Venus Williams receives wild-card entry from USTA for US Open
Venus Williams will make her return to the US Open, after being sidelined in 2021, when the event gets underway on Aug. 29 in New York.
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Venus Williams will make her return to the US Open, after being sidelined in 2021, when the event gets underway on Aug. 29 in New York.
Novak Djokovic pulled out of next week's hard-court tournament in Cincinnati on Friday because he has not received any COVID-19 vaccine shots and isn't allowed to travel to the United States.
CINCINNATI (AP) — Novak Djokovic pulled out of next week's hard-court tournament in Cincinnati on Friday because he has not gotten any COVID-19 vaccine shots and so is not allowed to travel to the United States.
Novak Djokovic pulled out of next week's hard-court tournament in Cincinnati on Friday because he has not gotten any COVID-19 vaccine shots and so is not allowed to travel to the United States. That is also why Djokovic is not expected to be able to enter the US Open, the year's last Grand Slam tournament, which begins in New York on Aug.
Alexander Zverev has refused to rule out playing at the US Open this summer as he continues to work his way back to fitness. The German suffered ligament damage after rolling his ankle in the French Open semi-final earlier this year and was forced to leave the match against Rafael Nadal in a wheelchair. Ad Zverev, 25, has been out of action ever since, but as his rehabilitation continues, the Tokyo 2020 gold medallist is eyeing a possible return to action at Flushing Meadows at the end of August.
Three seeded Americans recorded straight-set victories to easily advance at the Atlanta Open on Wednesday in Georgia.
Dominic Thiem showed more promising signs in his comeback bid as he battled past Sebastian Ofner to reach the quarter-finals of the Generali Open in Kitzbuhel, Austria. Former world No. 3 Thiem has struggled for form after returning from a wrist injury in March, losing seven matches in a row before a first victory in Salzburg earlier this month.
Dominic Thiem believes his game has «clicked» as he continues his gradual comeback to tennis from serious injury. Thiem's original wrist problem first surfaced in June 2021 at the Mallorca Open with his subsequent recovery stalled by a hand injury and then — following his first match back — a bout of Covid-19. Ad/> However ahead of the US Open — which he won in 2020 to land his first and to date only Grand Slam — the Austrian appears to be turning a corner, and providing he receives a wild card he could be set to mount a strong showing in his first return to New York since triumphing in that event, having missed the 2021 edition with his wrist complaint.