The U.S. Open doesn’t televise a draw ceremony, however the singles attracts had been revealed on Thursday afternoon on the Billie Jean King Nationwide Tennis Heart.
On the lads’s singles aspect, world No. 1 Jannik Sinner and No. 3 Carlos are within the prime half and due to this fact might go head-to-head within the semifinals. That leaves Djokovic alone–comparatively talking–within the backside half.
In reality, the attracts for each Sinner and Alcaraz are dangerous throughout. The Italian might face Alex Michelsen in spherical two, Tommy Paul in spherical 4, and Daniil Medvedev within the quarterfinals. Furthermore, Sinner has been affected by a hip harm this summer time and now he has to take care of a steroid controversy that exploded earlier this week. As for Alcaraz, he might go up in opposition to Denis Shapovalov, Jack Draper, and Sebastian Korda from the second by way of fourth rounds.
On the backside of the bracket, Djokovic might run into both Ben Shelton or Frances Tiafoe within the final 16, Andrey Rublev within the quarters, and Alexander Zverev within the semis. Jan-Lennard Struff is a doable second-round foe for the 37-year-old Serb.
If the seeds maintain to type, quarterfinal matches could be Sinner vs. Medvedev, Alcaraz vs. Hubert Hurkacz, Zverev vs. Casper Ruud, and Djokovic vs. Rublev.
Among the many notable first-round matchups are Zverev vs. Emil Ruusuvuori, Draper vs. Zhizhen Zhang, Shelton vs. Dominic Thiem, Felix Auger-Aliassime vs. Jakub Mensik, Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Thanasi Kokkinakis, Alexander Bublik vs. Jerry Shang, Tomas Martin Etcheverry vs. Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard, and Holger Rune vs. Brandon Nakashima.
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