2023 US Open Tennis: Carlos Alcaraz defending but has work to do to stop the returning Novak Djokovic
The 2023 US Open is the 143rd consecutive edition of the tournament and will take place at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Centre in New York. We take a look at the history of the major and preview this years edition, as more exciting matchups could be on their way.
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00:00 The 2023 US Open is the 143rd consecutive edition of the tournament and will take place
00:08 at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Centre in New York.
00:12 Bill Tilden has the most US Open titles with a record 10, but since the Open era however,
00:18 Pete Sampras and Ivan Lendl have 8, Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer and Jimmy Connors
00:23 all level on 7.
00:26 Newly crowned Wimbledon champion and current US Open defender Carlos Alcaraz will be awaiting
00:32 another possible famous battle with Djokovic with the Serb back at the tournament after
00:37 missing last year's edition due to the travel ban regarding vaccinations.
00:43 Another thrilling grand slam awaits and with a total prize money between the men, women
00:48 and doubles tournaments, now a record $65 million, the quality of tennis is expected
00:54 to be higher than ever before.
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