Completely different expectations for 5 ladies to look at on the US Open
5 ladies to look at at this yr’s U.S. Open at Flushing Meadows:
Coco Gauff
The 2023 U.S. Open champ, final yr’s title protection was derailed by double faults.
After a WTA-worst 320 this season, Gauff changed coach Brad Gilbert on her workers with Matthew Daly final week on the eve of the Open. It was a daring transfer.
This yr Goff has made one other daring transfer simply earlier than the Open, parting methods with Daly, and bringing in biomechanics knowledgeable Gavin MacMillan
Jessica Pegula
Like Taylor Fritz on the lads’s facet, she’s ranked fourth on this planet and is returning to Flushing as final yr’s runner up.
The distinction is the New York native is off form, knocked out of the French Open by wild card Lois Boisson and ousted from Wimbledon within the first spherical.
With two of her three titles this yr (Austin and Charleston) coming stateside, can she rebound in her residence Slam?
“I don’t suppose it will get significantly better than Ashe an evening match simply with the power and the ambiance,” Pegula stated. “I don’t suppose you possibly can beat it being in New York Metropolis. It’s simply very electrical, rowdy, enjoyable, a bit bit chaotic. However I really feel prefer it’s simply New York form of in a nutshell.”
Iga Swiatek
It’s nearly uncommon to see the six-time Slam champ go a full yr with out profitable a significant.
However these days the Pole seems again to her finest, dropping only a single set en path to profitable Wimbledon final month, and backing that up in Cincinnati.
Venus Williams
At 45 she’ll make historical past in Flushing because the oldest singles participant right here since 1981, when Renée Richards set the file at 47.
However foes like Naomi Osaka wish to focus extra on Williams being an icon than previous.
Ranked 654th in WTA singles, Williams acquired a wild card for her twenty fifth singles look on the Open.
Victoria Mboka
On the opposite finish of the age spectrum from Williams is the 18-year-old Mboko.
The Canadian beat Grand Slam champs Gauff, Osaka, Sofia Kenin and Elena Rybakina en path to her first WTA 1000 title at Montreal.
Now she’s making her fundamental draw debut right here on the U.S. Open.
