Fernandez, Andreescu, Auger-Aliassime, Shapovalov, and Diallo discover out who they’ll face first in
the singles attracts; Dabrowski begins her title protection
[MONTREAL, QC] August 22, 2024 – The primary draw of the US Open was determined this afternoon on the
USTA Billie Jean King Nationwide Tennis Heart in Flushing Meadows, New York. Six Canadians, together with three junior gamers. can be within the combine on the final Grand Slam of the season, which runs from August 26 to September 8.
Leylah Annie Fernandez (Laval, QC), Bianca Andreescu (Mississauga, ON), Felix Auger-Aliassime (Montreal, QC), Denis Shapovalov (Richmond Hill, ON), and Gabriel Diallo (Montréal, QC) will all compete in singles. Fernandez and Shapovalov will even play doubles with their respective companions Yulia Putintseva and Quickly-Woo Kwon. As for Gabriela Dabrowski (Ottawa, ON), she’ll be defending the ladies’s title she shares with Erin Routliffe.
Andreescu, who made Canadian tennis historical past in 2019 when she turned the primary Canadian lady to win a Grand Slam singles title, was awarded a wild card into this yr’s match and can go head-to- head in opposition to Jasmine Paolini (No. 5) within the opening spherical. The Italian has been a thorn in Andreescu’s facet at this yr’s Slams, eliminating the Canadian at Roland-Garros and Wimbledon. If Andreescu goes via, she might face two-time US Open champion Naomi Osaka, Jelena Ostapenko, Fernandez or Putintseva forward of the quarter-finals.
A finalist in 2021, No. 23-seed Fernandez can be working to rekindle her US Open magic. Within the first spherical, she takes on Anastasia Potapova. A win means she’ll collide with Osaka or Ostapenko after which probably with Andreescu, Paolini or her doubles accomplice Putintseva within the fourth spherical.
Seed No.19 Auger-Aliassime drew Jakub Mensik as his first opponent. The Canadian posted his finest leads to the Massive Apple in 2021, when he received so far as the semi-finals earlier than falling to eventual champion
Daniil Medvedev. This yr, Jannik Sinner, Tommy Paul or Stefanos Tsitsipas could possibly be in his path within the
fourth spherical and quarter-finals.
Shapovalov, who secured a quarter-final berth on the 2020 US Open, can be seeking to get again to his
former degree in spherical one in opposition to Botic Van de Zandschulp of the Netherlands. He might then doubtlessly
come throughout Carlos Alcaraz within the second spherical and Jack Draper within the third.
Diallo joins his compatriots in the primary draw after successful all three of his qualifying matches. This marks
his first look in the primary draw and his second Grand Slam debut, following his qualification at Roland-Garros earlier this yr. He’ll discover out his first-round opponent later in the present day.
In doubles, defending champion Dabrowski can be taking part in her eleventh US Open. To date this season,
she’s fought within the ultimate of Wimbledon and the Nationwide Financial institution Open introduced by Rogers with Routliffe. Collectively, they’re the highest group in ladies’s doubles. Fernandez can also be within the doubles draw with Putintseva. The duo reached the ultimate of the WTA 1000 Cincinnati Open simply final week.
Shapovalov and Kwon are teaming up for the primary time. Shapovalov hasn’t been within the doubles combine since
2020.
Within the junior occasion, Emma Dong (ON) of the Nationwide Tennis Centre in Montréal (NTC) and Nadia Lagaev (ON) are within the women’ qualifying match.
Junior wheelchair competitor Frederique Berube Perron (QC) was instantly entered into the primary draw and have become the very first Canadian to realize the feat.
