A look at the U.S. Open, the years last Grand Slam tennis tournament:Surface: Hard courts.Site: USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York.Schedule: The 14-day tournament begins Monday. The womens singles final is Saturday, Sept. 10; the mens singles final is Sunday, Sept. 11.New This Year: A $150 million retractable roof has been installed at Arthur Ashe Stadium, which will allow play when it rains.2015 Mens Singles Champion: Novak Djokovic of Serbia.2015 Womens Singles Champion: Flavia Pennetta of Italy.Last Year: Serena Williams bid for the first calendar-year Grand Slam since 1988 ended with a stunning loss to unseeded Roberta Vinci in the semifinals. Vinci then lost to Pennetta in the first all-Italian major final, 7-6 (4), 6-2. After winning her first Grand Slam trophy, Pennetta announced she would retire at the end of the season. Djokovic beat Roger Federer 6-4, 5-7, 6-4, 6-4 for his second U.S. Open title and 10th major championship overall.Key Statistic I: 22 -- Number of Grand Slam singles titles won by Williams, sharing the professional-era record with Steffi Graf. Williams can break their tie at Flushing Meadows. Only Margaret Court has won more, 24 -- 11 as a professional, 13 as an amateur.Key Statistic II: 186 -- Number of consecutive weeks Williams will have spent at No. 1 by the end of the U.S. Open, equaling Grafs all-time WTA record. Depending on results in New York, Williams could be surpassed in the rankings after the tournament.Whos Missing: Top names missing from this years field include Roger Federer (letting left knee heal), Maria Sharapova (serving a doping suspension), Victoria Azarenka (pregnant), Tomas Berdych (appendicitis).Prize Money: Total payout to players is a tournament-record $46.3 million, a $4 million increase from 2015. 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After that, well head straight into an inter-regional League Championship Series clash between European champion G2 Esports and Mid-Season Invitational finalist Counter Logic Gaming of North America.ESPN was lucky enough to sit down with two AD carry legends of the game, South Koreas Kang Cpt Jack Hyung-woo of Longzhu Gaming, 23, and Chinas retired Gao WeiXiao Xuecheng, 24, to get their thoughts on the tournament before the action starts in the Bay Area.[It] feels like most Koreans think this way: that from all the NA teams, [Team SoloMid] is the only team that has the potential of going to the finals, Cpt Jack said. TSM is the most prepared and has the best plays versus the other NA teams.[I] feel like TSM has a great chance, great potential to go to the quarterfinals and semifinals, said Jack. And if they have a little bit of luck, also, theyll make it to the finals, so Ill be cheering for them. Id love to see all of NAs fans cheering for them and see what happens.For NA LCS, I didnt pay that much attention, but I still know about TSM, WeiXiao said. I think TSM is really strong with their AD carry and mid lane. Both of them have a really stable performance, and especially for the ADC, as Im an AD carry myself, Im looking forward to seeing [Yiliang Doublelift Pengs] performance at Worlds.Although WeiXiao may not have been following the NA League Championship series closely, he certainly remembers the highlights. From his perspective, Cloud9 has a lot to live up to at Worlds as a team with international renown. CLG, on the other hand, shoulders a lighter burden of expectations because its roster has changed so much since 2015. On the topic of rosters, there are certain individuals in the NA scene that have caught both Cpt Jack and WeiXiaos attention.[I] would pick [S?ren Bjergsen Bjerg] and [Jung Impact Eon-yeong], Cpt Jack said when asked which North American players he preferred. But Impact is a Korean so maybe [that] cancels it out. Bjergsen is the number one of all of NA. [I] consider him as the [Lee Faker Sang-hyeok] of [North America].Doublelift, Ive played with him before and I think hes a really, really strong player to play against, WeiXiao said. After I retired, Doublelift is still playing, and is still keeping his performance to a high level. I really respect that and think that he is overpowered. Its really hard for players to keep up their skill level for a long time.The topic then turned to which teams would show well at Worlds overall, in particular non-South Korean teams, since South Korea tends to dominate the competition. Cpt Jack was bullish on Chinas Edward Gaming and Taiwans Flash Wolves; WeiXiao agreed on EDG, especially given the teams group draw.dddddddddddd This led to a discussion on Chinas chances in general.For [Royal Never Give Up] I think they are a pretty new team with some new players they combined together, but I think the individual skill of the RNG players is good, said WeiXiao. But they are really weak at overall strategy, so if they have a better overall strategy, theyll be [strong]. The only thing about [them] is their group is pretty difficult.And lastly for I May, good luck! They are so new from the [LoL Secondary Pro League] straight to [LoL Pro League] and now straight to Worlds, they dont have lots of international experience and their group is too strong.On the topic of the best AD carries in the professional scene, although they had slightly different top picks, they both held Edward Gamings ace in the bottom lane in high regard. Their other picks ranged from players in South Korea to Europe to China once more.[I] think [Kim Deft Hyuk-kyu] has the most surprising elements of being an AD carry, Jack said.The first one is [Kim PraY Jong-in], answered Weixiao on which AD carries he respected the most, excluding the already-praised Doublelift. [Weve] been pro players during the same period of time before, and then Pray disappeared for a time and then came back again to win and kill all the other teams. Hes on a really great team now, and I think that is really great.Second one is Deft, WeiXiao continued. He wasnt doing so great in [2015] but hes improved a lot [this year] and has worked hard with [EDG] a lot. He has good results this season and went straight to Worlds. There is also [Jian Uzi Zi-Hao] -- everyone knows him. Hes really young, really good skills, and thats it. He is a good player. Lastly, its [Konstantinos FORG1VEN Tzortziou] from Europe. I met him in Poland for [Intel Extreme Masters] and [scrimmaged] against him. He is a really skilled player with lots of mechanics.We put the two players on the spot to give their top four predictions for the entire competition. Cpt Jack and WeiXiao both agreed on the ROX Tigers, SK Telecom T1 and EDG as the top three, but had some difficulty deciding on a fourth-best contender.I feel like the fourth team is tricky. I [pick] Flash Wolves, but I dont think Samsung [yet] because they have to prove themselves, Jack said.Flash Wolves, G2, and RNG have a really big opportunity to get into the fourth position. Thats just my personal impression, echoed WeiXiao.And Jack and Weixiaos Summoners Cup finals prediction?ROX Tigers [versus] EDG. Whichever team has the most Koreans will win, Jack laughed.EDG vs. either SKT or the Tigers, replied Weixiao. The winner? 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