Donald Trump Booed at U.S. Open Men’s Final Match
Crowd’s loud jeers highlight Trump’s unpopularity on the global stage
President Donald Trump returned to his home borough of Queens for the men’s final of the US Open on Sunday, receiving a standing ovation from the Bronx crowd.
When Trump briefly appeared on the giant screens at Arthur Ashe Stadium during the playing of the national anthem, as the president rose to salute, fans responded with a round of boos. This came before the start of the men’s tournament match, which pitted top seed Jannik Sinner of Italy against second seed Carlos Alcaraz of Spain.
ESPN is broadcasting the men’s final of the US Open nationally on ABC, which aired clips of the crowd’s reactions to Trump. This broadcast followed the United States Tennis Association (USTA) sending a memo to its media partners asking them to censor “interruptions or reactions” in response to Trump. The USTA stated in the memo: “We ask all broadcasters to refrain from broadcasting any disruption or reaction in response to the President’s presence, in any form.” Trump is attending the event as a guest of Rolex, in the luxury watchmaker’s private suite, as first reported by the tennis blog Bounces.
The Sinner-Alcaraz match was scheduled to start shortly after 2:00 p.m., but was delayed by more than half an hour due to traffic and additional security checks for Trump’s presence. As of 2:40 p.m., the match had not yet started, and ESPN’s coverage showed very long lines to enter the court.
Trump last appeared at the US Open in 2015, when he was still the Republican presidential candidate, and was greeted with loud boos.
Trump’s entourage at the Rolex Pavilion at the US Open on Sunday included his son-in-law Jared Kushner, House Chief of Staff Suzi Wiles, US Attorney General Pam Bondi, Treasury Secretary Scott Besant, White House Press Secretary Carolyn Leavitt and Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff.
ESPN’s exclusive coverage of the 2025 US Open concludes Sunday with the men’s tournament broadcast on ABC, ESPN Deportes, and the ESPN streaming app. Coverage began at 1:00 p.m. ET with a pre-tournament special on ABC.
