We are through the first week of action at Flushing Meadows!

Lukas Weese aka ‪@Weesesports593‬ , Staff Editor at The Athletic, joins Match Point Canada to breakdown the storylines from the US Open which has included big time upsets of Carlos Alcaraz and Novak Djokovic.

Weese discusses the impressive tennis of Zheng Qinwen, Daniil Medvedev flying under the radar, the struggles of Coco Gauff, and experiencing the atmosphere in New York.

Meanwhile, hosts Ben and Mike also chat about the Canadians, a breakthrough week for Gabriel Diallo, and project some favourites moving forward in the second week.

All of that and more on our latest episode of MPC.

00:00 - Welcoming Lukas Weese of The Athletic
01:00 - Lukas' experience covering the US Open for the first time
02:40 - Watching Zheng Qinwen
04:20 - Olympic year factoring into results
05:40 - Process of covering of a Slam
08:22 - Gabriel Diallo
10:20 - Jannik Sinner
12:25 - Gauff's struggles
15:50 - Storylines to follow for rest of 2024
17:00 - Shelton v. Tiafoe
18:15 - Losses from Djokovic and Alcaraz
21:05 - Who else can make a run?
23:58 - Coco/Brad Gilbert partnership
28:00 - Late nights again
29:10 - Iga and Aryna the favourites?
30:16 - Canadian wrap