US OPEN 2026

Well it's time. And we already have an iconic moment.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPqOf3qVRqo

(In shorter broadcast form here.)

https://bsky.app/profile/leahreich.com/post/3muflzhuqss2g

Plus Djokovic already out.

I'm liking Alcaraz's new hair. Must have added a stylist to his team.

Shelton, who went out in the 1st round at Wimbledon, opens his first round match here by being broken. Get it together, Ben.

I'm liking Alcaraz's new hair.

he got cornrows a few weeks back and ditched it almost immediately after getting (rightfully) clowned for it online lmao. The longer hair looks great on him though, I agree.

lol

also so long novak

let's go frances

Osaka wearing cornrows as an Iverson tribute looked great however

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/sep/02/alexander-zverev-survives-near-five-hour-marathon-us-open-tennis

Sigh..

Sad Sonego couldn’t close that out. He’s never really reached the heights of Vienna 2020, when he walloped Novak. Now he’s like the 7th or 8th best male player in Italy. Nice to see Gael enjoying himself.

even putting aside how lame he is as a person, Zverev is also very boring to watch play tennis

that strikes me as m/l a compliment cuz it implies technically v sound & usually wins w/o drama.. i seem to recall novak was called boring in the past

Not likely to see any of this live, though - passing a local pub - got to see a couple points from Daniil “all sports are better than tennis, maybe I take up pickleball” Medvedev vs US wildcard Gorzny, who saved a bunch of match points vs top 40 Collignon in r1.

Saw something somewhere about Zverev being first ever Slam top seed (men) who has never been a #1. Pretty sure Becker was top seed at Wimbledon ‘87 so that can’t be right. Anyway, yeah, anyone other than him. Rooting against both top seeds tbh.

Now he’s like the 7th or 8th best male player in Italy.

Strength in depth in Italy is frightening tbh.

Will see what Musetti has got. Glad he's back

didnt watch but michelsen taking out b nak in straights is wildly impressive

Oof, that's a shock. I know the summer Masters were depleted, but Nakashima racked up nine wins in MTL and Cincy.
Shelton has Hurkacz today, that's tricky too.

Long-standing ILX favourite Taylor Townsend going very well indeed.

And what’s up with Jodar? Getting thrashed by Yunchaokete Bu before the rain delay.

musetti laid to rest my concern about facing surging fery out of the gate. looked pretty untroubled.

rooting for a deep run for rinderknech. he's become a real fave of mine over the last couple of years.

hope altmaier can turn it around against svajda. after a rain delay i guess.

and go tay!

I love every bit of success that Taylor Townsend has had

they haven't even revealed the doubles draws yet. is that normal? i can't recall.

https://www.usopen.org/en_US/draws/womens-doubles.html?promo=subnav

The women’s draw is out

y'all need to see this kid with no backhand, it's so insane. He became the youngest ATP-ranked player a few months ago and it seems he'll be competing in the boys' singles

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49QMa1SMoqE

I will keep an eye out. Sounds crazy tbh

If Fritz and Cobolli lose here there isn't a single top 10 player left between Zverev and the final. (Come on Tabilo).
Bottom half is holding together nicely, however.

Venus/Serena lost a three hour r1 match last night. Taylor T has Sabalenka next(!)
"Watched" Zheng take out Keys in the 3D animation earlier.

And out goes Fritz, from two sets up vs F Cerundolo. Cobolli was bagelled in set three :/

And there goes Cobolli, out in four to Blockx.

Blimey, I didn’t realise Zheng beat Keys from 0-5 in that third set. I joined at 5-5.

Yeah that was crazy

I was thinking TT-Sab + Med-Foe were dead certs for the Ashe night session tomorrow, but it's Shelton-Tsitsipas + Kalinskaya-Navarro in prime time. Oh well, means I can follow along the day session (also Paul-Alcaraz and Kostyuk-Noskova in daylight hours). Such riches are wasted on the influencers, kick 'em all out. There's never been a year (Open or amateur eras) without a single-handed bh in a Slam semi. All rests on Stefanos now.

Classic Keys (nb I love her but I also know who she is)

Eala vs Jovic was wild tonight — great match

Weirdly, and I assume coincidentally, we got a preview of this contest in the Stars of the Open during Fan Week (it's nice that the fans get a week, and then the event starts and all the fans are priced out) - Jovic won that too. Hope Eala-Jovic is a Slam final soon.

Yeah that Eala-Jovic match was a blast. Both fun to watch.

alcaraz looks incredibly good