NEW YORK – Three thoughts from the final day of quarterfinals matches on Wednesday at the U.S. Open.
• You’d be challenged to find another sporting event that bridges seasons quite the way the U.S. Open does. It starts in the summer, in the hot days of August, with sessions filled with frivolity. It ends in autumn, with crispness in the air and early sunsets. Like a vacation town after Labor Day, the players’ lounge and locker rooms have cleared out; only the residents—the stalwarts—remain. The kids are back at school and the tone is serious. We have four days left at the 2016 U.