Former world number one Karolina Pliskova will play the US Open against Poland’s Magda Linette. Petra Kvitova, Barbora Krizhikova and Maria Bozkova are waiting for players from the playoffs.
American Serena Williams, a 23-times Grand Slam winner who could bid farewell to her career in New York, will face Montenegro’s Danka Kovinichova, the 80th player in the world, in the opening round.
There are currently seven Czech female tennis players in the main competition, two men. Last year’s 22nd seed and quarterfinalist Pliskova could play Pozkova in the second round if she gets ahead of Lynette. At the moment, the highest-ranked Czech player in Kvitová (21st) or last year’s quarter-finalist Krejčíková (23rd) awaits his opponent.
Estonian Teresa Martinkova challenges Kaya Kanipiova to the opening. In the second round, she could play last year’s semi-finalist Arina Sabalenko from Belarus, and later also with this year’s Wimbledon winner Jelena Rybakinova of Kazakhstan. Karolina Machova will play Agla Tomlyanovikova of Australia, and Kachina Sinyakova will start the tournament at Flushing Meadows with American Taylor Townsend.
The Czech number one and 60th player in the world Lehika will make his US Open debut against Christian Garin of Chile. In the last major tournament of the season, Jerry Vesselo will meet the 22nd player in the world, Britain’s Daniel Evans.
Russian champion Daniil Medvedev, currently ranked number one in the world, will start the tournament against Stefan Kozlov, while British defending champion Emma Radokano will face competition from France’s Alize Cornet. She will face the Polish world number one, Iga Šwiatek, Jasmine Paolini of Italy.
The 21-year-old’s winner and this year’s Wimbledon champion Novak Djokovic will miss out. The 35-year-old Serbian will not be able to travel to the United States of America due to his refusal to vaccinate against the Corona virus, and the three-time champion will miss Flushing Meadows just as he did at the Australian Open earlier today. general.
Thus, he will miss the chance to win the 22nd Grand Slam title, thanks to which he will equal the record for Rafael Nadal. He will be joined by the Spaniard, who will play the role of second seed Australian Rinca Hijikata.
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