Venus Williams and Caroline Wozniacki handed US Open wildcards

Two-time champion Venus Williams and former world number one Caroline Wozniacki have received wildcards for the US Open.

Williams, 43, will be making her 24th main draw appearance at Flushing Meadows.

Wozniacki, 33, is making her first grand slam appearance since retiring after the 2020 Australian Open.

The 2018 Melbourne champion, who now has two children, was US Open runner-up in 2009 and 2014 and announced her return to competitive action in June.

They will be joined by up-and-coming Americans Ashlyn Krueger, Robin Montgomery, Kayla Day and Clervie Ngounoue, as well as Australia's Storm Hunter and France’s Fiona Ferro.

The US Open begins on Monday, 28 August in New York.