug. 28 at Arthur Ashe Stadium (part of the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center) in New York City’s […]

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US Open Arthur Ashe Kids' Day evening session tickets (Ticketmaster.com)

Attention, all tennis fans! tickets for this year’s annual U.S. Open Arthur Ashe Kids’ Day are now on sale at Ticketmaster.com!

US Open Arthur Ashe Kids’ Day 2017 Tickets

The 137th U.S. Open will begin on Aug. 28 at Arthur Ashe Stadium (part of the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center) in New York City’s Flushing, Queens. 

Every year, sponsor Hess presents a single-day, grassroots tennis and entertainment event designed for young children. Arthur Ashe Kids’ Day features a ticketed Stadium Show and concert inside Arthur Ashe Stadium preceded by a free Grounds Festival with chart-topping performers, who in past years have included Shawn Mendes, Ariana Grande, Ne-Yo, Demi Lovato, Justin Bieber, Rihanna, Fifth Harmony and Hunter Hayes, among many others.

The Festival also includes interactive games, music and tennis activities for all ages. Among the famous tennis stars who have participated in tennis demos at Arthur Ashe Kids’ Day are Andre Agassi, Kim Clijsters, Lindsay Davenport, Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer, John McEnroe, Andy Murray, Rafael Nadal, Andy Roddick, Maria Sharapova, Serena Williams and Venus Williams.

This year’s Arthur Ashe Kids’ Day will be held on Saturday, Aug. 26 and will begin at 1pm EST. Standard tickets begin at $10 on Ticketmaster.com, and there is an eight-ticket limit per person.

NEW YORK, NY – AUGUST 27: Gael Monfils of France practices during Arthur Ashe Kids’ Day prior to the start of the 2016 US Open at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on August 27, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Steven Ryan/Getty Images)

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https://usports.org/tickets-u-s-open-2017-arthur-ashe-kids-day-aug-26-evening-session-ticket-info/feed/ 0 uSports.org NEW YORK, NY - AUGUST 27: Gael Monfils of France practices during Arthur Ashe Kids' Day prior to the start of the 2016 US Open at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on August 27, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Steven Ryan/Getty Images)
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Attention all tennis fans: tickets for the 2017 U.S. Open tennis tournament are now on sale! Tickets for U.S. Open Tennis 2017 (Aug. 28) On Sale The first round of the Open, which will be held at Arthur Ashe Stadium in Flushing, Queens, will begin on Monday, August 28 at 11 am EST. Tickets, available […]

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Stan Wawrinka Beats Novak Djokovic for US Open 2016 Title

Attention all tennis fans: tickets for the 2017 U.S. Open tennis tournament are now on sale!

Tickets for U.S. Open Tennis 2017 (Aug. 28) On Sale

The first round of the Open, which will be held at Arthur Ashe Stadium in Flushing, Queens, will begin on Monday, August 28 at 11 am EST.

Tickets, available for purchase at ticketmaster.com, start at $77.

Stan Wawrinka is the defending champion of the tournament. The Swiss defeated top-seeded Serb Novak Djokovic, the 2015 U.S. Open winner, in four sets last year.

The 2017 Men and Women’s Finals are scheduled to take place September 9 and 10.

If any of sessions 1-22 at the US Open are officially determined to be “rained-out” by the U.S. Tennis Association, an in-store credit will be issued for the face value of the ticket(s), unless the ticket(s) were purchased for less than face value. In that case, an in-store credit for the purchase price of the ticket(s) will be issued.

The USTA makes the official determination of a “rained-out” or “cancelled’ session.

NEW YORK, NY – SEPTEMBER 11: Stan Wawrinka of Switzerland reacts against Novak Djokovic of Serbia during their Men’s Singles Final Match on Day Fourteen of the 2016 US Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on September 11, 2016 in the Queens borough of New York City. (Photo by Mike Stobe/Getty Images for USTA)

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https://usports.org/tickets-us-open-tennis-2017-aug-28-arthur-ashe-stadium-sale-ticket-info/feed/ 0 uSports.org NEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 11: Stan Wawrinka of Switzerland reacts against Novak Djokovic of Serbia during their Men's Singles Final Match on Day Fourteen of the 2016 US Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on September 11, 2016 in the Queens borough of New York City. (Photo by Mike Stobe/Getty Images for USTA)
US Open 2016 Day 3: Stadium Roof Closes As Rafael Nadal Beats Andreas Seppi, Muguruza Crashes Out https://usports.org/us-open-2016-day-3-stadium-roof-closes-rafael-nadal-beats-andreas-seppi-muguruza-crashes/ https://usports.org/us-open-2016-day-3-stadium-roof-closes-rafael-nadal-beats-andreas-seppi-muguruza-crashes/#respond Thu, 01 Sep 2016 22:02:36 +0000 http://usports.org/?p=23410 Rafael Nadal Beats Andreas Seppi at US Open
The U.S. Open closed its brand-new, $150 million retractable roof over Arthur Ashe Stadium in Flushing, New York, during a match for the first time Wednesday night. Rafael Nadal Beats Andreas Seppi, Muguruza Crashes Out The shutting of the roof — which happened due to rain — resulted in a suspension of play of less than 7 1/2 […]

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Rafael Nadal Beats Andreas Seppi at US Open

The U.S. Open closed its brand-new, $150 million retractable roof over Arthur Ashe Stadium in Flushing, New York, during a match for the first time Wednesday night.

Rafael Nadal Beats Andreas Seppi, Muguruza Crashes Out

The shutting of the roof — which happened due to rain — resulted in a suspension of play of less than 7 1/2 minutes at 3-all during the second set of Rafael Nadal’s 6-0, 7-5, 6-1 second-round victory over Italy’s Andreas Seppi. 

“I feel that the conditions are pretty similar when the roof is closed or open,” Nadal said afterward.

The 30-year-old Spaniard will now advance to play Russian Andrey Kuznetsov in the third round.

The most evident difference between the stadium’s roof being open and closed was the amount of ambient noise– coming from spectators, mostly– that could be heard during points.

U.S. Tennis Association Executive Director Gordon Smith said tournament organizers would work to solve that.

“This is New York. And yes, there’s crowd noise. And yes, we want the crowds to come, we want them to be excited. We want them to cheer. And we think that over time the fans will adjust and the players will adjust,” Smith said. “It’s obvious there’s going to be more noise in a trapped environment than in an open environment.”

The USTA built a retractable roof after years of dealing with rain delays that have caused matches to be postponed. The first two days of this year’s tournament– Monday and Tuesday– however, were dry.

“It took well over 10 years to come up with a solution to do this that was affordable, was architecturally imaginative, that was cost-effective, that was efficient. But we did it,” Smith said. “To see it work flawlessly was really incredible.”

The USTA has stated that, based on pre-tournament testing, the expectation is there will be little difference in terms of playing conditions whether the roof is open or closed.

The only other time the roof had been used this year before Nadal’s match came when it was shut at the start of the tournament’s opening ceremony Monday night, then opened while Phil Collins sang ‘In the Air Tonight.’

The U.S. Open men’s final was postponed in five straight years due to rainy weather from 2008 to 2012.

One of the biggest upsets of Day 3 was 2016 French Open champion Garbine Muguruza: the third-seeded Spaniard fell to Latvian Anastasija Sevastova in the second round.

Madison Keys, meanwhile, finished her second-round match much earlier than her first. The 21-year-old eighth-seeded American routed 16-year-old countrywoman Kayla Day 6-1, 6-1 in 48 minutes on Wednesday. Day, the youngest player in the draw, was playing in her first Grand Slam tournament. Ranked 374th, she qualified as the winner of the USTA Girls’ 18s National Championships. In the first round, she was leading 6-2, 4-2 when her opponent, Madison Brengle, retired with an arm injury. Keys hasn’t lost before the third round at a major since the 2014 U.S. Open.

The 26-year-old Sevastova, who reached the round of 16 at the 2011 Australian Open, retired in May 2013 because of a series of injuries, mostly to her back. She returned in January 2015.

NEW YORK, NY – AUGUST 31: Rafael Nadal of Spain returns a shot to Andreas Seppi of Italy during his second round Men’s Singles match on Day Three of the 2016 US Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on August 31, 2016 in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City. (Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images)

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