US Open [Men] 2026 - Grand Slam

[Jelenafan]

Zed is definitely has played himself into the tournament.

You know, for me it’s one of those things you only figure out in hindsight.

I remember one year Boris Becker survived a 5 set, MP down thriller in an early round and went on to win his only USO. And who can forget Alcaraz going through like 3 (?)consecutive 5 set matches to win his first time Slam in NY, again MP down ( Sinner?) . OTOH, if Zverev comes out sluggish in his next match the argument will be he was overextended & exhausted & had nothing left in the tank.

To me you just don’t know.

 

[Fiero425]

Zed stripped down to almost his drawers after the match to show off his new body for you and MM.. jajaja

Sorry to have missed that even though he's just a "stringbean!"

 

[Fiero425]

You know, for me it’s one of those things you only figure out in hindsight.

I remember one year Boris Becker survived a 5 set, MP down thriller in an early round and went on to win his only USO. And who can forget Alcaraz going through like 3 (?)consecutive 5 set matches to win his first time Slam in NY, again MP down ( Sinner?) . OTOH, if Zverev comes out sluggish in his next match the argument will be he was overextended & exhausted & had nothing left in the tank.

To me you just don’t know.

It was an early round of 1989 USO that Becker was down a MP to Derrick Rostagno IIRC! I recall the kid lived out of an RV! Becker was saved by a "net cord!" Lendl may very well have won that year giving him 4 of 8 instead of just 3 of the 8 finals he played!

 

[Jelenafan]

Following the discussion of how match tough you need to be, Alcaraz just had a relatively easy 3rd round match versus Wu 3-4-1 straight setter. On the one hand, since he’s rusty maybe it’s good he’s not gotten into consecutive grueling tight matches, but how easy is *too* easy if suddenly he gets a much tougher opponent in the 4th or QTF or SF and he’s not up to it mentally?

On the flip side I remember Novak had a laughably easy path to a USO finals one year ( IIRC didn’t he have 2 walkovers or opponents retired?) and then was seemingly unprepared & looked sluggish vs a red hot Wawrinka in the final.

 

[Jelenafan]

The world as we know it is coming to an end. For the first time in his career Tsitsipas advances to the 4th round of the USO.

 

[kskate2]

Order of Play for U.S. Open, Day 7 Round 3, Saturday, September 5, 2026:

https://www.usopen.org/en_US/scores/schedule/schedule14.html

 

[kskate2]

The world as we know it is coming to an end. For the first time in his career Tsitsipas advances to the 4th round of the USO.

 

[Shivashish Sarkar]

Shapovalov is also out. Another favorite of mine is out. Now this tournament is a boring event for me. Alcaraz has no challenger as well. This is his tournament to lose now.

 

[the AntiPusher]

So what's is the biggest longshot. Lost Gen (Zed/ Meddy/ Tsitsipus ) or one of the Americans defeating Spanish Charlie for the title?

 

[El Dude]

I like the scenario of Chuckaraz facing--and defeating--only Americans from here on out. Paul, Shelton, Tiafoe/Michelson, Fritz/Zheng/Tien.

That isn't my prediction, but it is a fun possibility.

 

[Jelenafan]

Fritz had a 2 set to love lead over Cerundolo & now they are locked at 3-3 in the fifth.

ETA;

Dang Fritz had 0-4O on the Argentine’s service game but Cerundolo survived & now it’s 4-4.

 

[Jelenafan]

Geeze Louise,

Fritz was 1 point from serving it out at 5-3 to now being broken & Cerundulo serving for the match at 5-4 !

ETA: Fritz will need a shrink & a bottle of whiskey tonite, just lost 6-4 in the 5th.

 

[Federberg]

that is truly shocking. He cruised the previous rounds didn't he? The hell happened??

 

[El Dude]

What a crazy Slam. This was probably Fritz's best chance to win a Slam, let alone home turf. Now we have half the top 10 out, with a sixth player (Cobolli) teetering. The #1 didn't play, as did two of the formerly Promised Ones (Draper, Rune). The top two prospects either didn't play (Fonzie) or went out early (Jodar).

Hard to imagine how Carlos can lose this one, but of course it is a weird Slam, so anything goes. I don't predict it to happen, but it would be fun to see a Zverev-Tsitsipas final. But I wouldn't be surprised if someone like Khachanov or the winner of Tien/Mensik takes out Sascha, and the only way Sissypuss beats Carlos if Carlos gets hurt. I suspect Shelton will take out Stefanos, though.

 

[the AntiPusher]

that is truly shocking. He cruised the previous rounds didn't he? The hell happened??

It's the Curse of Andy Roddick!! Andy made a pack with Satan. If he could win a major before Roger became Fed than no American male can win a major title EVER!

 

[El Dude]

It's the Andy Roddick curse!!! no American male can win a major title.

I think Shelton is the best bet since Roddick. Isner was too one-dimensional and Fritz just isn't good enough. Guys like Fish and Querrey (or Tiafoe) never really had a chance. Shelton might need help from the tennis gods, but he kind of has it right now. Unfortunately for him, Alcaraz looks to be back vintage form, but he's probably still a bit more beatable now than he's been in the past in their match-ups. If both get through to the QF, it will be their first match since RG 2025. Ben should hope for Paul to, at least, wear Carlos down by taking him to five.

To put that another way, I think Shelton has the best chances of any American male tennis born in the 20+ years after Roddick (1983+). I like Tien, but I don't think he has the upside and will be more of a De Minaur/Ferrer type.

 

[the AntiPusher]

I think Shelton is the best bet since Roddick. Isner was too one-dimensional and Fritz just isn't good enough. Guys like Fish and Querrey (or Tiafoe) never really had a chance. Shelton might need help from the tennis gods, but he kind of has it right now. Unfortunately for him, Alcaraz looks to be back vintage form, but he's probably still a bit more beatable now than he's been in the past in their match-ups. If both get through to the QF, it will be their first match since RG 2025. Ben should hope for Paul to, at least, wear Carlos down by taking him to five.

To put that another way, I think Shelton has the best chances of any American male tennis born in the 20+ years after Roddick (1983+). I like Tien, but I don't think he has the upside and will be more of a De Minaur/Ferrer type.

I think Sheldon has way too many flaws in his game. The elite player's coaching team can easily find some counters to defuse Ben's game. Paul can hurt this version of Alcaraz for a minute. Carlos will take Tommy out to the deep part of the ocean and will raise his level to drown Paul unless he gets injured.

 

[Federberg]

I think Shelton is the best bet since Roddick. Isner was too one-dimensional and Fritz just isn't good enough. Guys like Fish and Querrey (or Tiafoe) never really had a chance. Shelton might need help from the tennis gods, but he kind of has it right now. Unfortunately for him, Alcaraz looks to be back vintage form, but he's probably still a bit more beatable now than he's been in the past in their match-ups. If both get through to the QF, it will be their first match since RG 2025. Ben should hope for Paul to, at least, wear Carlos down by taking him to five.

To put that another way, I think Shelton has the best chances of any American male tennis born in the 20+ years after Roddick (1983+). I like Tien, but I don't think he has the upside and will be more of a De Minaur/Ferrer type.

hmmmm... seeing as Fritz has already been to a slam final, it's a bit unfair to crown Shelton as the best since Roddick no?

 

[kskate2]

Cobolli gone to Blockx. This side of the draw is frighteningly weak. Zed is the last top 10 player left and he's been struggling w/ 5 setters. One of these guys will make the SF

 

[Vince Evert]

Taylor Fritz blows 2-set lead, falls to Francisco Cerundolo in US Open​

No. 9 seed Taylor Fritz blew a two-set lead at the US Open and went out in a shocker with a 3-6, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 loss at the hands of No. 24 Francisco Cerundolo on Saturday.

"I don't know how I let that happen today," Fritz said.

Fritz stormed through his first two rounds, losing a total of 11 games, and there was no hint of trouble when he broke Cerundolo to open the third set. But Cerundolo broke right back and started to feel more comfortable in his first time playing in Arthur Ashe Stadium.

• "I think fourth and fifth I played a really good tennis that I wasn't finding that tennis in the previous sets and the previous rounds," the Argentine said.​