U.S. Open (tennis) at the half-way point

 

Yes, a timely post (which means by tomorrow September 1, it may be outdated and wrong).

My favorites are already out of the tournament on the women's side (lovely Rybakina and crazy Ostapenko), so the betting odds would be on Swiatek and Sabalenka. Since I always like to see the underdogs triumph, I have to pull for Jasmine Paolini again. Mother-of-two Caroline Wozniacki is still in it (but she won't win), as is yet-to-fulfill-her-promise Jessica Pegula (who might win).  Coco Gauff is still in it too, and has to play fellow American -- who seeds these things? -- Emma Navarro.

On the men's side, with the major upsets of Alcaraz and Djokovic, top seed Jannik Sinner would still be favored. But I'd like to see one of the three T's from the USA -- Tommy Paul, Taylor Fritz, or Francis Tiafoe -- make it to the final. The network wants Taylor Fritz to make it to the final so they can keep showing Morgan Riddle in the stands; see the example below.