{"id":62126,"date":"2026-09-01T13:02:15","date_gmt":"2026-09-01T13:02:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/62126\/"},"modified":"2026-09-01T13:02:15","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T13:02:15","slug":"federer-twins-jimmy-fallon-queen-latifah-add-glamour-to-us-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/62126\/","title":{"rendered":"Federer twins, Jimmy Fallon, Queen Latifah Add Glamour To US Open"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It was a starry, starry night at Flushing Meadows during the US Open late night matches in New York on Monday.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"imgwidth\" title=\"Twin daughters of Roger Federer, Myla Rose Federer and Charlene Riva Federer are spotted in the stands with Australian tennis player Cruz Hewitt after Ben Shelton's first round match against Netherlands' Tallon Griekspoor \" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/01federer-twins.jpg\" alt=\"Twin daughters of Roger Federer, Myla Rose Federer and Charlene Riva Federer are spotted in the stands with Australian tennis player Cruz Hewitt after Ben Shelton's first round match against Netherlands' Tallon Griekspoor \" style=\"max-width:100%;\"\/><\/p>\n<p>IMAGE: Daughters of Roger Federer, Myla Rose Federer and Charlene Riva Federer are spotted in the stands with Australian tennis player Cruz Hewitt after Ben Shelton&#8217;s first round match against Netherlands&#8217; Tallon Griekspoor.  Photograph: Eduardo Munoz\/Reuters <\/p>\n<p class=\"rbig\">There was a touch of glamour on Day 2 of the US Open on Monday as\u00a0eighth seed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rediff.com\/sports\/report\/ben-shelton-recovers-from-slow-start-to-advance-at-us-open\/20260901.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Ben Shelton recovered<\/a> from a first-set stumble to defeat Dutchman Tallon Griekspoor 1-6, 6-1, 7-6(3), 6-2.<\/p>\n<p>While seeking to become the first American man to win the US Open title since 2003, a slew of celebrities was in the house as he rallied past his opponent.<\/p>\n<p>Roger Federer&#8217;s twin daughters Myla Rose and Charlene Riva were spotted in the stands with Australian tennis player Cruz Hewitt.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"imgwidth\" title=\"Trinity Rodman, footballer and girlfriend of Ben Shelton celebrates his first round win \" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/01trinity-rodman.jpg\" alt=\"Trinity Rodman, footballer and girlfriend of Ben Shelton celebrates his first round win \" style=\"max-width:100%;\"\/>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>IMAGE: Trinity Rodman, footballer and girlfriend of Ben Shelton celebrates his first round win.  Photograph: Eduardo Munoz\/Reuters <\/p>\n<p class=\"rbig\">Also giving Shelton moral support was his lady love, footballer Trinity Rodman who was all smiles after the win.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"imgwidth\" title=\"Comedian and television host Jimmy Fallon in the stands during the first round match between Ben Shelton and Netherlands' Tallon Griekspoor \" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/01jimmy-fallon.jpg\" alt=\"Comedian and television host Jimmy Fallon in the stands during the first round match between Ben Shelton and Netherlands' Tallon Griekspoor \" style=\"max-width:100%;\"\/><\/p>\n<p>IMAGE: Comedian and television host Jimmy Fallon in the stands during the first round match between Ben Shelton and Netherlands&#8217; Tallon Griekspoor.  Photograph: Eduardo Munoz\/Reuters <\/p>\n<p class=\"rbig\">Late night show host and comedian Jimmy Fallon was also seen in the stands, probably providing comic relief after Shelton&#8217;s challenging win.<\/p>\n<p class=\"rbig\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"imgwidth\" title=\"Singer and actress Queen Latifah in the stands during during the first round match between Japan's Naomi Osaka and Russia's Anastasia Zakharova.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/01queen-latifah.jpg\" alt=\"Singer and actress Queen Latifah in the stands during during the first round match between Japan's Naomi Osaka and Russia's Anastasia Zakharova.\" style=\"max-width:100%;\"\/><\/p>\n<p>IMAGE: Singer and actress Queen Latifah in the stands during during the first round match between Japan&#8217;s Naomi Osaka and Russia&#8217;s Anastasia Zakharova.  Photograph: Eduardo Munoz\/Reuters <\/p>\n<p class=\"rbig\">Later on Monday night, actress and singer Queen Latifah was spotted at Noami <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rediff.com\/sports\/report\/naomi-osakas-us-open-fashion-from-iverson-tribute-to-tulle-train-pix\/20260901.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Osaka&#8217;s opening round match,<\/a> as the two-time champion battled past Russia&#8217;s Anastasia Zakharova.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It was a starry, starry night at Flushing Meadows during the US Open late night matches in New&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":62127,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[419,12468,2229,1965,9512,24067,8132,84,4100,463],"class_list":["post-62126","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ben-shelton","tag-ben-shelton","tag-cruz-hewitt","tag-federer","tag-flushing-meadows","tag-jimmy-fallon","tag-latifah-add-glamour-to-us","tag-netherlands","tag-new-york","tag-tallon-griekspoor","tag-us-open"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62126","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62126"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62126\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62127"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62126"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62126"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62126"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}