Having been 12/5 earlier to grab the 2024 US Open win, Novak Djokovic’s odds of defending his title have shortened slightly in the lead-up to the competition.
Despite opting out of both, the Canadian Masters and Cincinnati Masters following his Olympics singles gold medal, Djokovic will enter the season’s final Grand Slam as the second favourite.
Djokovic was 12/5 to clinch his 25th major at Flushing Meadows this year following Carlos Alcaraz’s defeat of him at the Wimbledon 2024 final. Following his win at the Paris Olympics earlier this year, he has shortened to 9/4 to end as the 2024 US Open winner.
While Djokovic continues to remain second on the favourites list behind Alcaraz (who is 33/20 to win the 2024 US Open), the reason for the shortening of his odds could be down to his return to proper fitness.
The Serb wasn’t expected to even participate at Wimbledon earlier this year after having suffered from a right medial meniscus tear but came back well to make it to the final there.
He lost to Alcaraz but then defeated the same opponent at the Olympics singles final which was played at Roland-Garros, to exhibit what he’s still capable of. More vitally, it showed Djokovic was back to full fitness.
Following this duo on that list of favourites for the 2024 US Open lies Jannik Sinner (who is 49/20 to win this title) but there are concerns about his fitness. He had successive problems in the tournament including the Canadian Open in which he lost his quarterfinals to Andrey Rublev (who would go on to make the final).
Sinner admitted he was far from being 100% fit in Canada but was seeking to make the US Open at his best level of fitness.
Other than these three players Daniil Medvedev is a distant fourth at 7/1 to repeat his exploits from 2021 while Alexander Zverev is 16/1 to win his maiden Grand Slam.
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