Sometimes in New York it gets late, early. Flushing, on Sunday, was no different. Even before the show started at the halfway-historic men’s singles final of the 2024 U.S. Open, there was a healthy dose of red-white-and-blue showmanship. An early-era American Idol winner crooned “America the Beautiful,” as the stars and stripes were unfurled across the hard court of Arthur Ashe Stadium. This occurred directly in front of many thousands of Americans (and a few million more at home), all of whom chose to watch it over an array of choice offerings from the first weekend of our most American pastime, in the hope of spotting something hideously rare at the Open: a native son winning the title.
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