Djokovic, before a rival of the previous one with Zverev in his route

Novak Djokovic I already know which way he will have to advance if he wants to be champion of the US Open 2021 and break the men’s record for Grand Slam titles, with 21, in the absence of Rafa Nadal and Roger Federer, with whom he is now tied at 20. The Serbian will start this year against a rival from the qualifying round and if he does so successfully, by ranking he could meet the German Struff in the second round, with the Belgian Goffin in third, with the Australian De Miñaur in the second round and, From there, curves, because in the quarterfinals the Italian Berrettini could wait for him, against whom he played and won the Wimbledon final last July, and in the semifinals he would face Alexander Zverev, who has beaten him three times in nine games. Then there would be a hypothetical final against the number two in the world, Daniil Medvedev, who arrives in good shape and aspires to snatch the one from him.

The Riuso will face the French Garsquet at the beginning, and on his route would be later the German Kopefer, the Croatian Cilic, the Bulgarian Dimitrov, the Norwegian Ruud and his compatriot Rublev, who beat him just a few days ago in Cincinnati, before a long-awaited meeting with Djokovic.

As for the Spanish, Pablo Carreño, seeded number 9, waits for an opponent from the previous one, and then he would see Basilashvili, Opelka, Shapovalov and Zverev to try to meet again in the semifinals with Djokovic, whom he beat by disqualification last year in New York, and a few weeks ago at the Tokyo Games. Bautista, on the other hand, has the unpredictable Australian Nick Kyrgios in one of the most interesting duels of the first round along with the one between Andy Murray and Stefanos Tsitsipas. Alejandro Davidovich will face the French Simon; Pablo Andújar will face a qualifier, like Carlos Taberner and Feliciano López; Carlos Alcaraz will meet the British Norrie; Pedro Martínez, with the Australian Duckworth; Roberto Carballés with the American Paul; Albert Ramos with the French Pouille and Jaume Munar with the Russian Karatsev.