Last of the French Musketeers: Gael Monfils Exits US Open in Final Major‎

The lights stayed up on Louis Armstrong Stadium, but the era ended all the same. Learner Tien, the 20-year-old American seeded 14th, closed out Gael Monfils 6-3 6-4 6-3 in a little over two hours. No fifth-set thriller. No midnight miracle. Just a swift, surgical handover from one generation to the next. And yet it …