Coco borrowed Tiafoe’s escape route. Gauff saved two match points and beat Mirra Andreeva 2–6, 7–6(7), 6–2 yesterday, explicitly crediting Tiafoe’s comeback as inspiration. One saved match point involved a 39-shot rally. She now faces Elena Rybakina in today’s US Open semifinals: the reprieve has not produced an easier assignment. Reuters
The August loser to add is Arini’s flagship. Today’s FT reports a loss of close to 1% in August, following almost 8% in July, leaving it more than 8% down this year. Yet Arini’s Credit Opportunities and direct-lending funds are reportedly up 12% and 7% YTD respectively. Those latter cutoffs, share classes and net/gross bases were not established. Dispersion within a manager is the point; the logo is not the portfolio. Financial Times
The useful deadline is 10 a.m. today. Reminder: the artist/local presale opens for Animal Collective playing Feels, October 22 at Knockdown Center, Queens. The original quartet will perform the album plus other material, reviving old loops and samples for the occasion. Presale eligibility/code, price and selectable seats remain unverified; public sale follows tomorrow at 10 a.m. ET. Band’s label announcement
DeepSeek has a new model this morning—and a useful thing to inspect. V4.1 Flash launched today. The company’s capability and efficiency claims need independent testing; its accompanying engineering releases offer a more concrete starting point. The interesting kernel is below. Reuters
Tonight’s NFL game is on Netflix, not Prime. 49ers–Rams, 8:35 p.m. ET, from Melbourne, is included with a US Netflix subscription. It is Friday morning there; Thursday-night streaming rights have become sufficiently elaborate without adding a date line. 49ers schedule, US viewing details
Seattle won; the injury news may matter longer. The Seahawks beat New England 13–10 last night. Sam Darnold left with a hip injury, bringing in Drew Lock; Drake Maye threw three fourth-quarter interceptions. That closes yesterday’s conditional Patriots-moneyline idea as a losing selection—not evidence that any wager was placed. AP