As the players gear up for the start of the 2016 U.S. Open on Monday, Aug. 29, SI.com tennis experts and writers Jon Wertheim, Richard Deitsch, Elizabeth Newman, Stanley Kay and Jamie Lisanti discuss this year’s top storylines and predict the winners.
What are you most looking forward to in the draw? What storylines should we be watching?
Jon Wertheim: How’s Serena? She won the previous Major, but was clearly in distress at Olympics. Speaking of Rio, can Monica Puig and Juan Martin del Potro and even Rafa Nadal build on their triumphs?