Nick Kyrgios picks his winner for the US Open
Nick Kyrgios is one of the favorites to win the US Open later this month, but the Australian didn’t opt to win the final Grand Slam of the year.
While Novak Djokovic is the bookmakers’ choice to win ahead of world No. 1 Daniil Medvedev at Flushing Meadows, Kyrgios believes there will be a first winner at the Major – which starts on August 29.
Via his Instagram Stories, Kyrgios picked Spanish teenage sensation Carlos Alcaraz to win his first Grand Slam at the US Open.
Nick Kyrgios selects Carlos Alcaraz to win #USOpen pic.twitter.com/r3jEmu4rxv
— Jose Morgado (@josemorgado) August 22, 2022
The 19-year-old has already achieved a career-high ranking of 4th after an exceptional start to his tennis journey at such a young age.
Alcaraz has already won five career titles – including four in 2022 – with triumphs at two Masters 1000 events in Miami and Madrid.
The Spaniard has not yet been able to maintain his winning form in tennis with five sets at Grand Slam level, but has still achieved good results in the majors and reached the quarterfinals at the US Open (2021) and the French Open (2022).
Alcaraz – fourth in the line of bets to win the US Open – hopes to have built the fitness base to challenge in the fortnight at a Grand Slam with his best tennis, capable of beating any player in the world.
Kyrgios himself is fifth favorite to his first Major in New York after the best season of his career in which the enigmatic Aussie reached the final at Wimbledon, won a title in Washington and reached semi-finals in Halle, Stuttgart and Houston.
Fifth-seeded Djokovic could yet be a withdrawal for the US Open, while Alexander Zverev recently retired through injury.
US Open Men’s Singles Seeds
1. Daniil Medvedev
2. Rafael Nadal
3. Carlos Alcaraz
4. Stefanos Tsitsipas
5.Novak Djokovic
6. Kasper Ruud
7. Felix Auger-Aliassime
8.Cameron Norrie
9. Hubert Hurkacz
10. Andrei Rublev
11.TaylorFritz
12. Jannik Sinner
13. Pablo Carreno Busta
14.Matteo Berrettini
15. Diego Schwartzmann
16. Marin Cilić
17. Roberto Bautista Agut
18. Grigor Dimitrov
19. Alex of Minaur
20. Denis Shapovalov
21. Dan Evans
22. Botic van de Zandschulp
23.Frances Tiafoe
24. Nick Kyrgios
25. Francisco Cerundolo
26. Borna Coric
27.Lorenzo Musetti
28. Karen Khachanov
29. Holger Rune
30. Tommy Paul
31. Maxime Cressy
32. Nikoloz Basilashvili