From influencers to brutal finishes, US Open 2026 was worst grand slam in recent memory | Tumaini Carayol

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Despite the drama on the court, the poor condition of Arthur Ashe Stadium was just one problem among manyAt the end of another comically late night and early morning in Flushing Meadows, when the remaining spectators were departing, a familiar scene was unfolding on the US Open tournament grounds. A handful of workers had congregated directly beneath a hole in the ceiling inside one of the tournament shops as they tried to stop water from flowing out of a broken pipe and ruining thousands of pou