NEW YORK: Top seed and defending champion Carlos Alcaraz will begin his US Open campaign against Germany’s Dominik Koepfer in the opening round and could be up against sixth-seeded Italian Jannik Sinner in the quarterfinals, as per the draw announced on Thursday.
Alcaraz and Sinner had faced each other at the same stage last year in an epic five-set battle which lasted five hours 15 minutes, the second longest match in tournament history.
Second seed and three-time winner Novak Djokovic, who is looking to equal Margaret Court’s all-time record of 24 Majors, faces Frenchman Alexandre Muller in his first match at Flushing Meadows since the loss to Daniil Medvedev in the 2021 final.
Djokovic could be up against seventh-seeded Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas in the quarterfinal if the draw holds.
The other two projected quarterfinals are - third seed Medvedev against fellow Russian and eighth seed Andrey Rublev, and Norway’s Casper Ruud, fifth seed and last year’s runner-up, against fourth-seeded Dane Holger Rune. Agencies
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