Carlos Alcaraz and Roman Safiullin meet in the first round at US Open on Monday. Carlos Alcaraz is 7-3 across recent matches. Roman Safiullin is searching for form, having lost 2 in a row (6 of the last 10).

There's a wide gap in our ratings on hard, and our number follows from it. Anything other than a Alcaraz win would rank among the bigger surprises of the week.