In the 2025 Cincinnati Open final, Carlos Alcaraz won after Jannik Sinner retired due to illness early in the first set. Andy Roddick suggested Alcara

Iga Swiatek and Carlos Alcaraz underlined their hard court credentials ahead of the US Open with victories over Jasmine Paolini and Jannik Sinner respectively in the women's and men's singles tournaments at the Cincinnati Open.

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.

Some of the biggest stars in men's and women's tennis took the court together at the US Open for reimagined mixed doubles competition.

Iga Swiatek is in New York chasing for the revamped US Open mixed doubles she is playing alongside Casper Ruud. She played the first match of this tournament a day after clinching her second title of the season.

The following are some of the other contenders for the men's singles title at the U.S. Open, which begins on Sunday:

Carlos Alcaraz seemingly still plans to play the US Open mixed doubles with Emma Raducanu. There had been some question marks about whether he would pull out due to reaching the final of the

Raducanu has laughed off rumours of a love interest.