Tennis in the park Aug 27, 2018

Tennis in the park

Here at Flushing Meadows-Corona Park in Queens, New York City, it’s the opening day of the US Open Tennis Championships. When it began back in 1881 as the US National Championship, it was one of the first tennis tournaments in the world and was limited to amateur players only. It’s been through many iterations since, but this year marks the 50th anniversary of the modern competition, now called an ‘open’ because both amateurs and pros can compete. The US Open completes the fourth and final tournament of the international tennis Grand Slam, the world’s most prestigious pro tournaments.

© Carlo Allegri/Reuters

palette

Today in History

Aug 27, 2019Remembering Krakatoa
Aug 27, 2020Rocks on the move
Aug 27, 2021Yabba-Dabba-Doo!
Aug 27, 2022Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument, Washington
Aug 27, 2023Jeju Island, South Korea
Aug 27, 2024Young black caiman, Tambopata National Reserve, Peru
Aug 27, 2025World Lake Day in the Faroe Islands

More Desktop Wallpapers:

Jan 11, 2023Umschreibung by Olafur Eliasson in Munich
Apr 22, 2023Earth Day and National Park Week
Apr 3, 2024Find a Rainbow Day
May 1, 2020It s Asian Pacific American Heritage Month
Oct 5, 2020Hey, you two in the front!
Jun 2, 2020Falling for the Canadian Rockies
Nov 8, 2018Manatees rebound
Jul 26, 2021The dancing trees of Sumba Island
Nov 21, 20222022 FIFA World Cup
Jul 21, 2018And you thought moths were boring
Jul 14, 2021A different view of sharks
Apr 2, 2024Beech trees and wild anemones, Jutland, Denmark
May 20, 2020It s World Bee Day
Apr 20, 2023Juniper Springs, Florida
Dec 5, 2022Saint Nicholas Day in Verbier, Switzerland
Nov 16, 2023World Philosophy Day
Nov 26, 2020Happy Thanksgiving from an expert face-stuffer
Nov 7, 2020National Bison Day
Jul 18, 2019A learning garden
Jan 19, 2024Plitvice Lakes National Park, Croatia
Oct 2, 2021A river on the tundra
May 29, 2022Hyalite Creek at Custer Gallatin National Forest, Montana
Feb 4, 2019Sitting down and taking a stand
May 11, 2025Happy Mothers Day!
Apr 6, 2019Make way for robots
May 20, 2023World Bee Day
Feb 11, 2023Milky Way over Zabriskie Point, California
Apr 9, 2023Happy Easter!
Jul 26, 2020A path to access
Aug 20, 2025The citadel in Bonifacio, Southern Corsica, France