Essential singles draw for the 2024 version of the US Open has been made on Thursday.
No.2 seed Novak Djokovic will open marketing campaign in his 18th US Open look in opposition to world no.138 Radu Albot (MDA, Q).
The defending champion may face both Laslo Djere (SRB) or Jan-Lennard Struff (GER) within the second spherical.
Novak’s doable rivals within the later levels of the match are:
third spherical: Alexei Popyrin (AUS, 28)
4th spherical: Ben Shelton (USA, 13), Frances Tiafoe (USA, 20)
Quarter-finals: Andrey Rublev (RUS, 6), Grigor Dimitrov (BUL, 9)
Semi-finals: Alexander Zverev (GER, 4), Casper Ruud (NOR, 8), Taylor Fritz (USA, 12)
Jannik Sinner (ITA, 1), Carlos Alcaraz (ESP, 3), Daniil Medvedev (RUS, 5), Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE, 11) … are within the high half of the draw, and Nole can’t meet them earlier than the ultimate.
The Serbian tennis star received 88 matches out of 101 he performed on the US Open.
Novak will probably be searching for his twenty fifth Grand Slam title in New York, the place he lifted the trophy in 2011, 2015, 2018 and 2023.
Final 12 months, Djokovic beat Daniil Medvedev 6-3, 7-6 (5), 6-3 within the closing.
Competitions on the USTA Billie Jean King Nationwide Tennis Middle in Flushing Meadows start on August 26, and can final till September 8.
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