Leila Fernandez and Bianca Andreescu learned their first-round opponents at the 2022 US Open on Thursday. The Canadian is looking to take another lead in his final tennis major of the season.
The 14th seed Fernandez will face France’s Oceane Daudin.
The 19-year-old from Raval, Quebec, reached the final of last year’s US Open, but lost in straight sets to fellow British teenager Emma Raducane.
The Canadian quarter in the bracket includes second-seeded Annette Kontavate and 23-time Grand Slam winner Serena Williams.
Andreescu, who beat Williams in the 2019 final, will face France’s Harmony Tan.
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Vancouver’s Rebecca Marino will take on Poland’s 24-year-old Magdalena Fletch. The two are tied with France’s ranking of 104th and Marino’s ranking of 112th.
The winner will have a tough fight in the second round, with No. 7 Romania’s Simona Halep waiting for a bye in the first round.
In the men’s event, Denis Shapovalov drew 99th-ranked Swiss Marc-Andrea Hüssler, while world number 6 Felix Auger-Aliassime’s opponent will be determined in qualifying.
Vernon, British Columbia’s Vasek Pospisil has had a poor run to a potential qualification after Thursday’s second-round qualifier loss to Italy’s Andreas Seppi, 6-3, 2-6, 5-7. .
Kue’s Eugenie Bouchard, who was aiming to advance to the main draw of the Grand Slam for the first time since the 2020 French Open, failed in the second round, losing 6-2, 6-3 to Linda Noskova (Czech Republic). of qualifying.
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Serena Williams’ first opponent at the US Open, the final tournament of her career, is Danka Kobinic.
A win could see Williams face second-seeded Annette Kontaveit of Estonia in the second round.
The 23-time Grand Slam champion, who turns 41 on Sept. 26, announced this month that he is preparing to step away from his playing career. She didn’t say exactly when she planned to call it off, but it sounded as if the US Open was her farewell.
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Williams has won the Flushing Meadows hard court tournament six times.
She is just 1-3 this season and recently returned to singles action for the first time in a year after being sidelined in the first round at Wimbledon in 2021 with an injury.
Her first match came at the All England Club in late June, when she lost to world number 115 Harmony Tang in a third set tiebreaker.
The 27-year-old from Montenegro is 80th in the WTA rankings this week, moving up to 46th. Williams and Kovinic have never faced each other in singles.
Williams says she’s preparing to end her tennis career, so her every move will be a focus at the start of the US Open.
Williams has spent more than 300 weeks at No. 1, but her lack of activity has contributed to her decline. She is number 410 this week.
That meant she wasn’t seeded in New York and could be placed anywhere on the field, against any player.
Williams’ other opponents include 27th-seeded Italy’s Martina Trevisan in the third round and 2021 US Open runner-up Fernandes or 2021 French Open champion Barbora Krejcikova of the Czech Republic in the fourth round. There is likely to be.
She could play her sister Venus only in the final.
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Two-time French Open champion and No. 1 Iga Spheretek will face Jasmine Paolini in the first round, while Raducane will begin her title defense against Alizee Cornetto.
Possible quarterfinals are Swiertek vs. No. 8 Jessica Pegula, No. 4 Paula Badsa vs. No. 6 Alina Sabalenka in the top half of the field, and Kontaveit, or possibly Williams vs. Wimbledon runners-up. . Onz Jabbar, No. 3 Maria Sakkari vs. No. 7 Simona Halep or French Open No. 2 Coco Gauff in the bottom half.
The 35-year-old from Serbia, who owns 21 Grand Slam titles, has not been vaccinated against COVID-19. Aliens who have not been vaccinated cannot enter the United States.
In the men’s draw, defending champion Daniil Medvedev was seeded first. This is the first Grand Slam event since 2004 where Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer or Andy Murray failed to secure the No. 1 seed. He will start by playing against Stefan Kozlov of the United States.
World No. 2 Nadal, whose 22 Grand Slam titles are a record for a man, will face Australian wildcard winner Linkey Hijikata.
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Potential men’s quarterfinals include Medvedev vs. No. 6 Auger-Aliassime, No. 4 Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. No. 5 Casper Ruud, two past French Open finalists Nadal vs. No. 7. becomes. Cam Norry, No.3 Carlos Alcaraz vs. No.8 Hubert Hurkatz.
23rd seed Wimbledon finalist Nick Kyrgios could face Medvedev in the fourth round. In the first round, Kyrgios will face his fellow Australian, best friend and doubles partner Tanasi Kokkinakis.
