NEW YORK—You can build a roof on top of Arthur Ashe Stadium, but the court itself remains the same. Six years ago, in a night match on the U.S. Open’s gigantic center court, Denis Istomin earned the biggest cheer from the New York crowd when he pulled off this point-winning sequence against Rafael Nadal (jump to the 4:00 mark):
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Published Aug 29, 2016