NEW YORK – In what will be her final tournament, 23-time major champion Serena Williams will face Montenegro’s Danka Kobinic in the first round of the US Open. In a full draw, click here.
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early this month, Williams announces retirement after US OpenSix-time New York winner Williams will face No. 80 Kovinic for the first time.
Montenegro, 27, ranked a career-high No. 46 in 2016 and became the first woman to win a Hologic WTA Tour title in Charleston last year. At the Australian Open in January, Kovinić broke new ground as the first woman in Montenegro to reach her third round of a Grand Slam by defeating Emma Ladukanu in Montenegro.
The winner of that opener will face No.2 Annette Kontaveit or Jacqueline Cristian of Romania.
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World No. 1 Iga Spheretek won the draw and will face Italy’s Jasmine Paolini in the first round. The winner will face either 2018 champion Sloan Stephans or Belgian Griet Minnen.
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Also in Swiertec’s top quarter are three former major champions: 9th seed Garbinje Muguruza, 16th seed Jelena Ostapenko, 21st seed Petra Kvitova, and 8th seed Jessica Pegula. include. No. 24 seed Amanda Anisimova and two-time quarterfinalist Elise Mertens also landed in Swiertec’s quarters.
Ostapenko faces a tough opening draw with 19-year-old Chinese talent Zheng Qinwen.
No. 4 seed Paula Vadosa leads the draw in the second quarter and will face Lesia Tsurenko in the first round. Reigning champion Emma Raducanu has been drawn into the Badosa quarter to face France’s Alizee Cornet. The Frenchwoman is set to appear in her 63rd consecutive Slam tournament, breaking her record for most consecutive Slam main draw appearances by a WTA player.
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Badosa’s quarter includes 2019 semifinalist and 12th seed Belinda Bencic, three-time finalist Victoria Azarenka, 2021 semifinalist and sixth seed Alina Sabalenka, and 2016 finalist. Contains 4 seeds from Karolina Pliskova, the author.
Two-time champion Naomi Osaka also plays for the Badosa Quarter. Osaka faces this year’s Australian Open finalist Daniel Collins in the first round and could face Radukhanu in the third.
Reigning Wimbledon champion Jelena Ryvakina (seeded 25th) will compete in the qualifiers. The winner will face Venus Williams or Alison van Uytbank in the second round.
The third quarter of the draw is the toughest section, backed by third seed and last year’s semifinalist Maria Sakkari and Toronto champion and seventh seed Simona Halep. The quarter also features 12th seed Coco Gauff, Cincinnati Champion Caroline Garcia and Cincinnati Semifinalist Madison Keys.
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The final quarter of the draw will be led by No. 2 Contaveit and No. 5 Oz Jabbar against Madison Brengle. Also in the final quarter are 2021 finalist Leila Fernandez, San Jose champion Dalia Kasatkina and 2021 French His Open champion Barbora Kreichkova.
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