NEW YORK — The latest on the U.S. Open (all times local):
6:20 p.m.
CoCo Vandeweghe beat fellow American Sloane Stephens in straight sets in the first round of the U.S. Open — and stopped to talk about it in the middle.
The 45th-ranked Vandeweghe won 6-4, 6-3 to follow up her breakthrough run to the Wimbledon quarterfinals, where she pushed Maria Sharapova to three sets. After winning the first set Monday, Vandeweghe agreed to do an interview with ESPN, an unusual move that had other players chirping on Twitter.
"Did I just see Coco do an interview on court, mid match, after the first set?