Matteo Berrettini ‘s coach, Vincenzo Santopadre , has mentioned two players who could challenge Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz at the US Open. Sinner and Alcaraz will be the top two seeds heading into the final Grand Slam of the season.
Santopadre believes that Taylor Fritz and Ben Shelton will be the two players to challenge the top two players at Flushing Meadows. Both the Americans have had breakthroughs in New York, reaching the final in 2024 and the semifinals in 2023, respectively. Santopadre said on OA Sport :
It’s not as if they are Martians, in a way. We can think of Fritz, given his arrival last year, who learned to play well even at home; or Shelton, who could perhaps go all the way and who won in Toronto. They can cause them problems. That’s what I think. Of course