2026 US OPEN DAY 2: Alcaraz Rolls, Tiafoe 5-Set Thriller, Fils Falls & More artwork

2026 US OPEN DAY 2: Alcaraz Rolls, Tiafoe 5-Set Thriller, Fils Falls & More

Served with Andy Roddick

September 1, 2026

Andy Roddick breaks down results from Day 2 of the 2026 US Open, including Carlos Alcaraz winning his first match in 139 days, Stefanos Tsitsipas taking down Cincinnati champion Arthur Fils, and Frances Tiafoe surviving a 5-set thriller against Martin Damm.
Speakers: Andy Roddick

Topics: Tennis, Sports, Society & Culture

**SPEAKER_1** (0:00)
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**Andy Roddick** (0:59)
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**SPEAKER_4** (1:32)
We're in a studio in a car that, did you know that the doors are soft close?
They literally open and close themselves and then they soft close. And I just thought the AKG Studio reference from Dolby Atmos was the coolest feature of this car. But it's not. Soft close automatic doors.

**Andy Roddick** (1:49)
Great.

**SPEAKER_4** (1:50)
Yeah.

**Andy Roddick** (1:51)
It's great stuff.

**SPEAKER_4** (1:52)
Well, we were sitting in here for a long time waiting for you.

**Andy Roddick** (1:54)
That's true. That's true.

**SPEAKER_4** (1:56)
Because it is 1 o'clock in the morning.

**Andy Roddick** (1:58)
It is 1 o'clock in the morning.

**SPEAKER_4** (2:00)
You got all the matches in.

**Andy Roddick** (2:02)
We did some stuff. Just watched Osaka get through 6 and 6 Surfer both sets.
Did not convert. Extended the runway a little bit. Sabalenka looked good today.
That was a good performance. I needed performance from her. Roscava rolls in a Samova. Gets through Iga doing Iga things.

**SPEAKER_4** (2:24)
And a Samova's birthday, by the way.

**Andy Roddick** (2:25)
Oh, it is?

**SPEAKER_4** (2:26)
Yep.

**Andy Roddick** (2:27)
Oh, well, happy birthday.

**SPEAKER_4** (2:28)
Was yesterday.

**SPEAKER_5** (2:29)
Oh, yeah, yesterday, today, 1 a.m. It's 1 a.m. Yep.

**Andy Roddick** (2:32)
You get what we're saying.

**SPEAKER_4** (2:33)
Blair sung our happy birthday with the stadium. It was nice.

**Andy Roddick** (2:36)
Oh, that's nice. How's Blair's voice?

**SPEAKER_4** (2:40)
I mean, it was good for her.

**Andy Roddick** (2:41)
It's better than ours.

**SPEAKER_2** (2:42)
Do you know what I think? I love Blair Henley, obviously.

**Andy Roddick** (2:44)
Everyone watched Love All, but when you say, how's someone's voice, the person you're asking to goes, better than mine. Yeah, that's it. Taylor Townsend beats Kowalinska.

**SPEAKER_4** (2:57)
You called it.

**Andy Roddick** (2:57)
Can you explain the bonus situation for the bracket challenge, please?

**SPEAKER_4** (3:02)
Sure, because that's how you jumped me, I think.

**SPEAKER_2** (3:04)
Is it?

**Andy Roddick** (3:05)
Is that how?

**SPEAKER_4** (3:06)
No, I'm still winning the women's bracket challenge.

**SPEAKER_2** (3:09)
Okay.

**Andy Roddick** (3:09)
Yeah, I just want to point that out. You didn't answer my question. You just can use it as a segue to say you're winning the women's. Moukava rolls Navarro, Emma Navarro, gets through in a match that was held over from last night.
Watch Ben Shelton get a win over Greek sport. Ben played horrendously in the first set. Yeah. Got broken three times at seven winners, 13 unforced errors.
I was legit a little scared for him. I was calling the match with Chris Fowler. Night session. He did a really good job kind of steadying the ship because that it was it was a I mean, he would tell you this. I mean, it was a horrible, nervy set of tennis and he did a good job kind of flipping it. Wins third set in a breaker, ran away. Big foe gets through in five.

**SPEAKER_4** (3:55)
Before you move on to that, I want to ask you because I went out, I walked out the president's gate and Ben was on the practice court right there, right after his match with his dad, working on his backhand, working on kind of coming up in the court with his backhand. What do you make of somebody doing that right afterwards? I mean, he has a little bit of extra time before his next match, but is that just why it's fresh?

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