No Jannik Sinner ... a rusty Carlos Alcaraz ... and a US Open that could get wild

When the US Open ended a year ago, all the evidence pointed to Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner continuing to meet in every major final as far as the eye could see.Not only had they battled for the title in Paris, London and New York, the gap between them and the rest of the field seemed to only be growing. It was a rivalry in full bloom and in many ways a race to history, reminiscent of the early dominance that Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal once shared.But as another US Open begins Sunday, the