Questions for North American swing and US Open, including Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, Iga Swiatek, Emma Raducanu

01.08.2022 - 12:39 eurosport.com

The start of August means the start of tennis’ North American hard swing, leading up to the US Open in New York at the end of the month.

The final Grand Slam of the 2022 season starts on August 29 and there are four weeks of tournaments before then, including the ATP 1000/WTA 1000 National Bank Open and the Western & Southern Open.

Ad/> While it still looks unlikely that Novak Djokovic will play any part in the North American swing, the rest of the top players from the ATP and WTA tours are set to feature, including men’s world No.

1 Daniil Medvedev, who missed Wimbledon due to the ban on Russian and Belarusian players, and women’s world No. 1 Iga Swiatek, who will be aiming to add to her six titles this season.

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Swiatek said on Wednesday she did not like the balls set to be used at the US Grand Slam, which are lighter for women than those for men, adding that the female players make more mistakes while playing with them, and she doubted it was "nice to watch visually". "Very much agree," Spain's Badosa said, hailing the words of the Polish world number one on Instagram on Friday, placing her comments over a screenshot of Swiatek's statement.

Iga Swiatek calls out US Open over ball rules: 'I don't know why they are different than men's ones'

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