Patrick Mouratoglou has joined the chorus of voices placing Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz above the rest of the field at the final Major event of the season in New York.

The game has officially emerged from its hazy, post-Big Three hangover. There is no more hand-wringing anxiety over the fact that Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal are gone, and 38-year-old Novak Djokovic is clearly on the decline.