Pod Laver ArenaUS Open week 1: Pop and Djok to lock horns, Osaka back in style
Alexei Popyrin has lined up a third-round clash with Novak Djokovic in a testing first week that’s also seen Thanasi Kokkinakis upstage Stefanos Tsitsipas and Chris O’Connell outclass Nicolas Jarry. Storm Hunter and John Fitzgerald join the show to discuss the big stories, including two-time champion Naomi Osaka who’s scored her first top-10 win since 2020 against Jelena Ostapenko. Top seeds Jannik Sinner and Iga Swiatek have battled through the early stages, but some big battles loom on the horizon. Brie Stewart reveals her top 5 observations from her time in New York, and Jon shares a major development in Ace of the Week.
