NEW YORK - Australian Open finalists Novak Djokovic and Dominic Thiem are on a collision course to meet again in the US Open final after they were placed at opposite ends of the draw on Thursday .
With five-times winner Roger Federer and defending champion Rafa Nadal skipping the tournament due to injury and Covid-19 concerns respectively, Thiem was named the second seed. Last year's runner-up Daniil Medvedev is seeded third and Stefanos Tsitsipas fourth. Alexander Zverev, seeded fifth, has a potentially tough first-round match against big-serving Kevin Anderson who reached the final in 2017.
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