Saturday 29 August 2015 12:39, UK
We've taken a look at five men who will entertain you and might even cause an upset or two at the US Open...
Whether they're providing on-court thrills and spills or shocking the world's best players, these five guys will be worth keeping an eye on when the likes of Andy Murray, Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer are having their pre-match bananas!
Who knows what mood Monfils will be in throughout the US Open? The French maverick probably won't know himself until the first few points are out of the way.
When he's at his best, Monfils provides a rangy and athletic challenge to those at the top of the sport yet watching his relaxed attitude generates the feeling that he could improve upon his world No 16 ranking with a simple stretch of the legs.
Known to throw away points if he doesn't fancy it, leap through the air for unnecessary smashes and give off the approach that he's playing down the local park during Wimbledon season, Monfils is must-watch. But don't let him fool you - last year's US Open quarter-finalist can pack a punch whenever he turns it on.
The Bulgarian prodigy earned the tag 'Baby Federer' following his triumph at Wimbledon and the US Open as a junior. His star further rose after he was romantically associated with Maria Sharapova.
And despite the media spotlight he became the first Bulgarian male to win a World Tour title in the Open Era in Stockholm and then captured the Acapulco crown and Bucharest title last year.
The physical weaknesses that stopped Dimitrov making the most of his huge talent have gone, and there is now a belief that he belongs with the best. But the cultured right-hander, who split from eccentric Australian coach Roger Rasheed due to his poor form in 2015, has slipped to No 17 in the world so has some making up to do.
He lost in the fourth round at Flushing Meadows last year to Gael Monfils yet that remains his furthest progress in New York so far. However, the feeling remains that his recent results belie the prodigious abilities that lurk within.
Too often associated with scandal and controversy, his notorious Montreal Masters insult to Stan Wawrinka has recently eroded the memory that Kyrgios remains one of the brightest young talents on the Tour.
The Montreal episode is the latest, and the worst, in a line of temperamental outbursts from the 20-year-old but what originally brought focus to his matches was the blend of power and craft that he possesses at such a young age.
He announced himself on the world stage when he beat Rafael Nadal to make the quarter-finals at Wimbledon last summer yet, the following year, slumped to a stroppy loss to Richard Gasquet. It is the unique prospect of unpredictability and brilliance that Kyrgios brings to the court that makes him so watchable on the grandest stages.
As the highest ranked American, home fans will look to the giant figure of Isner to fly the Star-Spangled Banner to the latter stages of the US Open. Luckily, his shoulders are broad enough to handle the burden.
At 6ft 10in, Isner's height remains an inevitable facet of his skill-set - lauded when it aids his booming strokes but blamed if it impairs his footwork. The truth, as ever, remains somewhere in the middle yet the No 13 player in the world has grown into an awkward and tricky opponent for even elite opposition.
A quarter-final at Flushing Meadows four years ago remains the North Carolina ace machine's finest Grand Slam and although he was upset by countryman Sam Querrey in the first round of Cincinnati, his bludgeoning power-based style is a sight to behold when he's on song.
The Croatian enters a Grand Slam as the reigning champion for the first time after his shock 2014 US Open success but repeating the trick will be an even bigger feat.
Cilic beat Kei Nishikori in last year's final after the up-and-coming pair eliminated Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic respectively, to truly announce himself among the world's top players but in 2015 he has failed to immediately back up that first Slam.
Injury ruled him out of this year's Australian Open before his French Open and Wimbledon campaigns were feebly ended by David Ferrer then Djokovic. But the world No 9 has proved his capabilities in New York and if he is to avoid becoming a trivia question in years to come, now is the time to mount another challenge.
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