The U.S. Open men’s tennis event would usually be rolling around in a few weeks’ time on the back of both the French Open and Wimbledon. This year, however, is unlike any other that has come before in human history.

With the French Open postponed until at least Autumn and the 2020 Wimbledon Championships cancelled in their entirety, the U.S. Open – if it goes ahead – will be the first Grand Slam since lockdown began, and the first to take place since the Australian Open back in January.

What would it look like, then, without the ‘Big Three’ of Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer?

The prospect of the U.S. Open going ahead without the three men around whom much of the interest in the event itself is generated is one which will worry both the ATP and the USTA (United States Tennis Association). Will that worry eb outweighed by the need to run the tournament from an economic point of view, however? If the U.S. Open goes ahead without fans, will any or all of the three men take part in order to try to win their latest Grand Slam, and if they don’t, who might triumph in their absence?