At the U.S. Open, tennis etiquette no longer rules. Some players want that to be the norm

Tennis

U.S. Open

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FLUSHING, N.Y. — In late summer, professional tennis lands in opposite world in New York City.

Don’t go looking for hushed tones, decorous silence or the other traditions of a sport whose roots exist on the hallowed lawns of polite society. At the U.S. Open, music blares from speakers. A near-constant buzz rises from every crowd, interrupted only by bursts of exuberance. Trains rumble behind the main stadiums, Arthur Ashe and Louis Armstrong, while planes approaching and departing from La Guardia Airport bring their stomach-churning roars.