Questions for North American swing and US Open, including Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, Iga Swiatek, Emma Raducanu

The start of August means the start of tennis’ North American hard swing, leading up to the US Open in New York at the end of the month. The final Grand Slam of the 2022 season starts on August 29 and there are four weeks of tournaments before then, including the ATP 1000/WTA 1000 National Bank Open and the Western & Southern Open. Ad/> While it still looks unlikely that Novak Djokovic will play any part in the North American swing, the rest of the top players from the ATP and WTA tours are set to feature, including men’s world No.

1 Daniil Medvedev, who missed Wimbledon due to the ban on Russian and Belarusian players, and women’s world No. 1 Iga Swiatek, who will be aiming to add to her six titles this season. Andy Murray, Serena Williams, Emma Raducanu, Rafael Nadal and Naomi Osaka are also set to play over the next month.

ATP UmagSinner beats Alcaraz again to win first ATP title this year in Umag12 HOURS AGO So without further ado, what are the burning questions we can’t wait to get answered ahead of the US Open? Can Swiatek hit her stride again? After such a dominant spell earlier this year, the last month – with surprising defeats at Wimbledon and the Poland Open – might have given the WTA field hope that Swiatek will not be invincible this summer. The world No. 1 stacked up 37 wins in a row before losing to Alize Cornet at SW19, dominating on clay and hard courts as she won six successive titles, including winning on hard in Doha, Indian Wells and Miami for the loss of just four sets.

But her defeat to Cornet was followed by a loss to world No. 45 Caroline Garcia in Warsaw, and now Swiatek will have to bounce back in a period of the season that is still relatively new to her. She has only played the Canadian Open