By Richard Pagliaro | @Tennis_Now | Thursday August 23, 2023
World No. 1 Iga Swiatek and Coco Gauff gave us a summer classic in Cincinnati.
Reigning champion Swiatek and Cincinnati champion Gauff are on a US Open quarterfinal collision course.
Allaster: US Open Ball is in WTA’s Court
The US Open draws were conducted today and the potential for a Swiatek-Gauff rematch pops off the page.
No. 4-seeded Elena Rybakina, the 2022 Wimbledon champion who knocked Swiatek out of the Australian Open fourth round, Miami Open champion Petra Kvitova, 2017 Roland Garros champion Jelena Ostapenko, former world No. 1 Victoria Azarenka, Olympic gold-medal champion Belinda Bencic, 2017 US Open champion Sloane Stephens and Roland Garros finalist Karolina Muchova are among the notable names in the top half of the draw.
The #USOpen2023 draws are out and put No. 1 Iga Swiatek and Coco Gauff on a QF collision course with Elena Rybakina, Belinda Bencic and Victoria Azarenka also in the top half. No. 2 Aryna Sabalenka, Jessica Pegula anchor bottom half. Venus Williams draws Paula Badosa in R1. pic.twitter.com/6jEhYhso4n
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No. 2 Aryna Sabalenka, the Australian Open champion chasing Swiatek for the world No. 1 ranking, anchors the bottom half of the draw that features Toronto champion and No. 3-seeded Jessica Pegula, No. 7-seeded Caroline Garcia, Wimbledon champion Marketa Vondrousva and 43-year-old wild card Venus Williams, who faces Paula Badosa in her opener.
The US Open starts on Monday, August 28th.
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