 Kasparud vs. Carlos Elcaraz is the men's US Open Final for 2022 and both players have had to battle to get to the final stage. Kasparud came into the tournament seated 5 and would take on Kyle Edmund, the Brit who hadn't played for a long time and this showed as Rude won in straight sets 6-3, 7-5, 6-2. In the second round he'd take on the exciting unseeded Dutchman Van Rijtoven who had a great run at Wimbledon and after dropping the first set Rude had to battle back eventually prevailing in 4, 6-7, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4. In the third round he'd take on the number 29 seed Tommy Paul who had been in very good form throughout the US Open Series and after trading tie breaks in the first three sets it turned into a classic with Rude eventually winning in 5 sets 7-6, 6-7, 7-6, 5-7, 6-love. In the fourth round Rude would take on the lucky loser Mouté who got a second chance after a few late withdrawals and it made the most of his second chance and after dropping the third set Rude would eventually cruise through 6-1, 6-2, 6-7, 6-2. To advance to his first US Open Quarter Final. In the quarter finals Rude would take on the number 13 seed Baratini who had played very well at the US Open the previous few years but Rude came out on fire and would get through in straight sets 6-1, 6-4, 7-6 to advance to the semi-finals of the US. In the semi-finals Rude would take on the number 27 seed Hashinov who had just beaten Kirios in 5 sets in the quarter finals and after dropping the third set Rude would prevail in 4, 7-6, 6-2, 5-7, 6-2 to get to his second Grand Slam Final of the year. Carlos Elcores entered the tournament as the number 3 seed and would play Baez in the first round and after the first set being very close Baez eventually retired in the third with Elcores getting through 7-5, 7-5, 2-love retirement. In the second round he'd take on another Argentinian Correa who couldn't put up a fight against Elcores with Espanaid getting through in 3, 6-2, 6-1, 7-5. In the third round he'd take on the American Brooksby who had been very impressive to this stage beating Borna Chorich along the way but Elcores was too good getting through in straight sets 6-3, 6-3, 6-3. In the fourth round he'd take on former US Open Champion and 15th seed Marin Chilic and after winning 2 of the first 3 sets Chilic made him work pushing Elcores into the 4 hour mark and 5 sets with Elcores eventually prevailing 6-4, 3-6, 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 to get to the quarter finals. In the quarter finals Elcores would take on the number 11 seed Sinner who had beaten in the last 2 times they had played and after going down 2 sets of 1 and facing a match point Elcores would eventually prevail in a 5 hour record breaking match to finish later than any other match at the US Open getting through in 5, 6-3, 6-7, 6-7, 7-5, 6-3 to get to his first semifinal of the slam. Elcores would take on the number 22 seed in the semifinal Francis Tiafo who had had a dream run beating Rafa and Rubelev along the way and after going down a set Elcores would have to battle again in 5 sets Tiafo pushing him to the brink but Elcores prevailed 6-7, 6-3, 6-1, 6-7, 6-3 to advance to his first Grand Slam final. These two have played 2 times before with Elcores winning both their matches in straight sets and their previous match was in Miami only about 6 months ago with Elcores getting that win in the final of that Masters 1000 event. If Rude is going to win this match he needs to play aggressive and he also needs to keep the foot on the gas if he does go up 2 sets of love because we've noticed over the last couple of matches after he goes up 2 sets he seems to take the foot off the gas and we've seen with Elcores you can't allow to do that because that's what happened with Tiafo and he got beaten. If Elcores is going to win he's going to have to win the first set. I don't think he can go down a set again and play another 5 set epic like he has been the last couple of matches. He needs to get off to a good start and keep the energy up because Rude can play for 5 hours. Elcores has already done that but how much more gas has he got left in the tank? This is going to be an all-time final with the world number one ranking on the line not just the US Open so there is high stakes for this one. I'm going to go with Rude. I think Rude is going to win in 4. I think after playing in the French Open final a couple of months ago where he lost to Rafa I think he's going to use that experience and also the energy levels. I think he's going to be a little fitter and I think Elcores might fall apart. He's got to fall apart eventually. He's only human so I'm going to go with Rude in 4. But let me know down in the comments below who's going to win this final.