Spherical One motion on the 2026 US Open concludes on Day 3 with 20 males’s and 20 girls’s matches slated to hit the grounds in Flushing Meadows. No. 1 seed Alexander Zverev reached the peak of the tennis world in Paris. He desires extra. The German will get a difficult first-round encounter towards Lorenzo Sonego. Tope Oke, Yesh Ginsburg, and Ilemona Onekutu provide their predictions. However who will advance?
US Open Day 3 Males’s Predictions
Gael Monfils vs Adolfo Daniel Vallejo
Tope
The ultimate Grand Slam of Gael Monfils’ profession. I count on him to make it memorable. And with this draw, he’s going to win a match, besides.
Prediction: Monfils in 4
Yesh
Gael Monfils obtained a wildcard for what could possibly be one in every of his ultimate appearances right here, however he has struggled for type and health all through 2026. Adolfo Daniel Vallejo has been the extra energetic participant and is available in with higher current outcomes. That is their first assembly, and Vallejo’s present momentum may carry him by way of.
Prediction: Vallejo in 5
Ilemona
Gael Monfils’ farewell tour hits a tricky first-round snag on the US Open towards surging Paraguayan Adolfo Daniel Vallejo, who’s flashed hardcourt sharpness en path to the cusp of the highest 50. Monfils can nonetheless flip again the clock for a five-set thriller in entrance of his adoring New York crowd, however a shaky 2026 makes an precise upset a severe stretch.
Prediction: Vallejo in 5
Corentin Moutet vs Dane Sweeny
Tope
Sweeny could possibly be a reasonably strong laborious courtroom participant. I’m actually undecided why it took him so lengthy to regulate to the professional recreation. He’s preventing for the sting of the Prime 100 now, and I believe he can get a win right here.
Prediction: Sweeny in 4
Yesh
Corentin Moutet has the flashier recreation and extra tour-level expertise, however he has misplaced ten of his final eleven matches heading into this match. Dane Sweeny is a wildcard who has been competing usually on the Challenger circuit. Sweeny’s current match play towards Moutet’s struggles makes this an fascinating conflict.
Prediction: Sweeny in 5
Ilemona
Corentin Moutet’s US Open woes—three straight first-round exits since his 2022 fourth-round run ought to lastly finish towards Dane Sweeny, a top-100 outsider making his main-draw debut. Count on the Frenchman to dictate along with his motion and selection, carrying Sweeny down for a routine win.
Prediction: Moutet in 3
Jan-Lennard Struff vs Camilo Ugo Carabelli
Tope
Jan-Lennard Struff has by no means fairly put all of it collectively, which is a disgrace. He positively had the potential to be a constant Prime 20 participant. On the US Open, he comes up towards an opponent with the identical potential, who’s so much nearer to assembly it.
Prediction: Ugo Carabelli in 5
Yesh
Jan-Lennard Struff has an enormous hard-court pedigree with over 100 wins at this stage, whereas Camilo Ugo Carabelli is simply 7-20 on the floor in his profession. That is their first assembly, and Struff’s energy and luxury on fast courts must be an excessive amount of for a participant who prefers clay.
Prediction: Struff in 3
Ilemona
Camilo Ugo Carabelli limps into New York on a tough patch after first-round exits in Toronto and Cincinnati, plus a Cancun withdrawal whereas Jan-Lennard Struff reached a career-best US Open fourth spherical in final 12 months. The German appears to be in higher type and is the extra dependable choose particularly in these circumstances. Kind says all of it: Struff must be the clear choose right here.
Prediction: Struff in 4
Alexander Zverev vs Lorenzo Sonego
Tope
What a brutal first-round match for Zverev. He has performed properly this 12 months, although not a lot since Wimbledon, and Sonego is an elite participant when wholesome. It might not shock me to see one other of the match favorites bounced very early.
Prediction: Sonego in 4
Yesh
Alexander Zverev has crushed Lorenzo Sonego in all six of their earlier conferences and holds a 6-0 head-to-head benefit. Zverev is the highest seed and is available in as one of many favorites for the title. Sonego has had an honest season however has by no means discovered solutions for Zverev’s energy and consistency.
Prediction: Zverev in 3
Ilemona
Alexander Zverev walks into Arthur Ashe because the No. 1 seed and an ideal 6-0 towards Lorenzo Sonego and there’s little within the Italian’s recreation to counsel spherical one can be any totally different. Count on the German to make use of his French Open-winning type to brush the Italian in Spherical 1 of the US Open.
Prediction: Zverev in 4
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