US Open Preview: Where My Boys At?

The last major of the year is here, and lots of top players are not *sob*. We're completely foregoing draw analysis this time around, instead asking broader questions and talking about players who we hope make a splash. Is it fair to call the women's tournament "wide open?" Did Andy owe it to anyone to pull out earlier? Will James ever learn not to pick Tsonga?

 

:30 Back in Toronto! We saw Mariah & Lionel!

8:20 Where are the mens? Andy adds himself to the disabled list

14:00 What's with the pressitude about Andy's timing?

18:00 Halep & Shapovalov ... err, Sharapova will meet in the first round

22:00 Troubling the "wide open" draws discussion

24:30 Looking at the big performers at non-Slam events (Svitolina & Zverev) and how they will perform at the Open

31:00 You can lead James to water but you can't make him drink (there must be a thirst joke in here somewhere)

32:45 The players with momentum: Dimitrov, Kyrgios, Muguruza

38:45 Who do we hope to see break through?

49:50 Things we dislike: the USTA loves to talk about itself; and how will the flag-waving be received this year?

52:45 Things we like: that Nike shoot with the les Canadiens!