Against all odds, they played the 2020 U.S. Open in New York. But it may as well have been staged in Arkansas—the Land of Opportunity. With Roger Federer and Rafa Nadal unable and unwilling to make the trip, and with Novak Djokovic self-sabotaging, this event gave someone else a chance to break the glass ceiling and win a major for the first time in four (!) years. (And let’s pause here: yes, not since the Obama administration has a player outside the Big Three cartel won a big prize.)
The great seizer, as it were: Dominic Thiem. Long pegged as a major winner, the 27-year-old Austrian fulfilled predictions today winning his first major with a .