The men’s finalists at Wimbledon and the Paris Olympics could only meet in the final; defending women’s champion Coco Gauff is seeded third
Novak Djokovic, left, and Carlos Alcaraz, seen before the men’s singles final at the Wimbledon tennis championships July 14, 2024, in London, are on opposite sides of the draw for the U.S. Open in New York. NEW YORK — Defending champion Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz wound up on opposite sides of the U.S. Open bracket in Thursday’s draw, meaning they could meet in another big final after Wimbledon and the Paris Olympics.
In a rematch at the Paris Games this month, Djokovic beat Alcaraz in a pair of tiebreakers for his first Olympic gold medal. Two past U.S. Open women’s champions who missed the tournament last year could face a tough time even getting out of the first round in their return. Men’s first-round matchups of note include No. 13 seed Ben Shelton, an American who reached the semifinals last year, facing 2020 U.S. Open champion Dominic Thiem, who received a wild card into what will be his final Grand Slam tournament before retiring. No. 18 seed Lorenzo Musetti, who reached the Wimbledon semifinals and won an Olympic bronze medal for Italy, plays American Reilly Opelka.U.S. Open: Ludvig Aberg seizes lead; Patrick Cantlay, 2 others are 1 stroke behindU.S.
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