Begins Tue 30 Aug, 1am AEST, LIVE on FOX SPORTS 3HD and FOX SPORTS 3
The US Open begins on August 30 with the world’s best players descending on Flushing Meadows, New York to contest the season’s last piece of major silverware. Novak Djokovic has been indestructible this year and will begin as favourite in the men’s draw as he chases his third major for 2011, while Aussie fans are hoping boom youngster Bernard Tomic can reproduce his sizzling run at Wimbledon. On the women’s side, local hope Sam Stosur has re-entered the top 10 after reaching the final at Toronto which may provide the spark for a raid on the year’s final Grand Slam.