Since the introduction of the Hawk Eye, the discussions about the decisions of the line judges have been reduced to a minimum - with the checking of the lines, which has now been carried out completely electronically in the last few days, any room for argument has been lost. Will this also be the case when the pandemic comes to an end?
With her boycott of the semi-finals, Naomi Osaka has set an example against police violence in the USA, which has moved the organizers to postpone a game day. That was very well received by some of my colleagues (such as Sloane Stephens ) and legends (Billie Jean King, Boris Becker). Others did not want to give an opinion on the action (such as Sofia Kenin on the media day of the US Open). In any case, Milos Raonic has shown full support. With a strong speech after his defeat in the final against Novak Djokovic .

Stefanos Tsitsipas seems to have had enough of monsters at the moment. The Greek had to play after Kevin Anderson, John Isner, Reilly Opelka and Milos Raonic, Tsitsipas failed on the latter. Who was the only player to publicly announce that the courts at the National Tennis Center were amazingly slow. Pretty much all of the other assessments went the other way. But that didn't mean that suddenly only copies of the great service volley artist Stefan Edberg were at the start in the men's field.
According to the latest impressions, the towel issue seems to be resolved through official channels. The tennis pros are actually able to get to their towels without the help of the ball kids (at the US Open this term is not always correct because of the age of some of the participants). And yet the 25 seconds that are allowed to elapse between two rallies shouldn't be overused. Insane.
Novak Djokovic just doesn't like losing. Especially not in the tie-break. Djokovic's mental superiority over the rest of the field was particularly evident in his game against Roberto Bautista Agut, in which the world number one was not with himself and his game, and the Spaniard served the match in the third set after a comeback. The Serbian won 19 of his last 20 tiebreaks, the one against the RBA with zero. Only Dominic Thiem was able to briefly interrupt the series at the ATP Finals.
Specialty is sometimes overrated. Yes, it was known that Pablo Carreno Busta can also play well in doubles. But that he would win the title in New York with Alex de Minaur, who lives mainly from his footwork (but not from serve, return and volley), that was not in sight. Especially since the two were able to defeat three combinations with Dodig / Polasek, Koolhof / Mektic and in the final Murray / Skupski that exclusively indulge in pair skating.