The US Open Is Underway—Here’s What You Need to Know (and Who’s Going to Win)

After record attendance at their Fan Week—including a raucous and wildly successful new mixed-doubles format—the main draws of the 145th US Open and the final Grand Slam tournament of the year kicked off yesterday at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York, with no major upsets, barring Frenchman Benjamin Bonzi’s surreal five-set victory over 13th-seeded (and 2021 US Open champion) Daniil Medvedev. That came after a bizarre incident in the third set that saw a cameraman wander onto the court in between Bonzi’s first and second serves at match point; the chair umpire then awarded Bonzi another first serve to compensate for the interference, at which point Medvedev became unhinged, goading the crowd into booing the decision and causing a delay of almost six minutes. (B