US Open 2017: Bracket, schedule, and scores for men's draw

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The men’s draw at the 2017 US Open, the year’s final Grand Slam, is an interesting one. Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer have been drawn into the same half and can meet in the semifinals, but other than those two, the tournament is missing some of its biggest names.

That’s especially true as second seed Andy Murray pulled out of the tournament less than 48 hours before the start of it. Murray is dealing with a hip injury and could not participate, and he joins a long list of top seeds who won’t be able to play.

Novak Djokovic, Stan Wawrinka, Milos Raonic, and Kei Nishikori are also out of the running for various reasons, primarily injury.

So it seems to be down to Federer and Nadal, who have never met at the US Open. Federer is enjoying a nice career resurgence and has beaten Nadal the last four times they have faced each other, including in the finals of the Australian Open earlier this year.

The bottom half of the bracket should be interesting, with guys like Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, who would have met Murray in the quarterfinals, and Alexander Zverev, who would have met Murray in the semifinals, benefiting from the lack of big names.