

Cameroon
Egypt
0
1
AFCON
Burkina Faso
Senegal
1
3
AFCON
Egypt
Morocco
2
1
AFCON
Senegal
Eq. Guinea
3
1
AFCON
Malawi
Senegal
0
0
AFCON
Zimbabwe
Guinea
2
1
AFCON
Gabon
Morocco
2
2
AFCON
Ghana
Comoros
2
3
AFCON
Brighton
Chelsea
1
1
Premier League
Cameroon
Ethiopia
4
1
AFCON
Liverpool
Arsenal
0
0
EFL Cup
Cape Verde
Burkina Faso
0
1
AFCON
Eq. Guinea
Ivory Coast
0
1
AFCON
Mauritania
Gambia
0
1
AFCON
Tunis
Mali
0
1
AFCON
Tottenham
Chelsea
0
1
EFL Cup
Man Utd
Aston Villa
1
0
Premier League
Bayern
M'Gladbach
1
2
Bundesliga
AS Roma
Juventus
3
4
Serie A
Lyon
PSG
1
1
Ligue 1
Real Madrid
Valencia
4
1
La Liga
Juventus
Napoli
1
1
Serie A
AC Milan
AS Roma
3
1
Serie A
Chelsea
Tottenham
2
0
EFL Cup
Leeds
Burnley
3
1
Premier League
Brentford
A Villa
2
1
Premier League
Man CIty
Arsenal
2
1
Premier League
Watford
Tottenham
0
1
Premier League
Cr Palace
West Ham
2
3
Premier League
Everton
Brighton
2
3
Premier League
Chelsea
Liverpool
2
2
Premier League
Getafe
Real
1
0
LaLiga
Atlético
Vallecano
2
0
LaLiga
Mallorca
Barcelona
LaLiga
Everton
Chelsea
1
1
Premier League
West Ham
Arsenal
0
2
Premier League
Southampton
Cr. Palace
2
2
Premier League
Wolves
Brighton
1
0
Premier League
Leeds
Man City
0
7
Premier League
Aston Villa
Norwich
2
0
Premier League
Newcastle
Liverpool
1
3
Premier League
Cagliari
Inter
0
4
Serie A
Empoli
Napoli
1
0
Serie A
Atalanta
H. Verona
2
1
Serie A
AC Milan
Udinese
1
1
Serie A
Juventus
Venezia
1
1
Serie A
AS Monaco
PSG
0
2
Ligue 1
Barceclona
Osasuna
2
2
LaLiga
Everton
Cr Palace
1
3
Premier League
Atlético
Real
0
2
LaLiga
Aston Villa
Liverpool
0
1
Premier League
Watford
Brentford
1
2
Premier League
Wolves
Man City
0
1
Premier League
Southampton
Arsenal
0
3
Premier League
Leeds
Chelsea
2
3
Premier League
Man United
Norwich
1
0
Premier League
West Ham
Burnley
0
0
Premier League
Newcastle
Leicester
0
4
Premier League
Villareal
Atalanta
3
2
Champions League
Barceclona
Bayern
0
3
Champions League
Club Brugge
PSG
1
4
Champions League
Man City
RB Leipzig
1
2
Champions League
Atlético
Porto
3
1
Champions League
Liverpool
AC Milan
2
1
Champions League
Sporting
Ajax
2
4
Champions League
Beskitas
Dortmund
0
5
Champions League
Inter
Real
0
2
Champions League
Chelsea
Zenit
3
3
Champions League
Malmö
Juventus
0
1
Champions League
Dynamo Kyiv
Benfica
0
2
Champions League
Sheriff
Shakhtar
1
1
Champions League
Young Boys
Man United
1
1
Champions League
Sevilla
Salzburg
0
1
Champions League
Lille
Wolfsburg
3
1
Champions League
Arsenal
Everton
1
2
Premier League
Liverpool
Wolves
1
0
Premier League
Genoa
Juventus
0
2
Serie A
Chelsea
West Ham
2
3
Premier League
Betis
Barcelona
1
0
LaLiga
Norwich
Tottenham
0
3
Premier League
Cr Palace
Man United
0
1
Premier League
Man City
Watford
3
1
Premier League
Brighton
Southampton
1
1
Premier League
Burnley
Newcastle
0
1
Premier League
It would perhaps be wrong to start any mention of this year’s US Open without first mentioning the clear favourite, Novak Djokovic. Djokovic has enjoyed an incredible season to date. He has lifted all of the majors this year. Wimbledon, the Australian Open and the French Open and now his decision to compete in the Olympics for tennis gold could be historic. If the Serb wins the Olympics and shortly after, the US Open, he will be the first man and only the second ever player to achieve ‘The Golden Grand Slam’. A feat only ever previous achieved by Steffi Graf in 1988, who was a level above her competitors at the time. Time will tell if Djokovic can emulate Graff.
The ATP section at this year’s US Open
A grand total of 35 nations are represented in the ATP section. 10 of these players are Americans. 16 additional players will gain access to the tournament through the US Open Qualifying Tournament and 8 more spots will be added via wild cards to complete an eventual field of 128 players. The games will be played in front of 100% capacity audiences.
There are other players in fact, modern tennis greats in their own rights, who in turn are seeking their own personal records at Flushing Meadow this year. Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic all head to New York on a staggering 20 career singles titles to date. Nadal and Federer will be looking to stop Djokovic’s incredible run and he will be just as desperate to continue it and make history. This competition between the big three would make interesting viewing alone, but there is a lot more to the ATP section in this year’s US Open.
Other players will be looking to upset the big 3 here. There are in fact, many players who, on their day could trouble Djokovic, Federer (at almost 40 now) and Nadal. Defending champion and current world number 6 Dominic Thiem will no doubt have something to say.
Stefanos Tsitsipas from Greece is another to watch. He is currently world number 4 and a real young gun at just 22 years of age. At the moment, he is the youngest player ranked inside the top ten of the ATP rankings. Tsitsipas has already caused some very tense moments. The Greek made it to the final of this year’s Australian Open. He lost extremely narrowly to Novak Djokovic. He took the game to five sets and at one point he was 2-0 up in the match.
A veteran player to perhaps keep half an eye on is former US Open champion Stan Wawrinka. Wawrinka is a compatriot of Roger Federer, as he also hails from Switzerland. At 36, he’s basically 4 years younger than Federer and in the modern, fast-paced game that tennis is today, stamina and fitness levels must be a concern. He also has a poor record against the mighty Serb. They have met 25 times previously and currently the record stands at 19-6 to Djokovic. That’s a win percentage of 79%. His numbers are even worse against Nadal and Federer. That said, he has experience of lifting the trophy here at Flushing Meadow and that surely must count for something. He also beat the more-fancied Daniil Medvedev in the Australian Open of 2016, although that was a very long time ago!
So realistically, can anyone stop Federer, Nadal and Djokovic at this years US Open?
It’s difficult to see, but as mentioned, there are up and coming players on the ATP Tour, as well as a few old-stagers, who could perhaps pull off a minor miracle! Daniil Medvedev and Stefanos Tsitsipas are most likely to cause an upset and put a stop to the monopoly of the so-called ‘big 3’. That said, Tsipsipas may well have received some mental scarring in his Australian Open final loss to Novak Djokovic. At only 22, it’s definitely a possibility, but the challenges of the US Open will no doubt expose his mental toughness, or lack of it.
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