A yr after reaching the US Open quarter-finals, Ajla Tomljanovic will make her return to aggressive tennis at Flushing Meadows with a first-round conflict in opposition to Hungary’s Panna Udvardy.
The 30-year-old Australian. whose scalps on the best way to the final eight final yr included Serena Williams, has not performed since having knee surgical procedure in January.
Tomljanovic’s fellow Australian Daria Saville, who can also be getting back from a knee operation, has drawn 17-year-old American wildcard Clervie Ngounoue, the winner of final month’s Wimbledon ladies singles title.
The different Australian girl presently within the draw, Queensland wildcard Storm Hunter, faces a tricky first-round job in opposition to Tenth-seed Karolina Muchova, of the Czech Republic.
On the lads’s facet of the draw, Australia’s finest hope, Thirteenth-seed Alex de Minaur, will face a yet-to-be decided qualifier within the opening spherical.
Australia’s subsequent highest-ranked male participant, Alexei Popyrin, can even meet a qualifier within the first spherical.
In an all-Australian first-up conflict, Max Purcell will tackle fellow Sydneysider Chris O’Connell.
In different first-round matches involving Australian males’s gamers, Aleksandar Vukic meets twelfth seed and former US Open finalist Alexander Zverev, Jordan Thompson goes head-to-head with Dutchman Botic van de Zandschulp, Jason Kubler takes on Italian Matteo Arnaldi, and wildcard Rinky Hijikata faces Russia’s Pavel Kotov.
There are additionally a number of Australians who stay within the qualifiers, together with Queenslander John Millman, who has been sidelined with a again damage for seven months.
Source: www.news.com.au
