The preparations for the Men’s Singles at the 2020 U.S. Open are well and truly under way.

While many of the game’s big names, such as all-time Grand Slam leader Roger Federer, 12-time Roland Garros winner Rafa Nadal and Australian hard-hitter Nick Kyrgios, looking like they’ll miss the Flushing Meadows showpiece, sportsbettors are turning to other names as they look to pick a winner.

Many of those are taking the price of Evens for Novak Djokovic to take the title, but while there’s a good chance that happens, the Adria Cup organiser and current world number one might not have recovered fully from a bout of COVID-19.

If he hasn’t, then several of the players who played in the Cincinatti Masters and Western and Southern Open, the pre-U.S. Open tournament curtain-raisers yesterday will have high hopes of lifting the famous trophy designed by Tiffany & Co. come mid-September.