Key events
If you fancy indulging in some nostalgia.
Quick: tuck into Tumaini Carayol’s preview. Swiatek and Sinner lead the pack.
Preamble
Hello, hello, hello and welcome to the last slam of the season. We’ve had the flashier version of mixed doubles; now to the solo show, with the tournament enjoying its first Sunday start.
Ben Shelton, Aryna Sabalenka and Taylor Fritz are among the big names ready to get going in the next few hours, but our early focus will be on the 2021 champion Emma Raducanu. She hasn’t won a match at Flushing Meadows since that life-changing triumph but is carrying some good vibes into this year’s draw; the world No 36 pushed Sabalenka all the way to a third-set tiebreak in Cincinnati this month. She faces Japan’s Ena Shibahara at the Louis Armstrong Stadium at 4pm BST/11am local time.
I’ll try keep my eye on everything, of course, but drop me a line with the things I’ll inevitably miss. Share your thoughts, hopes, fears, dreams, whatever compels you. Here’s to a fun couple of weeks.
