Who could win a shock US Open? Taylor Fritz, Cameron Norrie, Jessica Pegula look to follow Emma Raducanu

Look down the list of US Open champions over the last 10 years and you’ll immediately notice something different from the Australian Open, the French Open and Wimbledon: variety. While Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer have dominated the first three men's Grand Slams of the season, in New York there have been seven different champions over the last 10 years.

On the women’s side the US Open has also thrown up more surprises than elsewhere, with five first-time Grand Slam champions in the last seven years. Ad So, after Daniil Medvedev and Emma Raducanu both broke their major ducks in New York in 2021, who could follow this time around? US Open'Not crying about it' — Ruud not focused on unvaccinated Djokovic's US Open troubles2 HOURS AGO Taylor Fritz Fritz is enjoying a very strong year, rising up from outside the top 20 to the brink of the top 10 and separating himself from an upcoming bunch of young Americans to so far look the cream of the crop.

He won the biggest title of his career in Indian Wells earlier this season, came agonisingly close to making the Wimbledon semi-finals (failing to close out against an injured Rafael Nadal) and has wins over Andy Murray, Andrey Rublev and Nick Kyrgios this summer. Although Fritz hasn’t enjoyed much success at his home slam yet, failing to make it past the third round, his big-hitting game and growing confidence should make him a contender for the latter stages this time around.

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