{"id":117216,"date":"2025-09-03T17:15:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-03T17:15:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/117216\/"},"modified":"2025-09-03T17:15:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T17:15:07","slug":"martina-navratilova-has-changed-her-mind-over-which-man-she-thinks-is-going-to-win-the-us-open-this-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/117216\/","title":{"rendered":"Martina Navratilova has changed her mind over which man she thinks is going to win the US Open this year"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The 2025 US Open is now drawing into its final stages, and Martina Navratilova has made a big call about the men\u2019s singles draw.<\/p>\n

Navratilova, who officially retired at the US Open in 2006<\/a>, knows what it takes to win the tournament as a four-time singles champion.<\/p>\n

Nowadays, the former world number one comments on the action as both a pundit and commentator.<\/p>\n

Before the tournament even started, Navratilova<\/a> predicted her singles champions, but it now appears that she has gone back on that.<\/p>\n

\"MartinaPhoto by Matthew J. Lee\/The Boston Globe via Getty ImagesMartina Navratilova now thinks Jannik Sinner is the favourite to win the US Open<\/p>\n

At the start of the tournament, Navratilova predicted Carlos Alcaraz to win the US Open<\/a> after his victory at the Cincinnati Open<\/a>.<\/p>\n

However, after Sinner\u2019s emphatic victory over Alexander Bublik<\/a>, Navratilova told Sky Sports<\/a> that she has now actually changed her mind, but she was by no means ruling Alcaraz<\/a> out.<\/p>\n

\u201cI did pick Carlos before the tournament started.\u00a0Although the way Sinner played yesterday was pretty scary,\u201d said Navratilova. \u201cAlthough I think with his variety, he still has a chance. But I think Sinner is the slight favorite, especially the way\u00a0he\u2019s\u00a0been playing on the hard courts these last two years.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s\u00a0hard to go against that but Carlos has looked sharp as well and he can bring something extra that even Sinner\u00a0doesn\u2019t\u00a0have\u201d<\/p>\n

Martina Navratilova rates Carlos Alcaraz\u2019s performance vs Jiri Lehecka<\/p>\n

Although Sinner<\/a> is now Navratilova\u2019s prediction to win the title, Alcaraz is the only player yet to drop a set in the men\u2019s singles draw at the US Open<\/a> this year.<\/p>\n

Navratilova has also praised Alcaraz at the US Open<\/a> this year, and was full of praise for the Spaniard after his victory over Jiri Lehecka<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s found the perfect balance for himself and that speaks for his state of mind,\u201d said Navratilova. \u201cHe\u2019s mature enough to know what he needs to do now, and it will help his longevity as well.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s been all A\u2019s at this point. He can only play as well as the opponent forces to play, but he\u2019s clicking so far, playing better with each match as he needs to and still winning.\u201d<\/p>\n

Now standing in the way of Alcaraz is Novak Djokovic, who has provided a fitness update<\/a> ahead of their semifinal match.<\/p>\n

This will be a ninth meeting between the pair, with Djokovic<\/a> leading the head-to-head 8-5 after he won their Australian Open<\/a> quarterfinal earlier this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 2025 US Open is now drawing into its final stages, and Martina Navratilova has made a big…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":117217,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[442],"tags":[6733,49,48,619,615,3271,82,593,2084],"class_list":{"0":"post-117216","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-atp","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-canada","11":"tag-carlos-alcaraz","12":"tag-jannik-sinner","13":"tag-martina-navratilova","14":"tag-sports","15":"tag-tennis","16":"tag-us-open"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117216","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=117216"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117216\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/117217"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117216"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=117216"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=117216"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}