{"id":95426,"date":"2025-08-25T20:05:15","date_gmt":"2025-08-25T20:05:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/95426\/"},"modified":"2025-08-25T20:05:15","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T20:05:15","slug":"dominic-thiem-has-named-the-two-players-he-thinks-will-win-the-us-open-this-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/95426\/","title":{"rendered":"Dominic Thiem has named the two players he thinks will win the US Open this year"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The US Open is now underway, with several ATP and WTA stars eyeing the top prize at the hard-court Grand Slam.<\/p>\n

And ATP<\/a> legend Dominic Thiem<\/a> knows exactly how it feels to lift the US Open<\/a> trophy, having won the tournament in 2020.<\/p>\n

He came from behind in stunning fashion to defeat Alexander Zverev, winning their final 2\u20136, 4\u20136, 6\u20134, 6\u20133, 7\u20136(8\u20136).<\/p>\n

It represents his only career Grand Slam success, with Thiem having previously lost three Grand Slam finals before that unforgettable triumph at Flushing Meadows.<\/p>\n

The Austrian legend, who reached as high as number three in the world rankings, retired last year aged just 31.<\/p>\n

\"DominicPhoto by Matthew Stockman\/Getty ImagesDominic Thiem predicts the two US Open champions<\/p>\n

But the 17-time ATP champion is still keeping a close eye on the sport, and has now offered his verdict on this year\u2019s US Open winners.<\/p>\n

Asked for his picks on Tennis Channel\u2019s Instagram, Thiem among other icons responded: \u201cI\u2019ll go for Carlos [Alcaraz<\/a>] in the men\u2019s and Iga [Swiatek<\/a>] in the women\u2019s.\u201d<\/p>\n

READ MORE: Iga Swiatek sends social media message to Jasmine Paolini after beating her in the Cincinnati Open final<\/a><\/p>\n

Both players enter the US Open as champions, having triumphed at the Cincinnati Open earlier this month.<\/p>\n

Jim Courier and Lindsay Davenport pick the US Open winners<\/p>\n

Also representing Tennis Channel and sharing their ATP and WTA<\/a> predictions were a trio of former players; Lindsay Davenport, Chanda Rubin and Jim Courier.<\/p>\n

Making her picks, Davenport said: \u201cI\u2019m playing it straight down the fairway, going with Swiatek and Sinner.<\/p>\n

\u201cIga has looked so good, winning Wimbledon, also winning in Cincinnati, coming with all this confidence. Sinner, does he ever lose on hard courts? Not really. I think those are some pretty safe bets.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"IgaPhoto by Frey\/TPN\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

Rubin added: \u201cI am not going out on a limb either. I\u2019m going to go with Sinner and Sabalenka,\u201d with Courier noting: \u201cLindsay talked about playing it right down the middle of the fairway. I play a fair bit of golf, I don\u2019t see the fairways very often, but I\u2019m going to try and get there with you.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m going to go with Sinner and Sabalenka, the Cincinnati champions. No sorry, actually Sinner lost to Alcaraz, but I think the draw for Alcaraz is tougher, so I think that Sinner is more likely to make it out of his section and into the final.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd what I love about Swiatek is I love the first serve pop. I love that Wim Fissette, her coach, has got her to kind of go a little bit bigger. So for me I\u2019m a fan of that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Courier was quick to correct himself regarding Alcaraz\u2019s Cincinnati Open final win over Sinner, although he mistakenly also labelled Sabalenka a champion of that event before analysing Swiatek\u2019s work with Fissette.<\/p>\n

It seems then that the former world number one has agreed with Davenport in predicting US Open wins for Sinner and Swiatek.<\/p>\n

Sinner is chasing his fifth career Grand Slam title at this year\u2019s US Open, while Alcaraz is looking for a sixth.<\/p>\n

Sabalenka meanwhile is chasing down a fourth such success, while her WTA rival Swiatek is eyeing a seventh Grand Slam title.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The US Open is now underway, with several ATP and WTA stars eyeing the top prize at the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":95427,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[565],"tags":[753,64,63,962,70326,2636,85,747,1751,2637],"class_list":["post-95426","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-atp","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-carlos-alcaraz","tag-dominic-thiem","tag-iga-swiatek","tag-sports","tag-tennis","tag-us-open","tag-wta"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95426","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=95426"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95426\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/95427"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=95426"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=95426"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=95426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}