US OPEN 2024: all you need to know

Millions of tennis fans around the world will tune in for the final Grand Slam action of the 2024 season at the US Open, with the main-draw action to be held from 26 August to 8 September.

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The hard-court event in Flushing Meadows, New York, will feature the ATP Tour’s top stars including world No 1 Jannik Sinner, defending champion Novak Djokovic, and Roland Garros and Wimbledon champion Carlos Alcaraz.

WHEN: Monday, 26 August to Sunday, 8 September.

WHERE: Billie Jean King National Tennis Centre

BROADCAST DETAILS

From the last Monday of August until Sunday, 8 September, there will be two feeds available on SuperSport:

- from 4:55pm on SuperSport Tennis / Tennis Africa

- from 4:55pm on SuperSport Action / Action Africa

- Grandstand will regularly feature action from Flushing Meadows.

The quarterfinals start on Wednesday, 4 September, with times altering slightly from there, but all the main matches will be live on SuperSport Tennis.

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DEFENDING CHAMPIONS

Returning men's singles champion Novak Djokovic will enter New York on the heels of an Olympic gold medal that completed his career Golden Slam. The Serb has not competed since his triumph on the Paris clay, but has proven time and again he can play his way into form on a new surface at the Slams.

In last year’s final Djokovic secured the title after beating Daniil Medvedev, 6–3, 7–6 (7–5), 6–3.

Women's champ Coco Gauff competed in singles, doubles and mixed doubles at the Olympics but scored just four wins across the three disciplines. Back on the North American courts, she went 1-2 across Toronto and Cincinnati.

The 20-year-old will hope a return to the site of her maiden Grand Slam triumph will spark a return to form.

She beat Aryna Sabalenka, 2–6, 6–3, 6–2 to claim her first Grand Slam.

THE CONTENDERS

Instead of arriving at the US Open wondering about his form, world number 1, Sinner will now take confidence knowing he persevered in Cincinnati without his very best game to claim his third Masters 1000 title.

He survived and then thrived to become the youngest Cincinnati champion since Andy Murray emerged victorious in Ohio as a 21-year-old in 2008

WILD CARDS

Two of the best big-match players in tennis are set to grace the game's biggest stage as wild cards.

Four-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka and 2019 US Open winner Bianca Andreescu were among the eight women's singles wild cards, joining Americans Amanda Anisimova, McCartney Kessler, Alexa Noel and Iva Jovic, plus France's Chloe Paquet and Australia's Taylah Preston.