Nadal’s path (3) will begin against the Australian Rinky Hijikata (198) and as second seed he hopes to reach the final of a tournament he won four times (2010, 2013, 2017 and 2019) for a hypothetical crossover with the boss on the other side of the table, the Russian Daniel Medvedev (1)defender of the title and who will start his campaign against the American Stefan Kozlov (110).
In the absence of “Nole”, who also missed this year’s Australian Open for his refusal to be vaccinated against the coronavirus, that of the German is added Alexander Zverev (2)semi-finalist last year and fully recovering from the injury he suffered in Roland Garros.
Among the ladies, the favorite is the Polish Iga Swiatek (1)who will debut against the Italian Jasmine Paoline (57)while the defending champion is the British Emma Raducanu (11), who will start against France’s Alize Cornet (37).
In any case, the focus will be on Serena Williamswho will leave tennis at the age of 40 and with 23 Grand Slam titles under his belt.
Serena, a six-time US Open winner, the first in 1999 and the last in 2014, will debut against Montenegrin Danka Kovinic (80).
The way of the Argentines
As for the Argentines, the New York Grand Slamo will raise the curtain this Monday and in total there will be nine rackets, seven that entered directly and two that surpassed the classification.
In that sense, to the aforementioned “Peque” Schwartzman are added Francisco Cerúndolo, Sebastián Báez, Pedro Cachín, Federico Coria, Tomás Etcheverry, Federico Deblonis and Facundo Bagnisthe last two emerged from the “qualy”, plus Nadia Podoroska from Rosario, currently in box 190 but with a protected ranking for having been injured for almost a whole year.
Schwartzman (16), with the background of his access to quarterfinals in the 2017 and 2019 editionswill face in the initial round the American server Jack Sock (108) and if he overcomes it, he will then have the Australian Alexei Popyrin (82) or the Chinese Chun Hsin Tseng (85).
Cerunndolo (27)champion this year at the Swedish ATP in Bastad, will debut against the British AndyMurray (49)former world number one and winner of the US Open in 2012, and if he passes it he will go to the next round against the Australian JOhn Millman (104) or the American Emilio Nava (200).
Baez (37), champion this year at the Portuguese ATP in Estoril, will play in the initial round against the Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz (4) and if he causes a surprise and defeats him, he will go after the Dutchman Tallon Griekspoor (46) or Federico Coria (78) from Rosario.
The Cordovan Cachin (66)in his best season as a professional with four Challenger tournaments (Madrid, Prague, Todi and Santo Domingo), will play against the Slovenian Aljaz Bedene (343)finalist of the Argentina Open in the 2018 edition, and if he wins, he will have an American tennis player in the second round: Taylor Fritz (12) or Brandon Holt (298).
the platinum Etcheverry (86) will debut against the Spanish Pablo Andujar (92) and if he overcomes it, it will be the Chilean Nicolás Jarry (120) or the Italian Matteo Berrettini (15).
the azuleno Delbonis (136)after going through the classification, he will debut against the local John Isner (48) and if he beats him, he will then go against the Danish Holger Rune (32) or the German Peter Gojowczyk (111).
The Santa Fe Bags (100)also emerged from the “qualy”, will face the American Sebastián Korda (52) and if he advances to the next round he will meet the local Tommy Paul (33) or the Spanish Bernabé Zapata Miralles (79).
In ladies, the rosarina Podoroska (190) will have a difficult start against the Slovakian Anna Karolina Schmiedlova (116) and if she wins, she will then go against the Chinese Shuai Zhang (35) or the Swiss Jil Teichmann (30).
The man from Mar del Plata will be in doubles Horacio Zeballos with his Catalan partner Marcel Granollers and there will also be other Argentines such as Andrés Molteni and Máximo González, in a main draw that will be drawn during the week.
The US Open will distribute a record number of prizes between both ATP and WTA draws with a sum of 60,100,000 dollars.
The US Open champions, both men’s and women’s, They will receive 2,600,000 dollars, a figure higher than that delivered by the other three “majors”: The Australian Open awarded $2,071,064, Roland Garros $2,290,354 and Wimbledon $2,507,460 of US currency.
Source: Ambito
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