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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 Williams to begin US Open against Danka Kovinic

Serena Williams begins what is expected to be her final US Open with a match against Montenegro's Danka Kovinic but things could get tough quickly for the 23-times Grand Slam champion with second seed Anett Kontaveit possibly awaiting the winner. The US Open draw released on Thursday did Williams no favours, the 40-year-old American landing in the bottom quarter where fifth-seeded Tunisian Ons Jabeur, the Wimbledon runner-up, 10th-seeded Russian Daria Kasatkina and last year's losing finalist Leylah Fernandez of Canada all lurk.

2022 U.S. Open women’s singles draw, bracket

At the 2022 U.S. Open, world No. 1 Iga Swiatek, four-time Grand Slam winner Naomi Osaka and No. 10 Emma Raducanu headline the women’s singles draw. Serena Williams and Coco Gauff landed in the bottom half of the drawing.

2022 U.S. Open men’s singles draw, bracket

At the 2022 U.S. Open, world No. 1 Daniil Medvedev and No. 3 Rafael Nadal headline the men’s singles draw as the top two seeds. Rising stars Carlos Alcaraz of Spain and Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece will also pose strong threats to winning the Grand Slam title.

Canada's Fernandez draws France's Dodin in 1st round as U.S. Open draw is finalized

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.

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.

Emma Raducanu handed Alize Cornet test to kick off US Open defence

Emma Raducanu will begin the defence of her US Open title against French veteran Alize Cornet.

US Open: How Tracy Austin became the youngest ever champion in New York

Since its maiden tournament in 1881, the US Open has not been short of its iconic moments.

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Serena Williams To Face Danka Kovinic In US Open Start As Retirement Looms

Serena Williams to begin US Open against Danka Kovinic

2022 U.S. Open women’s singles draw, bracket

2022 U.S. Open men’s singles draw, bracket

Canada's Fernandez draws France's Dodin in 1st round as U.S. Open draw is finalized

Raducanu better now than when she won US Open: Clijsters

Emma Raducanu handed Alize Cornet test to kick off US Open defence

US Open: How Tracy Austin became the youngest ever champion in New York