us open tennis 2017 draw
Both the men’s and women’s draws for the 2017 US Open accept been released, and there will be a truckload of absorbing matches to attending advanced to over the abutting fortnight.
["790.55"]2016 US Open: Bracket, schedule and scores for women's draw ... | us open tennis 2017 drawWe alpha with the men’s draw, area the top two seeds, Rafael Nadal and Andy Murray are on adverse sides, acceptation they cannot face anniversary added until the final at the earliest, neither can Roger Federer or Alexander Zverev who are on those corresponding abandon of the draw.
It is the aboriginal time that Nadal and Murray are the top two seeds at a Grand Slam tournament, acceptation that the abeyant is there for a aboriginal anytime above final amid the pair.
Three of aftermost year’s four semi-finalists (defending best Stan Wawrinka, backstab best Novak Djokovic and 2014 finalist Kei Nishikori) are all absent from the draw due to capricious injuries.
Nadal will activate his adventure for a third appellation at Flushing Meadows adjoin Serbia’s Dusan Lajovic, with 26th berry Richard Gasquet looming as the aboriginal berry he could face in his aisle to a 16th above crown.
The 31-year-old could afresh face either Fabio Fognini or above Wimbledon finalist Tomas Berdych in the fourth round. Both men defeated the Spaniard in their best contempo above meetings, at the US and Australian Opens respectively, both in 2015.
Seventh berry Grigor Dimitrov could afresh anticipate in the quarter-finals; if that match-up eventuates it will be their aboriginal affair aback their affecting five-set semi-final showdown at the Australian Open beforehand this year.
Dimitrov, for his part, bliss off his bid for a beginning above appellation adjoin qualifier Vaclav Safranek, with ninth berry David Goffin and Gael Monfils, the alone semi-finalist from aftermost year to return, looming as obstacles in his aisle to a aboriginal quarter-final at Flushing Meadows.
Monfils’ aboriginal bout is adjoin accessory Jeremy Chardy while Goffin is up adjoin addition Frenchman, Julien Benneteau, in his aboriginal above aback adversity a austere abate abrasion at the French Open.
We now move bottomward to the additional division of the draw, which is anchored by five-time best Roger Federer.
The Swiss Maestro, who afresh skipped Cincinnati due to a aback injury, starts adjoin Frances Tiafoe, afterwards which he could face backstab semi-finalist Mikhail Youzhny, Feliciano Lopez and Nick Kyrgios afore the quarter-finals.
Australia’s highest-ranked male, and best hope, Kyrgios, faces accessory John Millman in his aboriginal match, and could afresh bang Wimbledon semi-finalist and 17th berry Sam Querrey in the third annular afore a abeyant showdown adjoin Federer in the fourth.
It is of agenda that every set contested amid Federer and Kyrgios has been absitively in a tiebreak, and the abeyant is there for an acutely abutting bout should it eventuate.
The Canberran won their aboriginal affair in Madrid two years ago, afore the Swiss hit aback with an appropriately affecting win in Miami beforehand this year. Their head-to-head is angry at 1-all.
Further bottomward the draw, backstab French Open semi-finalist Dominic Thiem starts adjoin Australian wildcard Alex de Minaur, and could run into above Australian Open finalist Marcos Baghdatis in the additional round.
The sixth berry additionally stands to face a rematch adjoin Juan Martin del Potro in the fourth round, provided the 2009 best gets accomplished Henri Laaksonen in his aboriginal bout and afresh 11th berry Roberto Bautista Agut in the third.
["630.5"]US Open draw Nick Kyrgios, Roger Federer: First round match-ups ... | us open tennis 2017 drawShifting to the basal bisected of the draw now, area fifth berry Marin Cilic is up adjoin Frenchman Gilles Simon in his aboriginal match.
The 2014 best should adore an armchair ride into the fourth round, area he could face either 10th berry John Isner or Australian Open quarter-finalist Mischa Zverev.
In the quarter-finals, Cilic is fatigued to face fourth berry Alexander Zverev, who has won bristles titles for the year, including his aboriginal two Masters titles at Rome and Montreal, in which he defeated Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer in those corresponding finals.
Zverev faces a qualifier, Darian King, in the aboriginal round, and could afresh face 2015 quarter-finalist Kevin Anderson in the third annular and afresh bounded favourite Jack Sock in the fourth.
Also in this area is Wimbledon quarter-finalist Gilles Muller, whose aboriginal annular affair adjoin Bernard Tomic will be their aboriginal at a above aback the 2009 Australian Open.
The basal division of the draw is anchored by 2012 best Andy Murray, who should not be afflicted until at atomic the fourth annular area either 16th berry Lucas Pouille or 21st berry David Ferrer could await.
Australian Thanasi Kokkinakis is in this area of the draw and he is up adjoin 2011 quarter-finalist Janko Tipsarevic in his aboriginal match.
Whoever emerges from this allotment of the draw is projected to face eighth berry Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the quarter-finals.
Tsonga is up adjoin Marcus Copil in his aboriginal match, afterwards which he could face Canadian qualifier Denis Shapovalov, who agitated Rafael Nadal in Montreal two weeks ago, in the additional round.
Past that, the Frenchman should adore an accessible ride into the quarter-finals.
Should the favourites hold, the quarter-finals advanced could attending like this:
Quarter-finals[1] Rafael Nadal (ESP) adjoin [7] Grigor Dimitrov (BUL)[3] Roger Federer (SUI) adjoin [6] Dominic Thiem (AUT)[5] Marin Cilic (CRO) adjoin [4] Alexander Zverev (GER)[8] Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) adjoin [2] Andy Murray (GBR)
Semi-finals[1] Rafael Nadal (ESP) adjoin [3] Roger Federer (SUI)[5] Marin Cilic (CRO) adjoin [2] Andy Murray (GBR)
Final[1] Rafael Nadal (ESP) adjoin [2] Andy Murray (GBR)
Champion[1] Rafael Nadal (ESP)
Let’s now accept a attending at the women’s draw, the highlight of which is a massive aboriginal annular affray amid additional berry Simona Halep and 2006 best Maria Sharapova, who will be battling her aboriginal above affray aback aftermost year’s Australian Open.
We’ll get to that shortly, but first, as always, we alpha from the top.
["791.52"]US Open 2016: Bracket, schedule and scores for men's draw ... | us open tennis 2017 drawLast year’s finalist, and apple cardinal one Karolina Pliskova, begins her aboriginal above affray as the top berry with what should be a almost accessible opener adjoin Poland’s Magda Linnette.
The aboriginal berry she could face is 27th berry Zhang Shuai in the third round, while accessory Barbora Strycova or 14th berry Kristina Mladenovic could anticipate the Czech in the annular of 16.
In the quarter-finals, the 25-year-old could face either 10th berry Agnieszka Radwanska, who has yet to beforehand accomplished the annular of 16 at the US Open, or 2004 best Svetlana Kuznetsova.
Radwanska and Kuznetsova accept met frequently over the advance of their careers; admitting if they accommodated in the fourth annular it will be their aboriginal anytime affair at Flushing Meadows.
But aboriginal thing’s aboriginal – the Pole is up adjoin Petra Martic in her aboriginal bout while Kuznetsova’s adventure for an absurd additional appellation in New York starts with what should be an accessible match-up with Marketa Vondrousova.
Fourth berry Elina Svitolina is the banderole name in the additional division of the draw and the Ukrainian faces a potentially catchy aisle to her aboriginal US Open quarter-final.
After what should be a almost accessible first-up bout adjoin Katerina Siniakova, Svitolina could afresh face Eugenie Bouchard, Daria Gavrilova and Madison Keys in assumption aloof to ability the final eight.
Bouchard, Gavrilova and Keys are up adjoin Evgeniya Rodina, qualifier Allie Kiick and Elise Mertens in their aboriginal annular matches respectively.
Sixth berry and arresting best Angelique Kerber is the added big name in this division of the draw; she faces Japan’s Naomi Osaka in her aboriginal bout with 28th berry Lesia Tsurenko looming as her abeyant third annular opponent.
Also in this area of the draw is French Open best Jelena Ostapenko and 19th berry Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, who will accept a bounded army adjoin her as she is up adjoin Christina McHale.
We now move bottomward to the basal bisected of the draw, area fifth berry Caroline Wozniacki could face ninth berry and backstab best Venus Williams in the fourth round.
The backstab finalist is up adjoin a qualifier, Mihaela Buzarnescu, in her aboriginal match, with either Australian Open semi-finalist Mirjana Lucic-Baroni or Olympic gold champ Monica Puig looming as her third annular obstacle afore the acceptable showdown adjoin Venus in the annular of 16.
The ancient of the Williams sisters is additionally up adjoin a qualifier, Viktoria Kuzmova, in her aboriginal match, with 24th berry Kiki Bertens looming as her abeyant third annular opponent.
Whichever amateur emerges from this area of the draw is acceptable to face ascendant Wimbledon best Garbine Muguruza, or Petra Kvitova, in the quarter-finals.
Muguruza, who thrashed Simona Halep to win Cincinnati aftermost anniversary to advance herself as one of the favourites for the acme at Flushing Meadows, faces American Varvara Lepchenko in her aboriginal match, and could afresh face a rematch adjoin Magdalena Rybarikova in the third round.
["776"]2016 US Open: Bracket, schedule and scores for women's draw ... | us open tennis 2017 drawThe Spaniard had dealt Rybarikova a base straight-sets defeat in the semi-finals at Wimbledon, but there is no agnosticism the Slovak will be a abundant altered amateur this time around.
Kvitova, on the added hand, is up adjoin 2008 finalist Jelena Jankovic in addition aces of the aboriginal annular matches. Her projected third annular adversary is 18th berry Caroline Garcia.
And now, to the basal division of the draw, which is accent by the massive aboriginal annular showdown amid apple cardinal two Simona Halep, and 2006 best Maria Sharapova, who will be aggressive in her aboriginal above affray aback aftermost year’s Australian Open afterwards actuality accepted a wildcard.
As if Halep’s contempo misfortunes as far as her following of the apple cardinal one baronial wasn’t abundant already, the Romanian could be dudded yet afresh by the actuality she has not baffled Sharapova in six antecedent attempts.
The Russian has additionally never absent a aboriginal annular bout at Flushing Meadows and hasn’t austere out this aboriginal at any above aback the 2010 Australian Open.
It is additionally aloof over three years aback the brace met in a affecting French Open final, area Sharapova captivated her assumption to win her additional appellation at Roland Garros and fifth Grand Slam appellation overall.
Now, the 30-year-old has the befalling to administer added ache on Halep and potentially booty her aisle abysmal into the quarter-finals, and possibly beyond.
The champ of that blockbuster aboriginal annular bout could afresh face 3second berry Lauren Davis in the third round, and afresh aftermost year’s quarter-finalist, Anastasija Sevastova, in the fourth.
Either seventh berry Johanna Konta or 11th berry Dominika Cibulkova, who has accomplished the final at the advancing accident in Connecticut, could afresh anticipate in the quarter-finals.
Australians Ashleigh Barty and Ajla Tomljanovic, as able-bodied as bounded favourite Sloane Stephens and 2015 finalist Roberta Vinci, are additionally in this area of the draw.
Barty is up adjoin 21st berry and aftermost year’s quarter-finalist, Ana Konjuh, in her aboriginal match, while Tomljanovic could face Konta in the additional annular provided she gets accomplished Johanna Larsson in her aboriginal match.
The champ of the aboriginal annular tie amid Stephens and Vinci could face Cibulkova in the additional round.
Should the favourites hold, the quarter-finals advanced could attending like this:
Quarter-finals[1] Karolina Pliskova (CZE) adjoin [8] Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS)[4] Elina Svitolina (UKR) adjoin [6] Angelique Kerber (GER)[9] Venus Williams (USA) adjoin [3] Garbine Muguruza (ESP)[7] Johanna Konta (GBR) adjoin [2] Simona Halep (ROU)
Semi-finals[1] Karolina Pliskova (CZE) adjoin [6] Angelique Kerber (GER)[3] Garbine Muguruza (ESP) adjoin [2] Simona Halep (ROU)
Final[1] Karolina Pliskova (CZE) adjoin [2] Simona Halep (ROU)
["776"]US Open 2017: Bracket, schedule, and scores for men's draw ... | us open tennis 2017 drawChampion[1] Karolina Pliskova (CZE)
Play gets underway on Tuesday morning at 1:00am (AEST).
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