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USA Today
4 hours ago
- USA Today
US Open mixed doubles live updates: Schedule, bracket, how to watch today
The US Open will crown its first champions of the Grand Slam tennis tournament on Wednesday, Aug. 20. The semifinals and finals of the reimagined mixed doubles competition will be held under the lights in Arthur Ashe Stadium, giving the fans in New York their first taste of prime time tennis this year. Mixed doubles began Tuesday, Aug. 19 with a full day of first-round and quarterfinal matches, and the compact event concludes quickly, giving players plenty of time to prepare for singles play, which begins on Sunday, Aug. 24. Because mixed doubles was moved nearly a full week before singles action gets underway at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, the event was able to attract many of the sport's top stars, including a number of Americans. The mixed doubles semifinals feature one of the top American players in Jessica Pegula, who reached the US Open singles final last year. Pegula is teaming up with Great Britain's Jack Draper, the No. 5-ranked player in the world on the ATP Tour, and the pair earned the No. 1 seed in the mixed doubles competition. Five-time Grand Slam singles champion Iga Swiatek, who took the women's singles crown at the US Open in 2022, will also be in action with partner Casper Ruud. The No. 3-seeded team faces Pegula and Draper in one semifinal. The other semifinal features an all-American pair against an Italian duo, with Danielle Collins and Christian Harrison of the U.S. taking on Sara Errani and Andrea Vavassori. The semifinal winners will then face off later Wednesday night for the championship. USA TODAY Sports will have full coverage of the 2025 US Open mixed doubles semifinals and final. Here is everything you need to know before the action starts. US Open mixed doubles order of play today All times Eastern. All matches are held at Arthur Ashe Stadium and televised on ESPN2. How to watch US Open mixed doubles 2025: TV and streaming US Open mixed doubles 2025 format Each match (other than the final) are best-of-three sets, and each set is first team to win four games. Unlike singles matches, there will be no-ad in games that reach a score of deuce (40-all), meaning that the winner of the next point wins the game. If each team has won four games in a set, a tiebreak will be played. If the teams split sets, a 10-point match tiebreak will be played in lieu of a third set. The first team to win 10 points, with an advantage of two or more points, will win the match. In the final, the first team to win six games wins the set, and the first team to win two sets wins the championship. If the teams split sets, a 10-point match tiebreak will be played in lieu of a third set. US Open mixed doubles 2025 prize money US Open mixed doubles results Tuesday Our team of savvy editors independently handpicks all recommendations. If you purchase through our links, the USA Today Network may earn a commission. Prices were accurate at the time of publication but may change.
NBC Sports
5 hours ago
- NBC Sports
Michigan State aiming for turnaround in Smith's 2nd season with returning QB Chiles and trio of WRs
Michigan State's football program is desperately seeking a successful season. Aidan Chiles seems to give the Spartans a shot. The dual-threat quarterback is back after an uneven season as the starter and said he likes what he sees from his teammates. 'A lot of good energy,' he said. 'It's a different environment for sure. New guys that fit the program and fit the culture.' Michigan State was 5-7 last year in coach Jonathan Smith's debut season leading a program with only one winning record in a seven-season stretch. Smith, a former Oregon State coach, appeared to have a relatively successful offseason by retaining 70-plus players who decided to stay instead of transferring. 'Everyone chooses what roster they're on,' he said. 'For them to choose us, it's a real thing because they got options to go to other places.' Smith's seat Smith is not on the hot seat with decision-makers at Michigan State, but he's working for an athletic director who did not hire him. When the school pulled athletic director J Batt away from Georgia Tech, he acknowledged his top priority is to support the football program. Batt previously hired Brent Key to lead the Yellow Jackets and he helped them have consecutive winning seasons for the first time in a decade. Former Michigan State athletic director Alan Haller, who hired Smith, lost his job last May. Team strengths Nick Marsh had 41 receptions for 649 yards last year, both records for a Michigan State freshman, and the team landed two receivers in the transfer portal talented enough to be on the watch list for the Biletnikoff Award. Omari Kelly, who played at Middle Tennessee State and Auburn, former Kent State standout Chrishon McCray and Marsh make wide receiver the team's strongest position group. The Spartans should also be solid at linebacker with Jordan Hall and Darius Snow leading the way in the middle of the defense. Question marks The Spartans will improve their chances of surpassing modest expectations if they establish a running game, rush the passer much better than last year and find a reliable kicker. Michigan State averaged just 1.58 sacks last season, ranking No. 103 in major college football. 'We felt like that was somewhere we needed to pick it up,' said edge rusher Jalen Thompson, who didn't have a sack in 12 games last year. 'As a defense, we have been holding on to that and focusing on how we can get better.' Call it a comeback Michigan State defensive back Armorion Smith is expected to get a chance to play a key role in the secondary. Smith's mother died a little more than a year ago, leaving him as the head of household for five younger siblings and he became the legal guarding for four siblings last September. The schedule The Spartans open the season with a Friday night game Aug. 29 at home against Western Michigan. The toughest stretch is playing rival and 14th-ranked Michigan at home Oct. 25, a week after traveling to play No. 20 Indiana. Michigan State, though, gets a break by not having No. 3 Ohio State, No. 7 Oregon and No. 12 Illinois on the schedule. The Spartans close the regular season inside Ford Field in Detroit against Maryland on Nov. 29, when their students are on Thanksgiving break.
Miami Herald
6 hours ago
- Miami Herald
Dru Smith on ‘great trajectory,' hopes to be ready for Heat camp after new deal
There have already been a few unfortunate setbacks in guard Dru Smith's career, but he knows how fortunate he is to be in his current position. After sustaining a season-ending torn Achilles tendon in December, the Miami Heat still kept him around on a two-way contract for the remainder of last season despite there being no salary cap penalty for swapping him out for a healthy player. Smith then became a restricted free agent this summer and continued to rehab with the Heat this offseason, but he wasn't eligible to return to Miami on a two-way contract because of NBA rules. So the Heat instead brought back Smith on a standard contract Saturday just one day after shedding forward Haywood Highsmith's expiring $5.6 million salary in a trade with the Brooklyn Nets to create enough room under the luxury tax to re-sign Smith. Smith's new deal — the second standard NBA contract of his career — is worth $7.9 million over three years, with his first-year salary of $2.4 million fully guaranteed and the second and third years of the deal including conditional guarantees. 'It was obviously a little stressful and things like that,' Smith, 27, said Wednesday during a phone interview. 'I think any time, whenever you have nothing signed and nothing set in stone, I think it's just a little worrisome. But overall I think we love this organization and we're just excited to be able to be back and be a part of this.' Smith's new contract is further evidence of the Heat's belief in him, as he has been a part of the Heat's developmental program since he went undrafted out of Missouri in 2021. He has spent at least part of his first three NBA seasons with the Heat and is now on track to begin his fourth NBA season with Miami. 'I'm extremely appreciative of an organization that believes in me the way that they have up to this point,' said Smith, who has been waived by the Heat four different times before Miami has brought him back each time. 'But also I think, obviously, this hasn't been easy. There have been a lot of days where I've questioned whether this is what I'm supposed to be doing. I have amazing people around me.' Smith has spent much of the last two years rehabbing from significant setbacks, as he also sustained a knee injury in November 2023 that cut his 2023-24 season short before returning and then suffering a season-ending Achilles injury last December. But Smith hopes and expects to be ready for the start of training camp. He has already begun to take part in some contact work and is on track to begin participating in full five-on five action in the coming weeks. 'Honestly, it's all been going really well,' said Smith, with the Heat set to open training camp in six weeks on Sept. 30 at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton. 'I feel like I've been on a great trajectory as far as the rehab stuff goes. I've started to do some contact stuff now. I haven't jumped fully back into five on five. I would say probably here in the next few weeks or so. I think it's all just basically going to be how I respond to the more and more live sessions that I get in. 'I think the goal, obviously, is to be ready by camp. And I think that as of right now, with no setback, that's kind of what we're looking at.' Smith also hopes he can pick up where he left off just before he tore his Achilles eight months ago, as he had become an important part of the Heat's bench rotation last season before going down with a non-contact Achilles injury. Smith logged double-digit minutes in eight straight games before tearing his Achilles, establishing himself as a reliable and solid offensive option while also turning into a standout point-of-attack perimeter defender. In addition, he played the entire fourth quarter in five of the seven games leading up to his injury. 'I think more than anything what I learned is, obviously, that I can play at this level,' Smith said, looking back at that impressive stretch. 'For a full season, I really do believe I can help a team win games.' Smith averaged 6.2 points, 2.6 rebounds, 1.6 assists and 1.5 steals per appearance while shooting 50.8% from the field and 53.3% from three-point range in 14 games (one start) for the Heat last season before being sidelined with the season-ending injury. 'I don't really see why not,' Smith said when asked whether he believes he'll be able to get back to his pre-injury form. 'I wouldn't say this has necessarily been any worse of a rehab than the ACL or anything like that. I think [Heat senior director of rehabilitation] Jeff [Ruiz], who I work with every day, I think he's done an incredible job. 'I don't see any reason why I can't get back to being myself. The few times that I have been on the floor, I feel really good. I feel like I'm moving well.' But as part of a Heat roster loaded with guards, finding consistent playing time won't be easy for Smith. Tyler Herro, Norman Powell and Davion Mitchell are all expected to be ahead of Smith on the depth start to begin this upcoming season, and the Heat also used its first-round pick to draft guard Kasparas Jakucionis in June, is relying on guard Pelle Larsson to take on a bigger role in his second NBA season and still has Terry Rozier on its roster. Smith is up for the challenge, though. He has proven that during his winding and oftentimes difficult NBA journey. 'Honestly, the biggest challenge from this rehab specifically was just the mental part of it,' he said. 'Just really having to lean in on my faith and things like that and just understand for whatever reason, this is where my story was supposed to go. So just continuing to attack with a positive attitude. I think that was probably the toughest part because there are definitely days in there where it just seems like I've been rehabbing for two years at this point.' The Heat is expected to consider guard Jahmir Young for an Exhibit 10 contract, which essentially represents an invite to training camp and provides a financial incentive for that player to join the organization's G League affiliate. But a deal has not been signed yet, according to league sources. Young (6-foot-1 and 185 pounds), who closed last season on a two-way contract with the Chicago Bulls, went undrafted out of Maryland in 2024. He averaged 21.7 points, 4.5 rebounds, seven assists and 1.9 steals per game while shooting 46.8 percent from the field and 30.4 percent from three-point range in 43 G League appearances last season. NBA teams are allowed to carry up to 21 players during the offseason and preseason (including up to three two-way contract players). Not including Young since he hasn't signed a deal yet, the Heat's preseason roster currently includes 17 players signed to contracts (including two-way contracts and Exhibit 10 deals).
