U.S. Open - New York

The US Open, the year's last Grand Slam, on outdoor hard in New York after the Winston-Salem week. The Laykold plays slower than these players are used to, so free points are scarce: holds sit at 77%, aces are modest and tiebreaks are less common than the noise suggests. Barely half of matches end in straights, so best of five advances the favourite the hard way. Djokovic has four titles here.