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US Open 2024

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Final grand slam of the year.

The men's side is looking like a three-way shootout between the top three ranked players.

Djokovic is coming in on the high of finally winning the Olympic gold medal. Alcaraz has to rebound from the disappointment of 'only' winning silver, whilst Sinner is coming to New York with a cloud hanging over his name.

On the women's side, Pegula is the one coming to New York with the best form, but still rather difficult to see her getting over the line. Gauff seems to have fallen apart somewhat since the Olympics, real work to do if she wants to defend her title. Swiatek is world #1 but has proven to be beatable outside of RG. Sabalenka, meanwhile, looks to have rounded into form at the best time. Osaka is a possible wildcard to win, but will have to get past a very tough opener against Ostapenko.

Let's see how it all plays out!

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gmisk

Comfortable wins for Draper (likely Alcaraz next!) and Machac (very impressive against Korda)

Augme

Good win for Jordan Thompson in 3 sets over Hurkacz. Rybakina had to withdraw and her qualifier opponent through to the thirs round. Her grandslam record was 0-5 before this tournament. Katie Boulter out in the second round too.

ledwithhedwith

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122553242#Comment_122553242

seems an odd question? She’s ranked 70 in the world , won 18 out of 30 matches. She’s also won eh a grand slam

Jack Daw

Alcaraz gone in straight sets. Couldn't believe it when I saw the result this morning.

gmisk

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122560955#Comment_122560955

Big shock alright!

Reports using the words erratic and error strewn...

I would say maybe he needed a bit of a longer break after the Olympics tbh

Royale with Cheese

I haven't seen it but Alcaraz has those kind of sets in him in most matches he plays, looks like he strung 3 of them together this time though.

josip

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122561015#Comment_122561015

Last year Alcaraz's form dropped after Wimbledon and he didn't win another tournament. Maybe he's got too high an intensity game to be able to keep it up for a whole year. Someone here compared him to a puppy during Wimbledon.

De Minaur looks best placed to benefit from Alcaraz's (and Hurkacz's) early exit. There's a path to a Grand Slam semi final there for him. A run which would help cement his place in the top 8 in the Race to Turin. Before the US Open, he'd have been looking over his shoulder at Tsitsipas who also bombed out early.

Floppybits

A good chance for Jack Draper to make the quarter finals of a grand slam.

klr87

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122560955#Comment_122560955

Surprising that he lost so early, and so badly. But he apparently doesn't like fast hard courts*, and the USO courts are faster this year than they have been for some time.

*Odd for someone who has won the last two Wimbledons, but there it is.

gmisk

Djokovic down a set and a break to Popyrin..

Now two sets

Floppybits

Djokovic gone as well

gmisk

Djokovic gone in 4.

klr87

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122564953#Comment_122564953

That's a shocker. I guess Djokovic put everything into winning the Olympics, and had nothing left in the tank, mentally anyway. It's like 2016: After he finally won the French, he lost in the 3rd round at Wimbledon to Querrey.

Jack Daw

Sinner winning (which looks very likely now) would surely be a PR nightmare for tennis.

gmisk

Draper playing very solidly against van de Zandschulp two sets up.

Jack Daw

Just saw that the wheelchair tennis isn't on at the US Open this year due to the clash with the Paralympics and this has happened a few times before as well.

Poor form if you ask me, surely they could have organised the wheelchair event for last week to give the players the opportunity to play a US Open and Olympics.

gmisk

Draper very comfortable in the end Machac next, could be fun!

minggatu

Zverev will be nr 2 after this tournament

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_US_Open_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_singles

Floppybits

Watched the first set and a half of Evans vs De Minaur thought Evans was competitive but De Minaur always seemed to have a bit more. Seen the score this morning 6-3, 6-7, 6-0, 6-0 to De Minaur, can only guess that Evans finally ran out of steam in the final 2 sets.

Zverev has a good chance of winning this, he is on the opposite side of the draw to Sinner and Medvedev. Even though Sinner is looking very strong but Medvedev might catch him.

Jack Daw

Coco Gauff as truly horrific tonight, incredible number of double faults and unforced errors particularly on her forehand.

Dont be at yourself

Hard to watch Gauff fall apart like that. Can't even say Navarro played particularly well, was very much a self-destruction.

whiterebel

I have to agree with Henman, I think it's Zverev's to lose this year. If he is firing on all cylinders he is almost unstoppable.

klr87

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122572463#Comment_122572463

Some chickens came home to roost for Gauff. Her forehand has never been solid, and her serve is a disaster waiting to happen. Navarro really should have won in straight sets, just as she did at Wimbledon.