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Serena Williams will face Danka Kovinic in the opening round of her final US Open appearance. The 23-time major winner announced earlier in the summer that she would bring the curtain down on her career at Flushing Meadows. Ad Emma Raducanu arrives in New York as the defending champion, but the Brit has a tough opening challenge as she will face off against French veteran Alize Cornet.
Leylah Fernandez and Bianca Andreescu learned their first-round opponents at the 2022 U.S. Open Thursday as the Canadians look to make another deep run at the final tennis major of the season.
Serena Williams will face Danka Kovinic of Montenegro in her first round match at the US Open following the draw for the tournament made on Thursday.
Emma Raducanu will begin the defence of her US Open title against French veteran Alize Cornet.
On August 24, on the Independence Day of Ukraine and on the anniversary of the sixth month of Russia's full-scale invasion with the participation of Belarus on the territory of Ukraine, $1.2 million was raised at a charity tennis event in New York, the website btu.og.ua said.
Eurosport expert John McEnroe says Iga Swiatek and other players have “got to come to grips” with the ball situation at the US Open, amid a debate regarding different balls being used at the final Grand Slam of the year. The US Open is the only Grand Slam where two different types of balls are used for the men’s and women’s tournaments, with the latter using lighter balls. Ad This could be a disadvantage to the harder-hitting players and Swiatek has called on equality in terms of the balls that should be used, urging the WTA and US Open organisers to change the “horrible” balls.
Belarusian player Victoria Azarenka will not play in the ‘Tennis Plays for Peace Exhibition’ at the US Open, the United States Tennis Association have announced. ‘Tennis Plays for Peace’ is an “initiative to bring the tennis community and fans together to support the humanitarian relief efforts for the war in Ukraine”, says its website.