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Hundreds of Flights Canceled After ‘Technical Issue’ With U.K. Air Traffic Control

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Airlines were forced to cancel hundreds of flights and delay hundreds more on Monday after Britain’s air traffic control service experienced a “technical issue” that caused widespread disruption on one of the country’s busiest travel days of the year.

More than 200 flights departing from Britain were canceled, according to Cirium, the aviation analytics company, along with 271 that were scheduled to arrive in the country on Monday. Many other flights would be delayed by more than eight hours, “which will inevitably result in a cancellation,” Cirium added.

NATS, Britain’s National Air Traffic Service, said a technical problem had affected its ability to automatically process flight plans, which meant that the information had to be entered manually, slowing down the process.

While British airspace was not closed at any time, NATS restricted the number of flights departing from and landing at airports in order to maintain safety while its engineers tried to fix the problem. At about 3 p.m. local time, NATS said it had resolved the issue, but noted that air traffic remained disrupted. Britain’s government has a 49 percent stake in NATS, which is a public-private partnership.

The delays hit during a particularly heavy travel period, as people returned from summer vacations or extended weekend trips on Monday’s “bank holiday,” or national day off, in Britain.

Thousands of holidaymakers spent hours stuck in departure lounges or on runway tarmac, facing long delays and uncertain departure times.

In Palma de Mallorca, Jon Hughes, 49, boarded a plane bound for the English city of Leeds at about 1 p.m. local time with his two children, ages 13 and 15. Once seated, he said, they were told that the plane had been allotted a departure slot in about seven hours.

“It’s very hot and kids are getting restless,” he said in a message. “We don’t know how long we will be stuck on the plane. Or even if we will get home today.”

Two hours after NATS said it had resolved the technical issue, Mark Harper, the government minister responsible for transport policy, said flights were still affected, and advised travelers to “be aware” of their rights when flights were delayed or canceled.

Heathrow Airport, near London, advised passengers to contact their airline before heading there, and Edinburgh Airport told passengers not to leave home before checking the status of their flight.

Jamie Steele, 39, a British nurse returning to Manchester from a vacation in the Italian city of Pisa, had been set to depart at 10.30 a.m. local time. Four hours later, he was still sitting in the plane on the tarmac. The pilot told passengers that the plane would have a departure slot in the next three hours, but added that he was “not sure he trusts the time given.”

“It’s difficult not knowing the time we will get home,” Mr. Steele said in a message.

Louise Haigh, the lawmaker in charge of transportation policy for the opposition Labour Party, described the disruption as “extremely concerning for passengers” on “one of the busiest days of the year.”

The number of flight departures during the three-day holiday weekend had been scheduled to be 10 percent higher than the same period the year before, according to Cirium, and 83 percent higher than in 2021, when the Covid-19 pandemic drastically reduced air travel.

Alex Macheras, an aviation analyst, said the backlog of flights would cause flight disruptions for several days.

“That’s probably the worst timing ever given it’s the end of August, which is typically one of the busiest weeks of the calendar year,” he said.

Mr. Macheras said that compared with last summer, when there were numerous cancellations and delays, this summer’s air travel in Britain and continental Europe had been “smooth sailing” until Monday.

The disruption is expected to have little effect on overall operations for U.S. airlines, which collectively had just over 140 planned flights to or from Britain on Monday.

European flights were disrupted for hours in December 2014 because of a technical problem at NATS’s air traffic control center in Swanwick, England.

Niraj Chokshi contributed reporting.

Mental Health Spending Surged in Pandemic, Study Finds

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Use of mental health care increased substantially during the coronavirus pandemic, as teletherapy lowered barriers to regular visits, according to a large study of insurance claims published Friday in JAMA Health Forum.

From March 2020 to August 2022, mental health visits increased by 39 percent, and spending increased by 54 percent, the study found. Its examination of 1,554,895 claims for clinician visits also identified a tenfold increase in the use of telehealth.

The study covers visits for around seven million adults throughout the country who receive health insurance through their employers, so it excludes many patients with very severe mental illnesses, and it does not cover acute or residential care.

The increases are likely to be sustained, even as insurers weigh the benefit of continuing to pay more, said Christopher M. Whaley, a health care economist at the RAND Corporation and an author of the study.

“This is a huge cost, and we pay for that cost through increased premiums and higher deductibles,” said Mr. Whaley, an associate professor at Brown University.

On the other hand, he added, patients with unmet mental health needs are less likely to take their medications, and more likely to turn to emergency rooms in crisis, behaviors that also shift large costs onto insurance pools.

“The insurer’s challenge, and what we should think about as a health care system, is what cost is actually bigger,” Mr. Whaley said.

Most of the mental health visits were for anxiety and depression, which made up 45 percent and 33 percent of the total visits, respectively; post-traumatic stress disorder visits made up 10 percent; bipolar disorder, 9 percent; and schizophrenia, 2.6 percent.

Of the five diagnoses, anxiety disorders saw the steepest increase in visits during the pandemic, of 73.7 percent. PTSD visits increased by 37 percent; bipolar disorder visits by 32 percent; and depression visits by 31.9 percent. Schizophrenia visits did not change.

Researchers were surprised to discover that the use of telehealth for mental health did not decline with the end of the pandemic, as it did in other areas of medicine.

“This is the one area of the health care system where patients and providers in some sense are voting with their feet,” Mr. Whaley said. “This is a change that seems to last beyond the pandemic.”

The rise in use of mental health services reflects both receding stigma and a lowering of practical barriers to mental health visits, said Dr. Robert L. Trestman, the chairman of psychiatry at Virginia Tech’s Carilion School of Medicine, who oversees a psychiatric system in western Virginia.

In his own system, Dr. Trestman said, the pandemic years brought an “incredible increase in billing” for patients with anxiety and depression. Historically, nearly half of all people with symptoms of these disorders have not received mental health care, he said.

As more people seek care, the numbers “are actually more consistent with the underlying epidemiology that we might expect,” he said.

“They were restricted by having to find a clinician, to take time off work to go see them,” said Dr. Trestman, who is also the chairman of the American Psychiatric Association’s council on health care systems and financing. “With the public health emergency and the expansion of telehealth, those limitations really evaporated.”

He added that he expected the trend to continue, as Americans manage financial and housing insecurity and repayment of loans after the pandemic.

“I’m seeing no evidence whatsoever of any decrease that we either see or can predict,” he said.

It is unclear whether insurers will try to rein in the higher level of spending.

Patients have long complained about the difficulty of getting mental health visits covered, despite the passage of a federal law, the 2008 Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act.

Insurers will have to determine whether telehealth is preventing patients from accessing more expensive forms of care, like using emergency rooms for mental health crises, said Dr. Jane M. Zhu, an associate professor of medicine at Oregon Health and Science University who studied the accessibility of mental health services.

“It will trickle down at some point,” she said. “It will either mean that total spending is going to go up, if there’s a lot of people using telehealth, or insurers are going to be looking for ways to reduce their spending.”

Acceptance of telehealth varies among different populations, Dr. Zhu said. A study published in Health Affairs in 2022 found that people with schizophrenia were slower to switch to remote treatment, whereas those with anxiety and fear-related disorders were quicker.

A 2022 analysis by the federal Office of Health Policy found significantly lower adoption of telehealth among uninsured people and young adults. Video visits are highest among white people and higher earners, and lowest among less educated people; people over 65; and Latino, Asian and Black people.

Dr. Zhu said the rise in the use of services was striking.

“I have never seen anything like that in the literature,” she said. “Obviously, this is a completely new time period we’re in.”

Olivia Raymond Releases Her Debut Novel – “Deadly Secrets From Pond Island” The First Installment of Her Vanessa Hutchins Mystery Series

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“Deadly Secrets from Pond Island” is one of those rare mystery novels that has received 5-Star pre-publication accolades from major media book reviewers. Readers will have a difficult time putting the book down.

Indiana, August 28, 2023 – It may be Olivia Raymond’s debut novel, but Deadly Secrets from Pond Island establishes her as a master wordsmith. Released August 28 on Amazon, this captivating story offers everything mystery book enthusiasts crave. From start to finish, this author has managed to captivate the minds of all who open the book.

The book opens with its main character, Vanessa Hutchins, experiencing a strange vision that changes her life forever. Acting upon deep impulse, she ditches her successful law career, purchases a house sight unseen, and flees the big city in search of a more fulfilling life in rural America.

When she opens the door to her new small-town home, she’s greeted by a massive hoard three decades in the making. Left with no choice, she begins the great purge and soon reveals a horrific truth. Did someone go to great pains to protect these truths from ruin, or from fear they may confirm dark suspicions?

As rumors surrounding the new girl in town grow, Vanessa’s idyllic life becomes endangered. Does she ignore what she found? Or does she expose an even uglier truth destined to topple the town’s revered heroes, jeopardize her new friends’ lives, and possibly silence her own?

Reader Testimonials always tell the story. This book was able to gather memorable reviews before it was even published.

Janet Davies, ABC7 News, Chicago, said, “Deadly Secrets from Pond Island doesn’t disappoint. An intricate web of plot lines bringing to life the author’s characters in an extraordinary way. Don’t think as you read you have the story figured out. Clever plot twists!”

K.C. Finn, Author, The Book of Shade, had this to say, “Author Olivia Raymond has penned a truly compelling page-turner that deftly explores themes of discovery, justice, and the consequences of unveiling hidden truths. Reading Deadly Secrets from Pond Island was an engaging experience rocketing through a plot masterfully woven with suspenseful twists and turns, and I’d highly recommend it to other mystery and thriller fans to enjoy.”

Rabia Tanveer, Author, Melodies of the Mind, commented, “Packed with action and intense drama, Deadly Secrets from Pond Island was everything I expected it to be and more. Author Olivia Raymond weaved magic into the story with her words. The suspense surrounding the town and the secrets it held were fascinating. I hope Olivia Raymond has more planned for Vanessa because I want more.”

About The Author:

Olivia Raymond was born in the small town of Greensburg, Indiana, known as “Tree City,” due to the mulberry tree growing out of its courthouse tower. Her family moved to Indianapolis when she was seven years old, but by then, the allure of small-town living had already taken root. Olivia enjoyed several careers with a focus on public relations and marketing.

The experiences she gained provide inspiration for her stories. She now resides in a small town with her family and sweet furry companion, Mr. Ralf, where she enjoys her time as a writer and volunteer for the arts in her community.

To read more about Olivia Raymond’s new Vanessa Hutchins Mystery series, visit www.OliviaRaymond.com

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Hurricane Franklin Intensifies Into a Category 3 Storm

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Hurricane Franklin became the first major hurricane of the 2023 Atlantic hurricane season on Monday and would probably create swells that would require watches for Bermuda on Monday, the National Hurricane Center said.

The storm’s maximum sustained winds increased to almost 115 miles per hour, with higher gusts, the center said, making Franklin a Category 3 hurricane.

A “major hurricane” has sustained winds of 111 m.p.h. or greater, corresponding to a Category 3, 4 or 5 hurricane.

Some strengthening is forecast for Monday, the center said, “but gradual weakening is expected to begin by Tuesday afternoon.”

The storm is expected to cause life-threatening surf and rip currents through the beginning of this week along parts of the East Coast and then weaken in three to four days. Swells generated by Franklin had begun to affect Bermuda as of Sunday night.

Elsewhere, Tropical Storm Idalia was expected to strengthen into a hurricane on Monday and hit the Gulf Coast of Florida by Tuesday, forecasters said.

Franklin left at least one person dead in the Dominican Republic and hundreds of thousands of homes without power or potable water last week.

More than 500 homes were damaged in the Dominican Republic and more than 2,500 roads were affected, leaving six communities cut off, officials said. At one point, 350,000 homes were without power, and more than 1.6 million did not have potable water.

Carlos Marino Martínez, 33, was killed when he was swept away by floodwaters in the city of San Cristobal, according to the Civil Defense, a government agency in the Dominican Republic. Two women were hospitalized after a landslide in San Cristobal, officials said.

Tropical Storm Emily was downgraded on Monday to a post-tropical cyclone after forming the day before, and Gert was also short-lived. Tropical Storm Harold formed early Tuesday in the Gulf of Mexico and made landfall in Texas in the morning.

Don, which briefly formed as a hurricane in July, was the first hurricane of the Atlantic season.

The Atlantic hurricane season started on June 1 and runs through Nov. 30.

In late May, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predicted that there would be 12 to 17 named storms this year, a “near-normal” amount, forecasters said. On Aug. 10, NOAA officials increased its estimate to 14 to 21 storms.

There were 14 named storms last year, coming on the heels of two extremely busy Atlantic hurricane seasons in which forecasters ran out of names and had to resort to backup lists. (There were a record 30 named storms in 2020.)

This year features an El Niño pattern, which started in June. The intermittent climate phenomenon can have wide-ranging effects on weather around the world, and it typically impedes the number of Atlantic hurricanes.

In the Atlantic, El Niño increases the amount of wind shear, or the change in wind speed and direction from the ocean or land surface into the atmosphere. Hurricanes need a calm environment to form, and the instability caused by increased wind shear makes those conditions less likely. (El Niño has the opposite effect in the Pacific, reducing the amount of wind shear.)

At the same time, this year’s heightened sea surface temperatures pose a number of threats, including the ability to supercharge storms.

That unusual confluence of factors has made making storm predictions more difficult.

There is consensus among scientists that hurricanes are becoming more powerful because of climate change. Although there might not be more named storms overall, the likelihood of major hurricanes is increasing.

Climate change is also affecting the amount of rain that storms can produce.

In a warming world, the air can hold more moisture, which means that a named storm can hold and produce more rainfall, as Hurricane Harvey did in Texas in 2017, when some areas received more than 40 inches of rain in less than 48 hours.

Orlando Mayorquin, Rebecca Carballo, Melina Delkic, Mike Ives, Lauren McCarthy, Eduardo Medina, Christopher Mele, Claire Moses, Chris Stanford, Livia Albeck-Ripka and John Yoon contributed reporting.

Frances Tiafoe Is Ready to Win the U.S. Open and Make Tennis Cool

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One year ago, Frances Tiafoe headed to the U.S. Open, beloved within the tennis world but a relative unknown outside it. He emerged as the first American man to reach the U.S. Open semifinals since 2006, and the first Black American man since Arthur Ashe.

Tiafoe did it by upsetting the great Rafael Nadal in an emotional, magnetic match in, as a colleague put it at the time, “a stadium packed to the rafters with the sound bellowing off the roof after nearly every point.” When he eventually lost in the semis to Carlos Alcaraz in a five-set banger, Michelle Obama asked to see him afterward, to thank him and console him. And the national media rushed to tell his story — an unusual one in a predominantly white, wealthy sport.

Heading into this year’s Open, Tiafoe is the world No. 10. No longer the underdog, he is now contending with the burden and blessing of expectations and the distractions of sports celebrity. I sat down with him one week before the Open, at the Rock Creek Tennis Center in Washington, D.C., not far from where he grew up. We talked about whether his story really represents “the American dream,” if he’s looking forward to Novak Djokovic’s retirement, and … pickleball. This interview has been condensed and edited for length and clarity.

I am wondering what it’s like at this moment in your career. You’re being profiled in magazines. I just saw you in Vanity Fair. You’ve got N.B.A. stars in your box. It’s got to be pretty wild.

Yeah, I talk about it all the time. That saying that your life can change overnight is 100 percent true. After I beat Rafa Nadal at last year’s Open, I felt like I was looked at totally different. You don’t realize what you’re doing, how crazy it is, while you’re doing it because you’re doing it. I think afterward, going home and buying little things at CVS and ladies are like, “Oh my god, I can’t believe this is you.” It’s been crazy. It’s definitely not meant for everybody. It’s definitely a life shift.

Can you tell me a little bit about that? I mean, very few people will have that experience.

You need to really have solid people around you. Everybody says that but don’t really live by it. A lot of people are going to want to take your time. All of a sudden, everyone wants to be your best friend. The famous guy wants to hang out, and he can do it at that time, but you maybe need to not do that. And I think the biggest thing for me is learning to say no. I still need to do a much better job of that. I’ve seen it eat a lot of people up. It gets to people’s heads.

What have you said no to that you wanted to do?

Even little things, like an appearance with one of my new brand partners that would have been a cool sit-down with Matt Damon, who I’m a big fan of. But I can’t do it, can’t go. I got to play a tournament. And it’s like, ahhh.

You know, like, going on “The Shop” with LeBron — stuff that I’ve wanted to do, but scheduling just hasn’t quite worked out. And then obviously parties. You’ll get invited, but you probably should play a tournament. The reason people know you? You should probably stay on that.

When you say you’ve seen other people get pulled off their path —

People who are so hot for a second and then you just don’t hear about. And I think that’s the difference between one-hit wonders and people with longevity. It’s just that they’re so obsessed with what they’re doing and what got them to a certain place.

I want to talk a little about your back story. You’re the son of immigrants from Sierra Leone. When you were little, your father literally helped build an elite tennis center in College Park, Md., as a construction worker. And then he got a job there as its custodian. And you actually lived there part time with your dad and your twin brother. And you started training there at the age of 5, which is incredible.

These details of your life are the headline of most articles about you. Does it feel like people get your story right? Are there things that you feel like people don’t understand when they talk about the way you came up?

I feel like people do and don’t. People hear it, they know about it, but I don’t think they realize how crazy it actually is. I mean, I really was a big long shot, a huge long shot. And it just goes to show that being great at something is just having a level of obsession, and that’s what I had. I just hope it inspires a lot of people, honestly.

You talked about how extraordinary your story is. And I guess there’s a couple of ways that you can think about it. Version one is that this is the American dream, that a family can come to this country, and within a generation their son can be one of the top 10 tennis players in the whole world. But I think there’s another version, which is that without an incredible amount of luck, you could have been just as talented, you could have been just as driven as you are, and yet never have become a professional tennis player.

How do you think about the balance between those two versions — that your story shows both the incredible opportunities in America, but also that there are these inequalities that mean that it’s much harder for someone like you to be able to get to where you are?

Ironically, I look at it more as the second version.

Really? So then what does your story say about why there aren’t more Tiafoes?

Well, it’s the lack of access, right? The biggest thing with the game of tennis is that it’s so hard to just start to play. Like very, very tough for people in low-income areas to just play the game of tennis. Shoes, rackets, clothes, stringing, court time. If it’s cold and you play inside, you pay for the court. You pay for coaching. I mean, if I’m a young kid, why wouldn’t I just go and play basketball, where I need three other guys to play two-on-two and a hoop? It’s a no-brainer.

I think that’s the crazy thing. I imagine if I wasn’t, as you said, wasn’t in that situation —

That your dad got the job at this place that allowed you to have the opportunity to be seen and to play.

Think about how many people, if they were in my situation, could be doing what I’m doing. People that come from similar backgrounds as me, could do something special. That’s what I think about. Why aren’t more people lucky enough to be in that position?

There have barely been any elite Black American male tennis players. How do you diagnose that problem?

That’s why I look at my story that way. I mean, 50 years until an African American male made a semifinal of the U.S. Open? Fifty years. You’re telling me in 50 years a Black male can’t be in the semifinal of the U.S. Open?

Granted, it was a great accomplishment for me! But I don’t want to wait another 50.

I want to ask you about a separate issue, or maybe you think it’s connected. But there’s a real question about why American male players in general have struggled so much in the past two decades. An American man hasn’t won a Grand Slam since 2003. And until your run last year, there really haven’t been any U.S. stars on the men’s side in the way there were before. Agassi and Sampras, McEnroe, Connors. Why do you think American men in general have had such a hard time?

That’s always a funny question. I’ve been dealing with it for a long time.

I think it is a bit of a separate issue from what we were just speaking about. My rebuttal to it is always: It doesn’t really matter where your flag is from. Essentially it was four guys winning Grand Slams for a decade. One of the guys is still going at it, however old he is. He doesn’t seem like he’s stopping.

He’s 36. Djokovic.

Exactly. So I don’t think that’s really a flag issue. I think that’s just an era issue. I mean, the best decade of tennis ever.

But we’re at this changing-of-the-guard moment. Roger Federer retired last year. Nadal, who you beat last year at the U.S. Open, is having a tough season with injuries. He’s also talked about retiring. Djokovic is still very much in the mix, but he is indeed 36 years old. Are you secretly glad these guys are winding down?

Yes and no. My goal when I was younger, I wanted to beat one of those guys in the highest-level event. You want to be the best, so you’ve got to beat the best. So I’m not like, Oh, man, I can’t wait for these guys to stop. I think that’s a bad mentality. I think it’s I’ve got to get better. I’ve got to beat these guys.

I mean, I’m playing Rafa last year. I should have more legs than he has. Should! And it motivates me. Because even if Novak retires, you have new guys. Carlos Alcaraz is very good. There’s always going to be someone who you’re going to have to beat.

I was watching this conversation you had with Chris Eubanks and Ben Shelton, two other young Black American players. And you said, “We’re going to be the reason why the game changes.” What did you mean by that?

I just think diversity in sports, right? You bring a whole different demographic to the game. It’s history, and you’re watching it live. It’s the reason why Chris Eubanks’s run at Wimbledon was so big. It’s iconic stuff in a predominantly white sport. So I think we have a bit of a different impact. You start seeing more people of color in the stadium, paying that hard-earned money to come watch because it’s history, it’s different.

How does that make you feel, that more people are using their hard-earned money to come to the stands? People of color that you’re bringing into the sport?

It means everything to me. It means everything to me, but at the same time it’s like, damn, you feel the responsibility to perform, to be your best self for them.

It’s interesting. You’ve just discussed this tension, which is feeling really great to be able to inspire people, but also feeling like it’s a burden. And I think most people of color who are successful would say that it’s really difficult to be the first and the only. Because there is this tension. Do you feel like it pushes you farther, or do you feel like it sometimes can weigh you down?

It’s a great question. First off, yeah, as you achieve it, you definitely think about that. I don’t want to be the first and only, as I said earlier. But I think it inspires me, man. It really does. It makes me want to have longevity with this thing at a high level. Because you think about Serena and Venus. That’s why you create a Sloane Stephens winning a Grand Slam. That’s why you create a Coco Gauff, Naomi Osaka. And that’s the position I want to be in, right?

But the job doesn’t end until you do the ultimate goal, and that’s to win a Grand Slam.

That’s your goal right now? That’s the thing?

That’s the only thing that matters, to be fair. If I win a Grand Slam, there’s nothing anyone could say or ask of me after that.

So you’ve been pretty vocal about how you think tennis should modernize and bring in new fans. You’ve said you’d like to see the sport borrow from basketball and be more relaxed when it comes to fan behavior. Why do you think that would be a good thing?

People are like, oh, that’s not this game, that’s not tennis. Well, the question was how do we bring in younger fans? If you go to a soccer game, you go to a football game, a baseball game, you’re not quiet, are you?

No.

It’s entertainment. Obviously with tennis you need a little bit more structure. But for example, in between games, when people are standing on top of the stadium and ask the usher, “Well, when can I come down? I’m paying for tickets and I can’t even come and go as I please?”

I don’t want to change the whole way of it, but within reason. I think a lot more young people would be like, OK, this is cool. You know, music playing more constantly, maybe in between points or in high-pressure moments.

You think about the U.S. Open atmosphere, and they’re doing it anyway. Like, I’m playing in that stadium, it’s rockin’. People are drunk out of their minds, they’re just screaming whenever they want. You can’t control the environment anyway, so you might as well let it rock.

But, hey, man, I don’t make the rules.

OK, I have a question for you. What do you think of pickleball?

[Laughs] I think it’s a sport I should invest in. I don’t think it’s a sport that I like. I don’t think it’s a great sport. But from the business side, I love it.

I don’t think it takes very much skill. I go to Florida and I see a lot of older people playing and joking with the kids and having fun, but as far as creating all these leagues and tournaments and pro events, I just feel like tennis players who couldn’t quite do it out here are trying to make something out there.

And they’re closing down tennis courts in order to make pickleball courts.

For that sport to have an effect on the game of tennis, it’s ridiculous to me.

Thank you for indulging me. To get back to your generation: There’s a lot of buzz around Carlos Alcaraz. He’s 20, he’s won two Slams, and it looks like he’s just getting started. Are you worried he’s a player who’s becoming the guy to beat?

No, it’s good! It’s good. He’s good. He’s good for the game. Hell of a player. He is going to be special. He’s going to be a guy that’s going to push me to always want more and be at my best, because if I want to achieve anything special, I got to go through him. Once Novak leaves, he’s the guy to beat.

That brings me to where you are right now. You’re world No. 10. You’ve won a couple of tournaments this year, but you’ve also been knocked out early in others, including a heartbreaker at Wimbledon. How do you evaluate your overall performance this year?

I think I’ve had a good year. I’ve won 30-something matches. I’ve won a couple titles. I’m probably the most consistent I’ve been this year as far as week to week. But I’d much rather take more L’s, more losses, with a deeper run in a Slam. So we got one more shot. And obviously I want to go deep and put myself in title contention.

How are you preparing for that?

I know what I want to do. I know I want to win the event. It’s a matter of beating the guys you’re supposed to beat. But it is what it is. I’m 25. It doesn’t have to be right now.

I want to ask you a little bit about the specifics of your game. You changed coaches. You reworked your technique, particularly your forehand. I watched the Netflix “Break Point” episode — that’s the documentary series about the tennis tour — and there was a lot of talk about your focus, about trying to up your consistency. So when you think about how your game has changed, do you think the shift has been more mental or more physical?

The physical side has played a part. I’ve gotten much more fit, much more lean in the last couple years. But I think the mental side is the biggest thing. I’ve just made a choice. I made a choice that I’m committing to the game. I made a choice that I’m going to be more professional. I made a choice that I’m going to sacrifice a bit more of my outside tennis activities. Pick your moments of whatever pleasure — trying to just put tennis as the No. 1 priority.

So saying no to LeBron.

[Laughs] Yes.

Was there a moment when you made that choice?

Yes. Going into the pandemic, I was not in a good place. Playing horribly. I was just enjoying life and got really complacent and it showed in my game a lot. It was the first time I really went through adversity as it pertains to the game of tennis. Losing a lot of matches and I didn’t really know how to handle it. So that was very tough.

And then, just having a conversation with my boys, looking at the rankings, I’m like, dude, these guys ahead of me, they’re not better than me. Like, this is not reality. This can’t be my reality. And then from that point, I hired coaches. A lot of my team is new. My fitness coach travels with me much more. I started just slowly making choices. Being coachable. Stop trying to act like I know everything. Just slowly break old habits, which is very tough. It’s been a long process, but it’s been good. These last three years have been good. I’ve changed a lot.

I want to take you back to last year’s U.S. Open. Because, you know, losing is terrible for everyone, but it feels like it hits you particularly hard. In your postmatch interview after you lost in the semifinals, even though it was this incredible moment, you said, and I’m quoting here, “I feel like I let you guys down.” Who did you feel like you let down?

The country.

The country?

The country. I’ve never felt that much weight. Never felt that much energy. I checked into my hotel three weeks prior to that match. It was kind of like, whatever, nobody was really bothering me. Then at the end, I have security outside my door, people are going crazy, I’m all over New York, can’t go anywhere, everyone’s coming to the match.

And I really believed I could do it. After I beat Rafa, after I backed up that win and I gave everything I had. You know, it just wasn’t good enough. And at that particular moment, I genuinely felt that way. I felt like I let those guys down. I wasn’t feeling sorry for myself, but I was letting them know that I want to come back and finish the job. It was an emotional moment. It was very tough. No competitor wants to feel like they fell short.

And now on the cusp of this year’s Open —

I feel like I’m in a pretty good place. Going in, momentum-wise, it hasn’t been a great couple of weeks. But honestly, no matter how I’ve played going in, I always feel like I can do something special in New York. That crowd behind me. There’s something about people getting behind you and wanting it more than you almost do. You feel like you don’t have a choice but to give everything.

Can’t Sleep? This Therapy Is Often Better for Insomnia Than Medication

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About one in four adults in the United States develop symptoms of insomnia each year. In most cases, these are short-lived, caused by things like stress or illness. But one in 10 adults are estimated to have chronic insomnia, which means difficulty falling or staying asleep at least three times a week for three months or longer.

Sleep deprivation doesn’t just create physical health problems, it can also harm our minds. A recent poll from the National Sleep Foundation, for example, found a link between poor sleep health and depressive symptoms. In addition, studies have shown that a lack of sleep can lead otherwise healthy people to experience anxiety and distress. Fortunately, there is a well-studied and proven treatment for insomnia that generally works in eight sessions or less: cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia, or C.B.T.-I.

If you cannot find a provider, C.B.T.-I. instruction is easy to access online. Yet it is rarely the first thing people try, said Aric Prather, a sleep researcher at the University of California, San Francisco, who treats patients with insomnia.

Instead, they often turn to medication. According to a 2020 survey from the Centers for Disease Control, more than 8 percent of adults reported taking sleep medication every day or most days to help them fall or stay asleep.

Studies have found that C.B.T.-I. is as effective as using sleep medications in the short term and more effective in the long term. Clinical trial data suggests that as many as 80 percent of the people who try C.B.T.-I. see improvements in their sleep and most patients find relief in four to eight sessions, even if they have had insomnia for decades, said Philip Gehrman, the director of the Sleep, Neurobiology and Psychopathology lab at the University of Pennsylvania.

Sleep aids can carry risks, especially for older people, who may experience problems like falls, memory issues or confusion as a result of using the medication. C.B.T.-I., on the other hand, is considered safe for adults of any age. It can even be adapted for use in children.

Many people mistakenly assume that C.B.T.-I. is entirely focused on sleep hygiene — the routines and environment that are conducive to good sleep, said Shelby Harris, a psychologist with a private practice in the New York City area who specializes in C.B.T.-I.

C.B.T.-I. does use a series of treatments to target behaviors that are inhibiting sleep, like daytime naps or using digital devices before bed, and replaces them with more effective ones, like sticking to a consistent wake time. But it also aims to address anxieties and negative beliefs about sleep.

Much of the time, insomnia can lead to the feeling that sleep has become “unpredictable and broken,” Dr. Prather said. “Every day people with chronic insomnia are thinking about ‘How am I going to sleep tonight?’”

C.B.T.-I. teaches people different ways to relax, like deep breathing and mindfulness meditation, and helps patients develop realistic expectations about their sleep habits.

It is especially important that people with insomnia learn to view their bed as a place for restful sleep rather than associating it with tossing and turning. Patients undergoing C.B.T.-I. are asked to get out of bed if they are not asleep after around 20 or 30 minutes and do a quiet activity in dim lighting that doesn’t involve electronics. In addition, they are told to stay in bed only while drowsy or sleeping.

“C.B.T.-I. leads to more consolidated sleep and shorter time to fall asleep which is a major gain for many,” Dr. Harris said.

If you’re having problems sleeping, first visit your health care provider to rule out any physical problems (like a thyroid imbalance, chronic pain or sleep apnea) or a psychological issue such as depression that might require separate treatment, the experts said.

You can search for a provider who is a member of the Society of Behavioral Sleep Medicine or use the Penn International CBT-I Provider Directory. Your primary care doctor may also provide a referral. If you’re using a general online therapist directory like Psychology Today, be wary of those who claim to offer insomnia treatment but do not have specific training in C.B.T.-I., Dr. Harris warned.

Finding someone who specializes in C.B.T.-I. may prove difficult — especially one who takes insurance — because there are fewer than 700 clinicians trained in behavioral sleep medicine in the United States. And one 2016 study found they are unevenly distributed: 58 percent of these providers practicing in 12 states. The clinic where Dr. Prather works, for example, has hundreds of people on its waiting list.

A review of clinical trials found that self-directed online C.B.T.-I. programs were just as effective as face-to-face C.B.T.-I. counseling. If you are self-motivated, there are several low-cost or free resources that can teach you the main principles.

One option is the five-week program Conquering Insomnia, which ranges in price from about $50 for a PDF guide to $70 for a version that includes audio relaxation techniques and feedback about your sleep diary from Dr. Gregg D. Jacobs, the sleep and insomnia expert who developed the program.

You can also check out Insomnia Coach, a free app created by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs that can be used by anyone. It offers a guided, weekly training plan to help you track and improve sleep; tips for sleeping; an interactive sleep diary; and personal feedback.

Sleepio is another reputable app, Dr. Harris said. There are also free online resources from the A.A.S.M. and educational handouts from the National Institutes of Health, which include a sample sleep diary and a guide to healthy sleep.

And for those who prefer to avoid technology entirely, more than one expert recommended the workbook “Quiet Your Mind and Get to Sleep” by Colleen E. Carney and Rachel Manber.

Russians Are Strangely Stumped About Why Moscow Is Getting Bombed

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After six consecutive days of drone attacks on the Moscow region this week, one would think the shock of sudden late-night explosions might compel some Russians to consider what Ukrainian civilians have endured during 550 days of relentless Russian attacks.

Instead, some residents near the Russian capital have taken to social media to vent about the inconvenience of being woken up in the middle of the night, question why the “international community” isn’t coming to their rescue, and blame Ukrainian “terrorists” for targeting civilian areas. (Never mind that Moscow has repeatedly attacked residential areas in Ukraine with Iranian-made Shahed drones.)

No injuries have been reported in the recent string of attacks, and Russian officials claim to have shot down most of the drones that they say caused only “minor damage” to a building in Moscow City and several broken windows elsewhere. Kyiv has not confirmed or denied involvement in the drone strikes.

Russian media widely covered the attacks, airing interviews with residents who showed off their broken windows.

“It was scary to go up to the window,” said one man recounting his shock to wake up and find his window shattered. “This is the first time anything like this has happened to me.”

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Separately, he told Deutsche Welle, “At first, there was panic. I thought the building had been hit by a shell.”

“It’s very scary. What if it hits the house next time?” another resident told DW, noting that she has a young child in the home. “Who would have declared such a war on us in Moscow?” she asked, unironically.

In a video that went viral, a well-known blogger complained about how rude it is for drones to be launched “when people are sleeping.”

“Ukraine is going crazy. Drones at three in the morning. Have you lost your mind?” Hilmi Forks said. “I got scared and jumped off the couch from this explosion… If even one more drone crashes anywhere here in Moscow… I’ll pick up a rifle and go to the front. You got that?”

Other residents have reportedly called for restrictions on the use of fireworks because they say they are so on-edge over drone attacks. “Every time there is a rumble of firecrackers exploding late in the evening or at night, we think that this is again a drone attack,” one resident was quoted saying by local media, telling the regional governor in a plea to stop the “lawlessness” of nearby restaurants setting off fireworks.

While Russian officials have squarely blamed “Ukrainian neo-Nazis” for what they describe as terrorist attacks on Moscow, experts have said at least some of the drone strikes are more likely to have originated from Russian territory—otherwise the drones would be flying hundreds of miles across Russian territory without being intercepted by missile defenses.

Sergei, a resident of the Moscow region who spoke to The Daily Beast on the condition of anonymity, said he and his colleagues at work had become skeptical of the drone attacks precisely because of the distance the drones would have to travel unimpeded.

“We have a theory that these drone attacks are done by our government in order to justify a new mobilization,” he said.

Sveta, his wife, said people were generally unfazed by the strikes unless they were personally affected: “Nobody cares,” she said.

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FAA investigating nearly 5K pilots accused of hiding conditions that would make them unfit to fly: report

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The Federal Aviation Administration is probing nearly 5,000 pilots who allegedly falsified their medical records to hide medical issues that could impact their ability to fly safely.

The pilots licensed to fly in the U.S. are military veterans who purported to the agency that they were suitable to fly, but failed to disclose that they were receiving benefits for various disabilities that could prevent them from being cleared to fly, according to The Washington Post.

Veterans Affairs investigators initially came across the irregularities more than two years ago, but the FAA had not publicly revealed several aspects of the probe, the outlet reported. About 4,800 pilots have been investigated so far, and half of the cases have since been closed.

The agency had been probing pilots who might have submitted incorrect or false information as part of their medical applications, FAA spokesman Matthew Lehner said in a statement to the outlet. He said 60 of these pilots “posed a clear danger to aviation safety” and were not allowed to fly while they records were reviewed.

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The Federal Aviation Administration is probing nearly 5,000 pilots who allegedly falsified their medical records to hide medical issues that could impact their ability to fly safely. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

The vast majority of the pilots whose cases remain open “may continue to operate safely while we complete the reconciliation process,” Lehner said.

About 600 pilots under investigation are licensed to fly passenger airlines while many of the others hold commercial licenses that allow them to be hired by cargo firms and other clients, a senior U.S. official speaking anonymously told the paper.

Pilots must pass regular health screenings, but the tests are not always comprehensive, according to the report. The FAA is reliant on pilots disclosing conditions that officials may not be able to find, including depression or post-traumatic stress, according to doctors who oversee the exams.

Some veterans have allegedly downplayed their health conditions to the FAA in attempts to maintain their eligibility to fly, while at the same time exaggerating the severity of their health conditions to Veterans Affairs to increase their disability payments, The Post reported.

The FAA also discovered during its investigation that some of its own contracted physicians advised pilots to conceal their medical conditions, officials said.

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The pilots are military veterans who purported to the agency that they were suitable to fly, but failed to disclose that they were receiving veterans benefits for various disabilities that could prevent them from effectively flying an aircraft. (Robert Alexander/Getty Images)

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Records obtained by The Post revealed that the FAA’s Office of Aerospace Medicine allocated $3.6 million to hire medical staffers to conduct additional reviews of certification records for the pilots under investigation.

Pilots in some of the closed cases have been asked to resubmit accurate records and have new health exams conducted, but some others have been unable to fly until they are cleared by the FAA, according to Lehner and lawyers for the pilots.

The Veterans Affairs inspector general’s office is probing some of the pilots and will determine whether the Department of Justice should be involved for potential benefits fraud, two sources told The Post.

The FAA has allegedly known for two decades that thousands of pilots may have been flying with significant health problems, but transportation officials opted against more substantial background checks for pilots.

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Some veterans allegedly downplayed their health conditions to the FAA to maintain their eligibility to fly, while exaggerating the severity of their health conditions to Veterans Affairs to increase their disability payments. (Getty)

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The investigation into the pilots prompted criticism of the FAA for its alleged failure to apply the probes equally. 

At least 10 pilots have been prosecuted on federal charges for lying to the FAA since 2018, including former Army pilot Rick Mangini, who has been barred from flying for a cargo company after his medical certificate lapsed last month because he failed to disclose his sleep apnea. Mangini said he was unaware he had to detail his condition.

“I know of a lot of pilots who have told me about [medical conditions] they aren’t telling the FAA about,” Mangini told The Post. “What they’re doing to veterans? That’s the definition of harassment.”

The FAA did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.

Haiti Gang Shoots at Protesters, Killing Several in Port-au-Prince

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A gang vying for control of a swath of Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince, opened fire on Saturday on protesters organized by a church leader, killing at least seven people, human rights groups said. The shooting points to escalating violence around the city.

“This shooting is symptomatic of the state’s inability to protect its citizens,” said Gédéon Jean, executive director of the Center for Analysis and Research in Human Rights, or CARDH, an independent Haitian group that consults for the United Nations. As the authorities and rights groups examined the aftermath of the shooting, Mr. Jean said that the death toll could increase because of the large concentration of people at the demonstration, some of whom had been wielding machetes.

The killings reflect the sharp increase in violence in Haiti after the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse in 2021, which created a power vacuum in the already unstable Caribbean nation. Since then, gangs — whose tactics include random killings, rape and kidnappings — have taken over large parts of the capital. In response, a citizens “self-defense” movement has coalesced, unleashing a wave of gruesome executions of suspected gang members.

The shooting unfolded in Canaan, a squatter community on Port-au-Prince’s outskirts formed by survivors of the devastating 2010 earthquake, in response to a protest organized by an evangelical church leader known as Pastor Marco. Before the shooting, the worshipers were demonstrating against an organization known as the “5 Seconds” gang, which holds sway in Canaan.

A spokesman for Haiti’s National Police did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the episode.

Marie Yolène Gilles, director of the human rights group Open Eyes Foundation, said that Pastor Marco, whose full name is Marcorel Zidor, leads the Pool of Bethesda evangelical church in Port-au-Prince, and is known for “rhetoric that calls for violence.”

“The faithful believed what he was saying, and they took to the streets with machetes and sticks,” Ms. Gilles added.

Amid the breakdown in security in Port-au-Prince, the U.S. Embassy in Haiti recently ordered the departure of nonemergency government personnel from the country. Haitian aid groups backed by the International Rescue Committee also said this month that they were temporarily halting operations, citing the violence.

In a potential bid to ease the crisis, Kenya’s government has said that it was prepared to lead a multinational force to assert order in Haiti, including 1,000 Kenyan police officers. The Bahamas has also pledged to send 150 security personnel to support such an effort. The United States said this month that it would put forward before the U.N. Security Council a resolution authorizing the Kenyan force.

Still, doubts have emerged about the Kenyan proposal, underscoring wariness about the effectiveness of such efforts in Haiti, following a deadly cholera outbreak that was connected to infected sewage from U.N. peacekeepers sent to Haiti after the 2010 earthquake. Other concerns involve human rights violations by Kenyan peacekeeping missions in Africa and reports that a Kenyan force could be limited to guarding key government infrastructure like airports and main roads.

An update this month from the United Nations on Haiti’s security crisis provided grim details about some of the challenges on the ground, after alleged gang members fatally shot a municipal representative, his wife and child in the Decayette neighborhood of Port-au-Prince.

They were apparently targeted in retaliation for the municipal representative’s support of a local vigilante group created to confront the gangs, said Ravina Shamdasani, spokeswoman for the U.N. human rights office in Geneva. Just hours before those killings, five men and two women from the same family were burned alive when their home was set on fire on Aug. 14 by gang members, she added.

More than 350 people have been killed by local people and vigilante groups since April, said Ms. Shamdasani, including 310 suspected gang members, 46 members of the public and a police officer.

Some 5,000 people have fled just this month from areas in the capital rife with gang activity.

Simon Romero reported from Mexico City, and Andre Paulte from Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

The Suddenly Hot ‘Coco and Jessie Show’ Is Ready to Open in New York

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A little more than a month ago, the idea that Coco Gauff and Jessica Pegula might enter the U.S. Open as the two hottest players in tennis would have seemed preposterous.

Gauff had endured a disappointing and disheartening spring and early summer. There was yet another one-sided loss to Iga Swiatek, the world No. 1, at the French Open, and then a first-round exit from Wimbledon.

Pegula had run into her quarterfinal wall once more at Wimbledon, despite having a break point for a 5-1 lead in the third set against Marketa Vondrousova, the eventual champion. And as a doubles team, Gauff and Pegula had lost the French Open final and fell in the fourth round at Wimbledon.

Then came August.

There are essentially three women’s singles tournaments that matter during the North American hardcourt swing before it culminates in the U.S. Open. Gauff and Pegula swept them.

On successive Sundays, Gauff won the Citi Open in Washington, D.C., Pegula won the National Bank Open in Montreal, and Gauff won the Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati. In the course of a month, they positioned themselves as legitimate contenders to take their home-country Grand Slam.

That can be a double-edged sword for Americans coming to New York, where the spotlight burns hottest, distractions abound, and there is so, so much noise, both literal and metaphorical. Subways and commuter trains rumbling by the stadiums, planes from LaGuardia roaring above and crowds screaming from the stands represent the Sturm und Drang that goes with carrying the hopes and expectations of the hometown fans.

“Just embracing it,” Gauff, 19, said after the tournament in Cincinnati. It was the biggest win of her career, especially given that she beat Swiatek, in the semifinals, for the first time. Gauff had been 0-7 against Swiatek, losing all 14 of their sets, heading into that match.

“Everybody’s path for you is not what’s true, it’s not what’s going to happen,” said Gauff, who has been playing with weighty expectations since she made the fourth round of Wimbledon when she was just 15. “Even the path that you want for yourself may not happen.”

Pegula, 29, has come to this moment from the opposite end. A classic late-bloomer who doesn’t have the height or obvious athleticism of many of the best women, she did not crack the top 100 until she was 25 years old. Now she is ranked third in the world, yet she often goes unmentioned in discussions of the world’s best players.

That is not necessarily a bad thing for Pegula, who last week was trying to keep things low-key, even as she headlined a junior tennis clinic in Harlem and bounced from one sponsor event or interview to another.

“I didn’t think I would be here, but at the same time, I’m really happy that I am,” Pegula said before banging balls for more than an hour with some of Harlem’s better young players.

As the U.S. Open gets underway, American tennis is riding high on optimism. A year after the retirement of Serena Williams, there is a “who’s next” vibe coursing through the sport. The U.S. is the only country with two women in the top six. The country also has two men in the top 10 for the first time in years, with plenty of eyes on last year’s breakout semifinalist, Frances Tiafoe.

That is no small thing to manage.

“It’s our home slam,” the American Danielle Collins, 29, said in an interview last week. “You so want to do well.”

Collins arrived in New York for last year’s Open just seven months removed from coming within a set of winning the sport’s other hardcourt Grand Slam, the Australian Open, where she lost in the finals to the world No. 1 Ashleigh Barty.

Last year Collins didn’t know how she was going to react to what awaited her at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. Organizers scheduled her in a series of featured night matches, and she found herself soaking in the energy and the surreal experience of living through something she had dreamed about when she was a child watching the tournament on television. In the moments when her heart raced, she focused on slowing her breath, sometimes alternating her inhales from one nostril to the other.

“This is going to sound strange, but you have to play like you don’t care,” said Collins, who made the fourth round before falling in a three-set match to Aryna Sabalenka.

That is easier said than done, especially for Gauff and Pegula, who know they are in one of those rare moments in their careers where their form and their fitness are peaking and they are brimming with confidence.

In July, Gauff was frustrated with her recent results, the shakiness of her forehand and the dichotomy between the progress she felt she was making in training and her inability to get crucial wins. She added a new coach to her team who should be familiar to anyone who has paid attention to tennis, especially in America the past 40 years.

Brad Gilbert, the former pro and ESPN commentator who coached Andre Agassi and Andy Roddick, had spent much of his coaching time during the previous year turning Zendaya, the actress and singer, into a serviceable tennis player for her part in the movie “Challengers” due out next spring, about a professional tennis love triangle.

Gilbert, 62, was keen for another gig with a top player, and began interviewing with Gauff’s parents and agent after her loss at Wimbledon. Gauff was reluctant.

To Gauff, Gilbert’s coaching success had mostly happened before she was born, she said with a giggle during the Citi Open. That said, Gilbert did start with both Agassi and Roddick shortly before they each won the U.S. Open. And his tweaks to her strokes, making them slightly shorter and more controlled and reminding her at every turn of her supreme athleticism — no one covers a court like Gauff these days — began to show immediate results.

“Let’s be real, anybody who is watching me play knows what I need to work on,” Gauff said in Washington when asked whether there might be conflicts between Gilbert and Pere Riba, the coach she hired in June. “You know, they know, the fans know.”

For Pegula, she said she let the sadness of her Wimbledon loss marinate for a couple of days. But once she arrived home in Florida, the relentlessness of the tennis schedule forced her to start mapping out her U.S. Open training plan — gym sessions, court time, treatments with her physiotherapist.

Then she headed to Montana for a few days. She rode a horse and went fly fishing. She immersed herself in the natural beauty and felt rejuvenated.

Still, she arrived in Montreal feeling slightly under the weather and unfocused. Her initial goal was just to survive the first match, and she did. Three days later, she beat Swiatek in the semifinals, then won the final, 6-1, 6-0, beating an exhausted Liudmila Samsonova, who was forced to play her rain-delayed semifinal match earlier that day.

Pegula brushed off her round-of-16 loss in Cincinnati to Marie Bouzkova and headed to New York, where she tries to let the energy of the city and the fans flow into her tennis, especially when she takes the court with Gauff for doubles.

“I remember even last year,” she said. “We lost the first round, but we had an amazing crowd.”

More of that is on the way.

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