The 144th US Open swings into Queens on Monday, bringing with it the sport's top players and fans from all over the world. That means security in and around Flushing Meadows Corona Park will be tight.

In his mind, it was so far off the beaten path that he felt the need to tweet out a map of the US Open grounds to help his fans find it. The sarcasm in the message wasn’t hard to pick up.

There are four debut US Open men’s semi-finalists, the first time that’s happened since the first year of the event in 1881, ...