The final Grand Slam of the season is upon us with the 2024 US Open set to start on Aug. 26. If the Olympics and the Cincinnati Open are any indication of what we are able to anticipate, the gang in New York is in for a deal with.
World No. 1 Jannik Sinner and No. 3 Carlos Alcaraz are on the identical aspect of the bracket for the third consecutive Grand Slam. Final 12 months’s runner-up Daniil Medvedev, who additionally gained the trophy in 2021, can also be in that half. In the meantime, defending champion Novak Djokovic — recent off an Olympic gold medal — is on the alternative aspect. The Serbian star has gained 24 main trophies, which implies he wants only one extra to interrupt the tie with Margaret Courtroom for the all-time mark.
Djokovic has not performed since defeating Alcaraz 7-6 (7-3), 7-6 (7-2) within the Olympic gold medal match in Paris. In the meantime, Alcaraz is arriving to New York searching for redemption. After shedding to Djokovic, the reigning French Open and Wimbledon champion performed “the worst match” of his profession on the Cincinnati Open and obtained shocked by Gaël Monfils 4-6, 7-6 (7-5), 6-4 within the spherical of 32. Medvedev additionally noticed an incredibly early exit as he fell to Jiri Lehecka in straight units in the identical spherical.
One participant who thrived amongst the chaos was American Frances Tiafoe, who made the US Open semifinals in 2022 and was ranked as excessive as No. 10 on this planet final 12 months. Tiafoe made the title match in Cincinnati, which was his first ATP Masters 1000 ultimate. In an interview with CBS Sports activities this week, the Maryland native stated he feels everything is clicking and has excessive hopes for the US Open.
Tiafoe is at present No. 20 within the ATP rankings, and the Individuals have loads of different star energy competing in New York with a few of the most notable names being Taylor Fritz, Ben Shelton, Tommy Paul and Sebastian Korda. You possibly can take a look at the complete men’s bracket here.
The US can also be properly represented on the ladies’s aspect with the likes of Coco Gauff, Jessica Pegula, Danielle Collins, Emma Navarro and Madison Keys.
Gauff, 20, gained the 2023 US Open and have become the youngest American to earn a Grand Slam trophy since Serena Williams gained the identical match in 1999 on the age of 17.
She was awarded the No. 3 seed this time round and is on the identical aspect of the bracket as No. 2 seed Aryna Sabalenka, whom she defeated to earn the trophy final 12 months. Gauff was one other star who struggled in Cincinnati as she fell to Yulia Putintseva within the spherical of 32. Sabalenka gained the match by taking down Pegula 6-3, 7-5.
Gauff and Sabalenka will probably be one of many favorites to win the US Open, together with world No. 1 Iga Swiatek who sits on the alternative aspect of the bracket. Swiatek has gained 5 titles this 12 months, together with the French Open. She made it to semifinals in Cincinnati however misplaced to Sabalenka. You possibly can take a look at the entire women’s bracket here.
One notable absence on this 12 months’s US Open is Spanish star Rafael Nadal, who remains to be engaged on getting his physique wholesome and can skip the US Open however expects to compete on the Laver Cup later this 12 months.
2024 US Open schedule
Aug. 26-27: First Spherical
Aug. 28-29: Second Spherical
Aug. 30-31: Third Spherical
Sept. 1-2: Fourth Spherical
Sept. 3-4: Quarterfinals
Sept. 5: Girls’s Semifinals
Sept. 6: Males’s Semifinals
Sept. 7: Girls’s Last (4 p.m. ET)
Sept. 8: Males’s Last (2 p.m. ET)
Males’s singles seeds
1. Jannik Sinner (Italy)
2. Novak Djokovic (Serbia)
3. Carlos Alcaraz (Spain)
4. Alexander Zverev (Germany)
5. Daniil Medvedev
6. Andrey Rublev
7. Hubert Hurkacz (Poland)
8. Casper Ruud (Norway)
9. Grigor Dimitrov (Bulgaria)
10. Alex de Minaur (Australia)
11. Stefanos Tsitsipas (Greece)
12. Taylor Fritz – (United States
13. Ben Shelton (United States)
14. Tommy Paul (United States)
15. Holger Rune (Denmark)
16. Sebastian Korda (United States)
17. Ugo Humbert (France)
18. Lorenzo Musetti (Italy)
19. Felix Auger-Aliassime (Canada)
20. Frances Tiafoe (United States)
21. Sebastian Baez (Argentina)
22. Alejandro Tabilo (Chile)
23. Karen Khachanov
24. Arthur Fils (France)
25. Jack Draper (Nice Britain)
26. Nicolas Jarry (Chile)
27. Alexander Bublik (Kazakhstan)
28. Alexei Popyrin (Australia)
29. Francisco Cerundolo (Argentina)
30. Matteo Arnaldi (Italy)
31. Flavio Cobolli (Italy)
32. Jiri Lehecka (Czech Republic)
Girls’s singles seeds
1. Iga Swiatek (Poland)
2. Aryna Sabalenka
3. Coco Gauff (United States)
4. Elena Rybakina (Kazakhstan)
5. Jasmine Paolini (Italy)
6. Jessica Pegula (United States)
7. Zheng Qinwen (China)
8. Barbora Krejcikova (Czech Republic)
9. Maria Sakkari (Greece)
10. Jelena Ostapenko (Latvia)
11. Danielle Collins (United States)
12. Daria Kasatkina
13. Emma Navarro (United States)
14. Madison Keys (United States)
15. Anna Kalinskaya
16. Liudmila Samsonova
17. Ons Jabeur (Tunisia)
18. Daria Shnaider
19. Marta Kostyuk (Ukraine)
20. Victoria Azarenka
21. Mirra Andreeva
22. Beatriz Haddad Maia (Brazil)
23. Donna Vekic (Croatia)
24. Leylah Fernandez (Canada)
25. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
26. Paula Badosa (Spain)
27. Caroline Garcia (France)
28. Ekaterina Alexandrova
29. Elina Svitolina (Ukraine)
30. Yulia Putintseva (Kazakhstan)
31. Katie Boulter (Nice Britain)
32. Elise Mertens (Belgium)
