Of the 4 males’s semifinalists on the 2024 U.S. Open, solely World No.1 Jannik Sinner has beforehand gained a serious title. As the one one to style grand-slam glory, the Italian has an 81.8 p.c likelihood charge of hoisting the trophy on Sunday.
How did we get to that quantity? During the last 20 years, 9 of the 11 males in the same scenario went on to win that exact main. The one two gamers to defy the percentages? Rafael Nadal, together with his first French Open title in 2005, and Andy Murray, who captured the 2012 U.S. Open crown for his first slam. Whereas Murray had been in a serious last beforehand, on the 2010 Australian Open, a 19-year-old Nadal was an unknown commodity enjoying at Roland Garros for the primary time in his profession.