Draper Starts Us Open Campaign Against Qualifier

3 weeks ago

BBC Sport tennis news reporter

British men's number 1 Jack Draper has been handed a US Open first-round lucifer against a still-to-be-determined qualifier arsenic he looks to eclipse past year's breakout Grand Slam tally successful New York.

Draper, 23, mislaid to eventual champion Jannik Sinner successful nan semi-finals - and nan 5th seed whitethorn person to look nan Italian world number 1 again successful this year's quarter-finals.

Emma Raducanu, who is Britain's starring women's player, will besides statesman against a qualifier arsenic she returns erstwhile again to nan segment of her unforgettable title triumph successful 2021.

Raducanu, 22, could travel up against 2022 Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina, who she precocious played doubles pinch successful Washington, successful nan 3rd round.

Four different Britons person earned nonstop introduction to nan singles draws done their ranking.

Katie Boulter and Sonay Kartal person some been drawn against seeded players - Ukraine's Marta Kostyuk and Brazil's Beatriz Haddad Maia respectively - successful their first-round matches.

Unseeded Cameron Norrie has been paired pinch different vulnerable floater successful American Sebastian Korda, while Jacob Fearnley faces Spanish seasoned Roberto Bautista Agut.

The singles of nan US Open, which is played connected a difficult tribunal successful New York, statesman connected Sunday aft being moved guardant from its accepted Monday start.

More to follow.