Serena Williams will face Danka Kovinic in the first round of the US Open
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Serena Williams To Face Danka Kovinic In US Open Start As Retirement Looms
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. Williams, the 23-time Grand Slam title winner who has hinted she will make the event her farewell tournament, is in the same quarter of the draw as second seed Anett Kontaveit of Estonia. The 40-year-old American superstar, whose first Grand Slam title came at the 1999 US Open, would meet Kontaveit in the second round if both win their opening matches at the year's final Grand Slam event, which begins Monday.
Serena to face Kovinic in US Open start as retirement looms
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.
Raducanu better now than when she won US Open: Clijsters
Kim Clijsters. The 19-year-old Raducanu has endured a difficult first full year on Tour with injuries and poor form limiting her match wins, but Clijsters says no one should be concerned. "She's already done a lot more in the lead-up to the US, Open than she did last year, she beaten a lot of good players," Clijsters, an analyst for broadcaster Eurosport, told Reuters.
Andy Murray backing Cameron Norrie to have a 'good run' at Flushing Meadows
Norrie is set to be seeded eighth at Flushing Meadows due to the absence of Novak Djokovic, who will miss out on the final major of 2022 owing to United States rules restricting non-citizens from entering the country without being fully vaccinated against coronavirus.
Victoria Azarenka, a Belarus native, dropped from Ukraine charity match at US Open
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Victoria Azarenka to miss Tennis Plays for Peace exhibition due to ‘sensitivities’ - USTA
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.
Belarus’ Azarenka dropped from Ukraine exhibition at US Open
NEW YORK: Two-time major champion and former No. 1 Victoria Azarenka was dropped Wednesday from a pre-US Open exhibition event raising money for humanitarian assistance in Ukraine.