President Donald Trump returned to Queens, the New York City borough where he grew up, for the U.S. Open men\u2019s final Sunday \u2014 and he got a Bronx cheer from the crowd.<\/p>\n
When Trump was shown briefly on the jumbotrons at Arthur Ashe Stadium during the singing of the U.S. national anthem \u2014 with the president standing in salute \u2014 fans responded with an audible cascade<\/a> of boos, as could be heard on ABC\u2019s telecast. There also were some attendees who clapped, per journalist Ben Rothenberg. That came before the start of the championship match on the men\u2019s side, which pits No. 1 Jannik Sinner (Italy) vs. No. 2 Carlos Alcaraz (Spain).<\/p>\n More from Variety<\/p>\n ESPN is broadcasting the U.S. Open men\u2019s final on nationally on ABC, which aired the crowd reaction to Trump. That came after the United States Tennis Association sent a memo to media partners requesting that they censor \u201cdisruptions or reactions\u201d in response to Trump<\/a>. \u201cWe ask all broadcasters to refrain from showcasing any disruptions or reactions in response to the President\u2019s attendance in any capacity,\u201d the USTA said in the memo. Trump is attending the event as a guest of Rolex, in the luxury watchmaker\u2019s private suite, as first reported by the Bounces tennis blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n The Sinner-Alcaraz match was scheduled to commence shortly after 2 p.m. but the start time was pushed back by more than half an hour because of traffic delays and additional security screening procedures put in place because of Trump\u2019s attendance at the match. The championship finally got underway at about 2:48 p.m., while ESPN\u2019s coverage showed long lines of people still waiting to enter the stadium.<\/p>\n Trump\u2019s most recent appearance at the U.S. Open was in 2015, when he was a candidate still vying for the Republican nomination for president \u2014 and he was loudly booed then, too.<\/p>\n ESPN\u2019s exclusive coverage of the 2025 U.S. Open tennis tournament concludes Sunday with the men\u2019s championship on ABC, ESPN Deportes and the ESPN streaming app. Coverage began at 1 p.m. ET with a preview special on ABC.<\/p>\n Best of Variety<\/p>\n Sign up for Variety’s Newsletter<\/a>. For the latest news, follow us on Facebook<\/a>, Twitter<\/a>, and Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"President Donald Trump returned to Queens, the New York City borough where he grew up, for the U.S.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":141181,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[72],"tags":[73863,87885,2073,12,352,432,87886,99,428],"class_list":{"0":"post-141180","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-arthur-ashe-stadium","9":"tag-ben-rothenberg","10":"tag-carlos-alcaraz","11":"tag-donald-trump","12":"tag-espn","13":"tag-jannik-sinner","14":"tag-national-anthem","15":"tag-sports","16":"tag-tennis"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141180","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=141180"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141180\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/141181"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=141180"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=141180"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=141180"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}