Nadal’s path (3) will begin against the Australian Rinky Hijikata (198) and as the 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 who commands the other side of the table, the Russian Daniil Medvedev (1), defending the title and who will start his campaign against the American Stefan Kozlov (110).
In the absence of “Nole”, who also missed the Australian Open this year due to his refusal to be vaccinated against the coronavirus, is added that of the German Alexander Zverev (2), semifinalist last year and in full recovery from the injury who suffered at 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 the French Alize Cornet (37). ).
Farewell
In any case, the focus will be on Serena Williams, who will leave tennis at the age of 40 and with 23 Grand Slam titles under her belt.
Serena, a six-time US Open winner, the first in 1999 and the last in 2014, will debut against Montenegrin Danka Kovinic (80).
As for the Argentines, the New York Grand Slam will raise the curtain today and there will be a total of nine rackets, seven that entered directly and two that surpassed the classification.
In that sense, Francisco Cerúndolo, Sebastián Báez, Pedro Cachín, Federico Coria, Tomás Etcheverry, Federico Deblonis and Facundo Bagnis, the last two who emerged from the “qualy”, plus Rosario Nadia Podoroska, 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 the quarterfinals in the 2017 and 2019 editions, will face the American server Jack Sock (108) in the initial round and if he beats him, he will then have the Australian Alexei Popyrin (82) or the Chinese Chun Hsin Tseng (85).
Cerúndolo (27), champion this year at the Swedish ATP in Bastad, will debut today against the British Andy Murray (49), former world number one and winner of the US Open in 2012, and if he passes him he will go to the next round against the Australian John Millman (104) or the American Emilio Nava (200).
Báez (37), champion this year at the Portuguese ATP in Estoril, will play in the initial round against the Spanish Carlos Alcaraz (4) and if he causes a surprise and defeats him, he will go later against the Dutch Tallon Griekspoor (46) or the Rosario Federico Coria (78).
Cordoban Cachín (66), in his best season as a professional with four Challenger tournaments (Madrid, Prague, Todi and Santo Domingo), will play today against Slovenian Aljaz Bedene (343), finalist of the Argentina Open in the edition of 2018, and if he wins, an American tennis player will play in the second round: Taylor Fritz (12) or Brandon Holt (298).
Etcheverry from La Plata (86) will debut today against the Spaniard Pablo Andújar (92) and if he overcomes him, he will then have the Chilean Nicolás Jarry (120) or the Italian Matteo Berrettini (15).
Azuleño Delbonis (136), after going through the classification, will make his debut against local John Isner (48) and if he beats him, he will then go against Danish Holger Rune (32) or German Peter Gojowczyk (111).
Other Argentines
The Santa Fe Bagnis (100), also emerged from the “qualy”, will face today 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 Rosario Podoroska (190) will have a difficult start against the Slovakian Anna Karolína Schmiedlova (116) and if she wins she will go later against the Chinese Shuai Zhang (35) or the Swiss Jil Teichmann (30).
In doubles, Horacio Zeballos will be from Mar del Plata together 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 champions of the US Open, both in men and women, will receive $2,600,000, 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 US currency.
Source: Ambito
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