{"id":2103623,"date":"2026-08-20T21:00:34","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T18:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2103623"},"modified":"2026-08-20T21:00:34","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T18:00:34","slug":"serena-williams-former-coach-tips-the-us-open-to-be-the-most-unique-grand-slam-in-a-long-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2103623","title":{"rendered":"Serena Williams\u2019 former coach tips the US Open to be the most \u2018unique\u2019 Grand Slam in a long time"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"ps-article-content rounded-lg lg:mt-5 lg:border lg:border-card lg:bg-card lg:shadow-primary\">\n<header>\n<h1 class=\"py-4 text-xl font-normal text-title sm:text-2xl\">Serena Williams\u2019 former coach tips the US Open to be the most \u2018unique\u2019 Grand Slam in a long time<\/h1>\n<div class=\"my-2 flex items-center justify-between\">\n<div class=\"flex items-center\">\n                        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/author\/liam-mcmillen\" class=\"text-sm font-normal !text-author\"><br \/>\n                            Liam McMillen                        <\/a><br \/>\n                        <time class=\"ml-3 text-sm font-normal text-info md:ml-4\" datetime=\"20 Aug 2026 10:00 PM\" data-ps-date=\"20 Aug 2026 10:00 PM\" data-ps-datetime=\"1787259634\"><br \/>\n                            20 Aug 2026 10:00 PM                        <\/time>\n                    <\/div>\n<div class=\"hidden justify-end space-x-4 text-xl sm:flex sm:!opacity-100\">\n                        <a href=\"https:\/\/google.com\/preferences\/source?q=tennis365.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"><br \/>\n                            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"mx-auto !my-0 hidden dark:block h-6\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/content\/themes\/tennis365-sportsui\/img\/png\/preferred_source_badge_dark.png\" alt=\"Add as a preferred source on 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lg:border-caption\">\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"my-1.5 break-words !text-xs !text-content\">\n                                US Open at Flushing Meadows                            <\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<div class=\"ciam-article-t365\"><!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<p>The status of both <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/carlos-alcaraz\">Carlos Alcaraz<\/a> and Jannik Sinner leading into the US Open has made the Grand Slam one of the hardest to call in a long time.<\/p>\n<p>Alcaraz is in a race against time to return at the US Open for the first time since suffering a wrist injury at the Barcelona Open in April.<\/p>\n<p>Sinner, meanwhile, is dealing with a knee injury, which has forced him out of both the Canadian Open and the Cincinnati Open, following his second Wimbledon win.<\/p>\n<p>Should both men play, they will surely still be the favourites to win the tournament, but there will still be major question marks surrounding the best two players on the ATP Tour.<\/p>\n<p>As a result, Patrick Mouratoglou has claimed the US Open this year could throw up a first-time Grand Slam winner and he\u2019s named six players he thinks it could be.<\/p>\n<h2>More ATP Tour news<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/us-open\/us-open-announce-prize-money-for-2026-is-the-largest-package-in-tennis-history\">US Open announce prize money for 2026 is the \u2018largest package in tennis history\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-features\/carlos-alcaraz-jannik-sinner-joao-fonseca-rafael-jodar-rick-macci-exclusive\">Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner rivals told \u2018no one is going to be in the mix\u2019 with the duo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Speaking on Instagram, the French coach said: \u201cThis <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/us-open\">US Open<\/a> is probably one of the most interesting grand slam on the men\u2019s side for I don\u2019t know how long. The situation is unique. The absence of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/carlos-alcaraz\">Carlos Alcaraz<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/jannik-sinner\">Jannik Sinner<\/a> makes these Grand Slams incredibly exciting.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have had so much dominance for so long and suddenly there is kind of an emptiness, everything\u2019s possible. There are a lot of young guys coming up: you have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/arthur-fils\">Arthur Fils<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/jakub-mensik\">Jakub Mensik<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/ben-shelton\">Ben Shelton<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/rafael-jodar\">Rafael Jodar<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/joao-fonseca\">Joao Fonseca<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/Learner-Tien\">Learner Tien<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThose guys will have a chance if Alcaraz and Sinner are not at the level. Those guys are potentially Grand Slam winners and then you have also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/novak-djokovic\">Novak Djokovic<\/a>. Besides Alcaraz and Sinner in Grand Slams, he has been almost unbeatable the last year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is so much uncertainty, so many possibilities for a lot of players and that makes these Grand Slam quite unique we haven\u2019t had that for so long.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Those six players have been impressive on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/ATP-Tour\">ATP Tour<\/a> this season, although they have no come anywhere close to claiming a major trophy.<\/p>\n<p>Shelton, who recently won the Canadian Open, reached the quarter finals of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/australian-open\">Australian Open<\/a>, but suffered early exits at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/Roland-Garros\">Roland Garros<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/wimbledon\">Wimbledon<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Fils missed the Australian Open and Roland Garros and only reached the second round of Wimbledon, while Mensik\u2019s best effort was a semi final appearance at Roland Garros.<\/p>\n<p>Jodar reached the quarter finals of Roland Garros this year, while Tien reached the quarter finals of the Australian Open.<\/p>\n<p>Fonseca, meanwhile, reached the last eight of Roland Garros, but he most recently withdrew from the Cincinnati Open with an injury.<\/p>\n<p>If any one of those six won the US Open this year it would be a major surprise, but Sinner and Alcaraz have certainly left the door wide open.<\/p>\n<p><!-- Article End --><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Serena Williams\u2019 former coach tips the US Open to be the most \u2018unique\u2019 Grand Slam in a long time Liam McMillen 20 Aug 2026 10:00 PM US Open at Flushing Meadows The status of both Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner leading into the US Open has made the Grand Slam one of the hardest to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[226,249],"class_list":["post-2103623","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-crawlmanager","tag-tennis365-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2103623","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2103623"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2103623\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2103623"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2103623"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2103623"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}