After a rough start to the year, Świątek (+310) is now basically neck and neck odds-wise with Sabalenka (+290), who is, again, the defending US Open champion. If anyone can unseat Sabalenka, it sure feels like Świątek is the most likely to do it.

Carlos Alcaraz and Emma Raducanu face off against Jessica Pegula and Jack Draper in the Mixed Doubles first round today, Aug. 19, at 2 p.m. ET. The first day of the US Open Mixed Doubles tournament is airing on the ESPN+ streaming service.

Nathan, a co-founder of the sports website Defector Media, has published “ Changeover: A Young Rivalry and a New Era of Men’s Tennis ” with Gallery Books. He spent the 2024 season squarely focused on Sinner and Alcaraz, in which they split the four majors and accelerated their ascension into a tennis stratosphere of their own creation.

Yesterday – while Carlos was playing against Sinner in Cincinnati – Ferrero was spotted in the stands for the soccer game between Elche and Betis at the Martinez Valero stadium. One of Juan Carlos' sons plays in the Elche youth team and it is for this reason that the former world number 1 was present at the stadium before flying to NY today.

Emma Raducanu and Carlos Alcaraz might have lost in the revamped US Open mixed doubles - but they win the hearts of the New York crowd.