2026 US OPEN RECAP: New Champions, Shelton's Finals Run, Rise of Influencers & More
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What were the iconic arrivals of Zverev and Rybakina and why do they matter?
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It's nothing shaking.
And a car.
Nothing's rattling.
That's it. JW is in the house. JW. Not in the back seat. We're going to do the U.S. Open recap show right now. Back in the studio on. solid footing. JW, I saw you for about four minutes during the US Open. We were like ships passing
in the night. We're ships passing in the tunnel. Good to see you. I'm John. Andy, nice to meet you. Mike. I know. It's the weirdest thing. This is what happens when you have a 20. We can talk about it. This is what happens when you have like 19 hours of tennis every day. I was on the morning shift with, you know, Jim Lindsay and Prakash and you guys were going home when I was arriving. Nice to see you. You guys did a great job. Thank you. You did a good job, Mike.
Yeah. Techie Sean. It was good. Techie Sean did a great job. MVP. How easy is it doing a show from a
studio? This is incredible.
Yeah.
I'm not squeezed into the third row with a
desk on my lap. You have plenty of room back there. Spacious third row. I mean, the fact that it could even happen was incredible. In the Cadillac Escalade IQ, the official.
There were
a
couple.
How did the race to year‑end world No. 1 unfold after the US Open?
The only thing that was a hazard was if we hit like a big-ass pothole,
Sean would go, ah, oh, ah. Stop, stop, stop. The audio device batteries kept getting low. You got smoked a couple times, but you couldn't even tell. Couldn't even tell.
Couldn't even tell.
So
I'm going to be honest here.
Yep.
Covered a lot of stuff. I'm woefully unprepared for this show.
It's been a solid 12 hours since we touched back down in Charlotte. Touched back
down. And I'll tell you this. Producer Mike Hayden was at school. Opening doors, volunteer carpool this
morning.
Yeah. Hit the ground hot.
7 a.m.
Yeah.
Smiling and helping kids get out of
cars. This is like Ben Shelton going to Davis Cup in Prague after getting to US Open final. This is the equivalent. Good effort. Pretty much the same. I've
had as physically of a taxing time as Ben Shelton. You're correct.
Yeah. Not. And that's not where the similarities end,
am I right? No, it's not. You should see my biceps. Yeah. All right. What are we doing? You know what? I mean, let's start off with the obvious, right? You have Zverev and Rabakhina taking home the slams. And one of the things that we have in today's episode, we're going to talk about an iconic arrival presented by Cadillac,
the
official vehicle of the U.S. Open. Originally, it was going to be us talking about who came onto the stage and really wowed us, came kind of out of nowhere. But I think when we were talking about the iconic arrival now is these two slam winners. have pretty much cemented themselves as future Hall of Famers.
Yeah.
And now one is sitting as world number one as of officially as of this Monday in Rabakina. And one is legitimately in the hunt for your end world number one, which is something would have been far-fetched.
Yeah.
So, I mean, your iconic arrival would be these two champions.
Yeah. Well, Rabakina is a wrap.
For
HLF.
What made the Alcaraz “thank you for the stage” moment special?
Yeah. Like a total wrap. Three slams. She's world number one. Send it. Plenty of time to create the picture, plaque, whatever. So that's an arrival. Zverev is kind of like... So the thing is, is like some people who have, you know, win a slam or whatever, they don't have like the full counting stats. Match wins, titles, like Zverev had those covered before he won a slam. And compared in all of these discussions to me are compared to precedent. I'm helpful with precedent, frankly speaking. I'm helpful to a lot of players trying to get in. And they did, after I got in, rightfully put in guardrails where it's like three slams, number one. Okay, you're different than the rest that we're actually really voting on.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What were the iconic arrivals of Zverev and Rybakina and why do they matter?
0:00–1:34
2
How did the race to year‑end world No. 1 unfold after the US Open?
1:34–3:29
3
What made the Alcaraz “thank you for the stage” moment special?
3:29–5:36
4
Why was the Iva Jovic vs Alex Eala third‑round match a highlight?
5:36–8:28
5
How did Ben Shelton’s unexpected finals run change the tournament narrative?
8:28–11:33
6
What is Andy Roddick’s hot take on the US Open being America’s biggest sporting event?
11:33–14:03
7
How did the accidental creation of the coaches’ box impact player interaction?
14:03–17:18
8
What were the key takeaways from the bracket challenge winners and upcoming Laver Cup?
17:18–1:02:50
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