“”It feels like I am back in juniors,’ Serena Williams, who is seeking to win her 24th Grand Slam singles title, said of playing without spectators. Diego Schwartzman, who was eliminated from the Western & Southern tournament on Tuesday, has spent the past five days trying to fill idle time around the Long Island Marriott in Uniondale, N.Y. ‘Playing cards with my team, watching Netflix, a few movies — not much to do when we are on the hotel site,’ Schwartzman said. ‘We are in the tennis bubble.'” NYT: Will the U.S. Open Show Big Events Can Return to New York?

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