US Open 2026 Atmosphere: Arthur Ashe Stadium Turns into a 'Zoo' - Stories of Osaka, Pegula and Mannarino

I sat in front of my old computer screen in a small rented room in Hai Phong, where the light from the screen lit up my face like an endless loop. It was September 3, 2026, and the US Open news made me unable to sleep. Naomi Osaka had just lost in the first round, but not because of injury or poor form. She lost concentration while serving at 4-4 in the second set. That was the moment I recorded, with my small earpiece to listen to the noise from Arthur Ashe stands. I had written hundreds of articles about athletics, about Vietnamese athletes running through flooded streets, but tennis, a sport that demands absolute concentration, was being disrupted by the very people sitting to watch. That is the story I want to tell today, through the lens of a Vietnamese journalist who has witnessed the changes of tennis from the home court to the world.