{"id":15647,"date":"2026-08-27T19:36:59","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T19:36:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swoosh0018.com\/?p=15647"},"modified":"2026-08-27T19:50:37","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T19:50:37","slug":"the-swoosh-daily-blog-champions-league-and-us-open-draw-and-a-hot-and-sour-soup-on-a-chilly-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swoosh0018.com\/?p=15647","title":{"rendered":"The Swoosh Daily Blog. Champions League and US Open draw and a Hot and Sour Soup on a chilly day."},"content":{"rendered":"

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If you mean the 2026\/27 UEFA Champions League draw, it took place today, 27 August 2026, in Monaco. All 36 clubs have now been assigned their eight league-phase opponents.<\/p>\n

Some of the biggest matchups include PSG vs Barcelona, PSG vs Manchester City, Real Madrid vs Inter, Real Madrid vs Arsenal, Bayern Munich vs Arsenal, Bayern Munich vs Atl\u00e9tico Madrid, and Liverpool vs Atl\u00e9tico Madrid.<\/p>\n

The league phase starts 8\u201310 September 2026, with each club playing eight different opponents<\/p>\n

From what I see Liverpool have it tough first up and then I think we can hold our own. From all the English teams the MANCS are in the perishaan<\/p>\n

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Y2026 US Open singles draw was made today, 27 August<\/strong>. Main-draw play begins Sunday, 30 August<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\ud83c\udfbe Men\u2019s draw \u2014 highlights<\/h3>\n

Top half<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  • (1) Alexander Zverev vs Lorenzo Sonego<\/li>\n
  • (3) Felix Auger-Aliassime vs Rinky Hijikata<\/li>\n
  • Taylor Fritz vs Darwin Blanch<\/li>\n
  • Flavio Cobolli vs Francisco Comesa\u00f1a<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    These are some of the Big games in the mens section. Of course for me its Alcaraz and so far its all about his Outfit. What do you think about Carlitos US Open Outfit<\/p>\n

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    The Big question is How will Alcaraz fair after such a long absence. And ofcourse theres Djokovic and Zverev<\/p>\n

    Bottom half<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    • (2) Carlos Alcaraz vs Roman Safiullin<\/li>\n
    • (4) Novak Djokovic vs Mariano Navone<\/li>\n
    • Ben Shelton vs Tallon Griekspoor<\/li>\n
    • Stefanos Tsitsipas vs Arthur Fils<\/strong> \u2014 one of the standout R1 matches<\/li>\n
    • Matteo Berrettini vs Stan Wawrinka<\/li>\n
    • Marin Cilic vs Andrey Rublev<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      The projected men’s quarterfinals by seeding are Zverev\u2013de Minaur, Auger-Aliassime\u2013Cobolli, Medvedev\u2013Djokovic, and Shelton\u2013Alcaraz<\/strong>. Alcaraz and Djokovic are in the same half<\/strong>, so they could meet in the semifinals. World No. 1 Jannik Sinner has withdrawn through injury<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

      \ud83c\udfbe Women\u2019s draw<\/h3>\n

      Defending champion Aryna Sabalenka<\/strong> is the No. 1 seed and opens against Camila Osorio<\/strong>. Coco Gauff<\/strong> is in the bottom half and could meet Amanda Anisimova<\/strong> in the quarterfinals. The bottom half also contains Elena Rybakina, Iga Swiatek, Mirra Andreeva and Naomi Osaka<\/strong>, making it particularly strong.<\/p>\n

      As for the ladies Im a Sabalenka Man. Her outfit is also styling<\/p>\n

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      Today was a lil Chilly so for Lunch I knocked a Hot and Sour Soup with a Butter Naan from My Diners in Rosebank.
      \nThis Hot and Sour Soup sets you right I tell you. The Naan is also a perfect Compliment<\/p>\n

      \"\"<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      If you mean the 2026\/27 UEFA Champions League draw, it took place today, 27 August 2026, in Monaco. All 36 clubs have now been assigned their eight league-phase opponents. Some of the biggest matchups include PSG vs Barcelona, PSG vs Manchester City, Real Madrid vs Inter, Real Madrid vs Arsenal, Bayern Munich vs Arsenal, Bayern […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15648,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[694],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15647","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-the-swoosh-daily-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/swoosh0018.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15647","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/swoosh0018.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/swoosh0018.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swoosh0018.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swoosh0018.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15647"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/swoosh0018.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15647\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15656,"href":"https:\/\/swoosh0018.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15647\/revisions\/15656"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swoosh0018.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/15648"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/swoosh0018.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15647"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swoosh0018.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15647"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swoosh0018.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15647"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}