The US Open is all set to hit the centre-stage on Monday with prime gamers from all over the world plying their commerce. Jannik Sinner is the highest seed and the World No.1. The Italian has had his fair proportion of troubles since March because of the failed doping checks. Nonetheless, he has been cleared of any costs. Sinner additionally cut up up along with his coach and physiotherapist after getting tangled within the controversy.
The teenager is in glorious kind after profitable the Cincinnati Masters. Whereas the limelight stays on Sinner, Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz additionally current themselves as sturdy contenders to win the US Open males’s singles title. Alcaraz received the French Open and Wimbledon and adopted them up by profitable silver within the Paris Olympics.
Again in 2022, it was on the US Open that the Spaniard set the document for changing into the primary teenager to be topped the World No.1. Djokovic, then again, is the defending champion after beating Daniil Medvedev within the ultimate. The 37-year-old can be defending 2000 factors and if he doesn’t defend his title, he would possibly expertise a large dip within the rankings.
Can Coco Gauff stay the champion’s dream?
Final 12 months, Gauff received the ladies’s singles title after beating Aryna Sabalenka, and he or she’d be defending her crown in entrance of her house crowd. The American, who was an adolescent again then, rallied again from the set right down to beat Sabalenka, who was contemporary from dethroning Iga Swiatek from the highest of the WTA rankings, within the ultimate.
Swiatek and Sabalenka can be two of the highest contenders to raise the trophy. Sabalenka is aware of what it’s wish to play on hard-court, having received the Australian Open twice. She can even be brimming with confidence after her dominating win over Swiatek within the semi-final of the Cincinnati Masters.
Swiatek, then again, has blended recollections of taking part in at Flushing Meadows. Whereas she grew to become the champion in 2022, it was in the identical place the place she misplaced her prime rating to Sabalenka. The main target can even be on Jasmine Paolini, who completed because the runner-up within the French Open and Wimbledon.
Qinwen Zheng is contemporary from profitable the gold medal within the Paris Olympics. Having additionally completed because the runners-up within the Australian Open and breaking into the highest 10, the Chinese language star can be excessive on confidence. Elena Rybakina can even be returning after lacking the Olympics.
Prime seeds in US Open 2024
Males’s singles
Jannik Sinner, Novak Djokovic, Carlos Alcaraz, Alexander Zverev, Daniil Medvedev, Andrey Rublev, Hubert Hurkacz, Casper Ruud, Grigor Dimitrov, Alex de Minaur
Girls’s singles
Iga Swiatek, Aryna Sabalenka, Coco Gauff, Elena Rybakina, Jasmine Paolini, Jessica Pegula, Qinwen Zheng, Barbora Krejcikova, Maria Sakkari, Jelena Ostapenko
The place to observe US Open 2024?
Sony Sports activities Community has the telecasting rights for the matches within the US Open 2024. Stay Streaming of the matches can be accessible on the Sony LIV app.
When to observe US Open 2024?
Matches within the US Open will begin at 8:30 PM IST (11:00 AM native time).
