How to watch the US Open
Where: Flushing Meadows, New York
When: Monday August 26th to Sunday September 8th
How:
UK – Sky Sports Tennis
Spain – Movistar Deportes
France – Eurosport 1
Germany- Sky Sport 1/Sky Sport Tennis
Italy – Sky Sport Tennis
Serbia – Eurosport 1
US – ESPN
Denmark/Norway/Sweden – MAX
Australia – 9GO!
Canada – TSN1
Brazil ESPN 2
US Open Previews
Men’s Singles
The men’s singles in Grand Slam is invariably won by one of the top seeds and this year’s US Open looks to be no exception. The four possible winners are Jannik Sinner, Novak Djokovic, Carlos Alcaraz and Danill Medvedev, seeds 1, 2, 3 & 5, all previous Grand Slam winners. This year Sinner won the Australian, Carlos Alcaraz, the French and Wimbeldon, where he demolished Djokovic. Novak got his revenge in the Olympics on the clay in Paris. Fourth seed Alexander Zverev got to the final in Paris this year and despite making it to the US Open final in 2020 has yet to win a Grand Slam. Medvedev has been in six Grand Slam finals, winning only one, the US Open in 2021. He was runner-up to Djokovic last year in New York and to Sinner in Melbourne this year. Sinner, Alcaraz and Medvedev are all in the same half of the draw, so whoever makes through to the final out of those three will have had at least two very hard matches in the quarter and semi finals. Djokovic, on the other hand, has a much easier passage through to the final with Zverev his potential semi-final opponent. So buoyed by his Olympic triumph, Djokovic is our selection to retain his US title and win a record 25th Grand Slam title.
Women’s Singles
As the predicting of the men’s last four in Grand Slams normally involves the top seeds, in the women’s slams it is much more difficult, although the chance of a qualifier winning the US Open like Emma Raducanu did in 2020 is extremely unlikely. Iga Świątek, the top seed, dominates the women’s tour, and has won in New York before in 2022, but all her other four Grand Slam titles have come in Paris. Coco Gauff is the defending champion, but another American, Jessica Pegula, is the one in form at the moment and has the best chance of keeping the title in the US. Second seed, Aryna Sabalenka, is coming off a win in Cincinnati last week, where she beat Pegula in straight sets. She has won two Australian titles, so she certainly must be considered. The Croatian Donna Vekic made it through to the Wimbledon semi-finals and the Olympic final, so she’s in form, a possible outside chance. Jasmine Paolini, runner-up in Paris and Wimbledon, is another plus her conqueror on the grass, Barbora Krejčíková. Add the Olympic champion, Zheng Qinwen, and former Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina you have a very open tournament. We are going for Jessica Pegula to win her first Grand Slam at the age of 30.
