Carlos Alcaraz and Novak DJokovic take their budding rivalry to New York City for the U.S. Open, where they are on opposite halves of the draw.
Alcaraz, the No. 1 seed, bids to become the first man to repeat as U.S. Open champion since Roger Federer won his fifth and final title in 2008.
Djokovic, the No. 2 seed, tries again for a 24th Grand Slam singles title, which would tie Margaret Court for the most in history.
Djokovic also bid for No. 24 at Wimbledon in July but fell to Alcaraz in a five-set final.
It was seen as a possible torch-passing, but Djokovic then beat Alcaraz in the final of their last pre-U.S. Open tournament in Cincinnati last week.
Alcaraz could play No. 6 seed Jannik Sinner in the quarterfinals and No. 3 Daniil Medvedev of Russia in the semifinals.
Djokovic is in the same quarter as No. 7 Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece and the same half as Holger Rune of Denmark.
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