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The Australian Open, French Open, and Wimbledon have all been and gone: only one Grand Slam tournament remains.

Action at the US Open gets underway this weekend, and the women’s draw is just as fascinating as ever, with a range of leading contenders looking to hold off an array of surprise packages and dark horses.

Here, we make our predictions for what looks set to be a fascinating fortnight of action in New York.

First Quarter

Projected Q/F: (1) Aryna Sabalenka vs (7) Jasmine Paolini

Sabalenka has won three titles in 2025 and has arguably been the most consistent player all season, making it all the more surprising that she’s missed out on a Grand Slam title.

Having faced near misses at all three majors so far this year, the world No 1 will be more determined than ever to defend her US Open crown, and is a reliable pick to progress deep into the draw.

Sabalenka’s first significant test could come in round four against the fast-rising 14th seed Clara Tauson, who beat her back in Dubai, though the Dane faces a tough opener against rising star Alex Eala.

A potential quarter-final against seventh seed Paolini is a distinct possibility, with the Italian looking back near her best after an encouraging run to the Cincinnati final.

However, the Italian’s Grand Slam form has not been fantastic this season – she is yet to reach the last eight of a Slam in 2025 – and does not have the kindest draw.

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Paolini could face rising star Iva Jovic in round two, 32nd seed McCartney Kessler in round three, and ninth seed Elena Rybakina in round four.

Rybakina herself faces a tough early draw to navigate, with a potential round three versus Emma Raducanu or 24th seed Veronika Kudermetova.

Prediction: Sabalenka def Paolini

Second Quarter

Projected Q/F: (4) Jessica Pegula vs (5) Mirra Andreeva

Pegula was the runner-up to Sabalenka twelve months ago, though the American’s form has not been close to that kind of result so far this summer.

The American has been open about her form struggles and, with big points to defend, does not have a kind draw.

The fourth seed could take on 30th seed Dayana Yastremska in round three and 16th seed Belinda Bencic in round four, the Swiss being a former US Open semi-finalist, and a recent semi-finalist at Wimbledon.

On paper, Pegula is then set to face Andreeva in the last eight, though the fifth seed herself has played limited tennis this summer – losing early in Montreal before withdrawing from Cincinnati.

Andreeva does not have the kindest draw, with 25th Jelena Ostapenko potentially waiting in round three, though her consistent results at big events in 2025 have been impressive.

The Russian also has one advantage in having already beaten 10th seed and 2024 semi-finalist Emma Navarro, her projected round-four opponent, convincingly at Wimbledon this summer.

Also keep an eye on 22nd seed and Canadian rising star Victoria Mboko, who faces Barbora Krejcikova in the pick of round-one ties before a potential meeting versus Navarro in the third round.

Prediction: Andreeva def Bencic

Third Quarter

Projected Q/F: (6) Madison Keys vs (3) Coco Gauff

Gauff is the reigning French Open and WTA Finals champion, yet she enters her home Grand Slam facing huge question marks amid her recent service struggles.

That has led to a big coaching change, with Gavin MacMillan replacing Matt Daly, though the 2023 US Open champion still faces a tough draw in New York.

Gauff faces Ajla Tomljanovic in round one and Donna Vekic – who beat her at Paris 2024 – in round two, before a potential fourth-round clash against 23rd seed Naomi Osaka.

The Japanese is seeded at a major for the first time since the 2022 Australian Open, though she may have to battle past 15th seed Daria Kasatkina if she wants to return to the second week of a Grand Slam.

The top half of the quarter is highlighted by sixth seed and Australian Open champion Keys, a finalist here back in 2017, with further semi-finals in 2018 and 2023 to her name.

Keys has what seems to be a fairly navigable draw early on, with the retiring Petra Kvitova a potential round-two rival, though she could face 2023 and 2024 semi-finalist Karolina Muchova in round four.

Muchova herself faces a fascinating first round against none other than Venus Williams, making a record-extending 25th US Open appearance.

Prediction: Keys def Gauff

Fourth Quarter

Projected Q/F: (8) Amanda Anisimova vs (2) Iga Swiatek

A champion at Wimbledon and the Cincinnati Open already this summer, can Swiatek’s resurgence culminate in a second US Open triumph this fortnight?

The draw Gods have certainly been beneficial in terms of the world No 2’s hopes, with the Pole handed an advantageous pathway compared to the likes of projected semi-final opponent Gauff.

Swiatek could face 29th seed Anna Kalinskaya, whom she beat in Cincinnati, in the third round, with 13th seed Ekaterina Alexandrova a potential test in the fourth round.

All that could lead to a quarter-final versus eighth seed Anisimova, just weeks after her extraordinary double-bagel victory over the American at Wimbledon.

Anisimova has bounced back fairly solidly since that defeat and has a solid draw early on, with 26th seed Sofia Kenin her first potential seeded opponent.

The eighth seed could then face 12th seed Elina Svitolina in the fourth round, the Ukrainian a semi-finalist at this event back in 2019.

Svitolina could face fellow former semi-finalist Maria Sakkari in round two, and potentially breakout star Lois Boisson in round three.

Prediction: Swiatek def Svitolina

Semi-final predictions

Sabalenka def Andreeva

Swiatek def Keys

Final prediction

Swiatek def Sabalenka

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Emma Raducanu’s US Open campaign is just one day away, and the Brit will fancy her chances of getting her campaign off to a successful start.

It has been four years since the Brit’s stunning triumph in New York, though she has been unable to win a match at the tournament since then.

However, she has been handed a kinder first-round draw in 2025, with the Brit set to face qualifier Ena Shibahara.

The Japanese, who represented the US until 2019, has found huge success on the doubles courts across her career, and is now looking to make her mark as a singles player.

Here, we look at all you need to know about the woman looking to shock Raducanu at Flushing Meadows.

Doubles success

Though she is now plying her trade largely as a singles player, Shibahara’s biggest successes have come on the doubles court.

The Japanese is, in fact, a Grand Slam champion in mixed doubles, partnering Wesley Koolhof to win the French Open back in 2022.

Shibahara is also a former US Open mixed doubles semi-finalist, and reached a career-high of world No 4 on the WTA Tour doubles rankings.

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The 27-year-old is the winner of 11 WTA Tour doubles titles, including WTA 1000 crowns at the 2021 Miami Open and 2023 Canadian Open, and was a finalist at the 2023 Australian Open.

Partnering compatriot Shuko Aoyama, the pair stunned second seeds Coco Gauff and Jessica Pegula in the last four, before falling to Katerina Siniakova and Barbora Krejcikova in the final.

Recent seasons have seen Shibahara focus more significantly on singles, though she is still ranked as the world No 65 in the WTA doubles rankings.

Singles career

Currently ranked as the world No 130, Shibahara reached her career-high singles ranking of world No 116 back in July.

To date, the biggest title she has won in her singles career came at W35 level, beating rising US star Iva Jovic at the ITF Spring event in February last year.

The Japanese has since gone on to reach a further four ITF Tour finals, as well as compete in Grand Slam qualifying.

Shibahara was beaten in round one of Australian Open qualifying earlier this year, though she reached the second round of qualifying at Roland Garros and the final round at Wimbledon.

However, this is the second straight year she has qualified for the US Open main draw.

Unseeded, the 27-year-old progressed through the qualifying draw twelve months ago and then beat Daria Saville for her first Grand Slam main-draw win, before defeat to top seed Iga Swiatek.

Shibahara was seeded 20th in qualifying this year and did not drop a set to reach the main draw, defeating Kayla Day, Elena Pridankina, and sixth seed Varvara Gracheva.

Head-to-head

This is not the first time that Raducanu and Shibahara have met on tour, with the two previously facing off at the Nottingham Open last year.

Raducanu was still making her way back up the WTA Rankings at that point, though she was a comprehensive winner over Shibahara, who had come through qualifying at the WTA 250 event.

The Brit beat Shibahara 6-1, 6-4 to progress through the opening round, and would go on to reach the last four.

Start time

US Open action begins on a Sunday for the first time this year, and Raducanu and Shibahara have the privilege of opening play on one of the tournament’s biggest courts.

This round-one match is scheduled to take place on Court Louis Armstrong at 11 am New York time (4 pm UK time), among the very first matches of this year’s tournament.

The winner will face qualifier Janice Tjen or 24th seed Veronika Kudermetova in the second round on Wednesday.

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The countdown is on to the US Open and the game’s top players have made some interesting selections for their practice partners in New York.

Practice sessions at Flushing Meadows tend to be public affairs, with fans welcomed into the show courts to watch some of the stars of the game prepare for the final Grand Slam of the year.

The players who will be hitting together ahead of the US Open should serve up some high-quality sessions, with Novak Djokovic hitting with Czechia’s Jiri Lehecka.

Djokovic has praised Lehecka in recent years and suggested he will be a star of the future, with his work alongside the 24-time Grand Slam champion certain to be a thrill for the 23-year-old.

World No 1 Jannik Sinner has banished concerns over his fitness ahead of the US Open, after he was forced to pull out of the Cincinnati Masters final against Carlos Alcaraz on Monday due to illness.

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Sinner was back on court on Thursday and appeared to have made a full recovery as he was offering handshakes and hugs to all who greeted him on court, with Alcaraz among those who exchanged pleasantries with the reigning US Open champion.

Sinner will be hitting with America’s Alex Michelsen on Friday, while big-serving Ben Shelton will be fine-tuning his game with compatriot Marcos Giron and he is also booked to have a hit with Czechia’s Jakub Mensik.

World No 2 Carlos Alcaraz opted for a hitting session with Russia’s Karen Khachenov, while Denmark’s Holger Rune and Italy’s Lorenzo Musetti are also practice partners.

The New York fans will also get a chance to watch Alex de Minaur and Daniil Medvedev hitting together, along with

There were also some interesting match-ups for practice sessions with the game’s top women players, with world No 1 Aryna Sabalenka and Emma Raducanu a high-profile combination.

Sabalenka and Raducanu have played two closely contested matches at Wimbledon and Cincinnati in recent weeks and now the pair with practice together on the Grandstand court.

Australian Open champion Madison Keys will practice with her fellow American Amanda Anisimova, who reached the Wimbledon final last month.

Jessica Pegula will look to entertain her home fans as she has a practice session with Russia’s Anna Kalinskaya, who will be keen to prove her fitness after she struggled with her fitness at the back end of the WTA 1000 event in Cincinnati last week.

The final preparations are being made ahead of the US Open and the biggest names in tennis are almost ready to get the big show underway, with the expanded US Open having a Sunday start for the first time this year.

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Emma Raducanu has been handed a glorious chance to complete the rankings leap she has targeted after a favourable draw at the US Open.

The 2021 US Open champion is back at Flushing Meadows dreaming of a repeat of her iconic triumph from four years ago, as she became the first player to come through qualifying to win a Grand Slam title.

Her story since then has been a little less glorious, but the 22-year-old has shown some positive signs of progress in recent months and she is heading into the final Grand Slam of the year in an upbeat mood.

Raducanu pushed world No 1 Aryna Sabalenka close in a compelling match at Wimbledon and she went even closer to beating the best player in women’s tennis as she lost a third set tie-break earlier this month.

Now the British star is looking to get herself back into the mix at the top of the women’s game and she has been handed a favourable draw at the US Open.

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Raducanu just missed out on a seeding for the final Grand Slam of 2025, but she has a chance to make a leap in the WTA Rankings as she was beaten in the first round at the US Open last year.

She could have been drawn against some of the biggest names in women’s tennis in the opening round, but Raducanu has been fortunate to be drawn against a qualifier in her opening match.

If she gets through that match, Raducanu could face No 24 seed Veronika Kudermetova in round two and that match-up could be good for the former US Open champion after she beat the Russian in convincing fashion on her least favourite clay surface in Rome earlier this year.

The draw will then get challenging for Raducanu, as she could face big-hitting Elena Rybakina in round three, with the former Wimbledon champion confirming she is back to her best after a convincing win against Sabalenka in Cincinnati last week.

A run to the third round in New York should take Raducanu back into the top 30 of the WTA Rankings, which would put her in a position to be seeded for first Grand Slam event of 2026 at the Australian Open.

Raducanu has suggested her target for the rest of this year is to be seeded in Melbourne in January, but former world No 1 Mats Wilander suggests she should be aiming for more.

“I think what’s cool is that we’re seeing a better version than the one that she was when she was 18, even though she won the US Open,” said Wilander, as he prepares to join the Eurosport broadcasting team at the US Open.

“By a better version, I mean she’s still playing the same kind of tennis. She’s trying to be aggressive.

“She’s very complete in all aspects of her game and her serve has become better. Obviously, she’s stronger physically at 22 than she was at 18.

“Mentally, I’m not sure. I think mentally is the big question. Is she confident enough that she can overpower some of these players, because obviously (Aryna) Sabalenka and Iga (Swiatek) are bringing a different level than the players that she beat at the US Open four years ago.

“I don’t think we can look at Emma Raducano and say that she has another Grand Slam victory in her yet. She has to prove a few more things before we talk about her like that.

“But we are looking at an Emma Raducanu that can break into the top 10 here in a year or two, in my eyes, and I’m pretty convinced that she will break into the best players in the world.

“If we ask can she win another major? That’s another completely different question for another day.”

Raducanu gets her campaign at the US Open underway on Sunday, when she will be the first US Open singles match to be played on Louis Armstrong Stadium in 2025.

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Main draw action at the 2025 US Open begins on Sunday August 24, but who will lift the men’s singles title at the year’s final Grand Slam?

Arthur Fils, Grigor Dimitrov, Matteo Berrettini, Hubert Hurkacz, Kei Nishikori and Nick Kyrgios have all withdrawn from the event.

Here, we make our US Open predictions for what looks to be a balanced men’s singles draw.

First quarter

Projected QF: Jannik Sinner (1) vs Jack Draper (5)

In the Cincinnati Open final, Jannik Sinner was forced to retire due to illness when trailing Carlos Alcaraz 0-5 in the first set.

Despite this setback, the world No 1 is the favourite at Flushing Meadows as he looks to defend his title and secure a fifth major.

It is hard to see the Italian being troubled en route to the quarter-finals: 1R – Vit Kopriva, 2R – Alexei Popyrin, 3R – Denis Shapovalov (27), 4R – Tommy Paul (14) or Alexander Bublik (23).

Jack Draper was a US Open semi-finalist last year, but he has not played a singles match since Wimbledon due to an arm injury.

The Brit is projected to meet Sinner in the last eight, and his draw gives him a good opportunity to hold his seeding: 1R – Qualifier/Lucky Loser, 2R – Zizou Bergs, 3R – Gabriel Diallo, 4R – Lorenzo Musetti (10) or Flavio Cobolli (24).

Quarter-final prediction: Sinner d. Draper 

Second quarter

Projected QF: Alexander Zverev (3) vs Alex de Minaur (8)

Alexander Zverev bounced back from his painful opening round Wimbledon loss with back-to-back semi-finals in Toronto and Cincinnati after a training block with Toni Nadal in Mallorca.

Given his return to form, three-time major finalist Zverev should be too strong in this section: 1R – Alejandro Tabilo, 2R – Roberto Bautista Agut/Jacob Fearnley, 3R – Felix Auger-Aliassime (25), 4R – Andrey Rublev (15).

No 8 seed Alex de Minaur and No 9 seed Karen Khachanov are projected for a fourth round clash, with the winner potentially facing Zverev.

De Minaur has made the US Open quarters twice, but he has not beaten a top 10 player this year. Khachanov is a two-time semi-finalist at hard-court majors and was a runner-up in Toronto earlier this month.

The Russian’s form and Grand Slam pedigree may give him the edge if he can get past Nishesh Basavareddy (1R), Kamil Majchrzak (2R) and 19th seed Francisco Cerundolo (3R).

Quarter-final prediction: Zverev d. Khachanov 

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Third quarter

Projected QF: Taylor Fritz (4) vs Novak Djokovic (7)

Novak Djokovic, who is aiming to become the oldest Grand Slam singles titlist in history, has not played singles since his Wimbledon semi-final loss to Sinner.

The 24-time major winner’s route to the quarter-finals looks challenging: 1R – Learner Tien, 2R – Qualifier/Lucky Loser, 3R – Alex Michelsen (28), 4R – Holger Rune (11) or Frances Tiafoe (17).

The 38-year-old’s projected last eight opponent is 2024 US Open runner-up Taylor Fritz. Fritz is surely the most favourable top four seed Djokovic could have had in his quarter given the Serb’s 10-0 head-to-head record against the American.

Fritz, who was a Wimbledon semi-finalist last month, has a manageable early route: 1R – Emilio Nava, 2R – Sebastian Baez, 3R – Brandon Nakashima (30), 4R – Jakub Mensik (16) or Tomas Machac (21).

Quarter-final prediction: Djokovic d. Fritz 

Fourth quarter

Projected QF: Carlos Alcaraz (2) vs Ben Shelton (6)

Carlos Alcaraz arrives for his bid to win a second US Open title and sixth major after collecting the Cincinnati Masters crown.

The Spaniard faces an uncomfortable opener against huge-serving Reilly Opelka, but his path gets smoother thereafter: 2R – Mattia Bellucci, 3R – Luciano Darderi (32), 4R – Daniil Medvedev (13) or Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (18).

Ben Shelton has often brought his best tennis at Grand Slams, but he recently won the biggest title of his career to date at the Masters 1000 in Toronto.

The American, who made the last four at Flushing Meadows in 2023, has a great chance to set up a blockbuster last eight showdown with Alcaraz. His potential path is: 1R – Qualifier/Lucky Loser, 2R – Pablo Carreno Busta, 3R – Tallon Griekspoor (29), 4R – Casper Ruud (12) or Jiri Lehecka (20).

Quarter-final prediction: Alcaraz d. Shelton 

Semi-final and Final Predictions

Semi-finals:

This could be the fifth straight tournament where Sinner and Alcaraz meet in the final after clashes in Rome, the French Open, Wimbledon and Cincinnati (neither competed in Toronto).

It is hard to look beyond a third straight Grand Slam final showdown after the duo reinforced their supremacy on their return to action in Cincinnati.

Semi-final predictions:

Sinner d. Zverev in 3

Alcaraz d. Djokovic in 4 

Final: 

Sinner has won three of the last four Grand Slams, while he had three championship points before losing against Alcaraz in the staggering five-set French Open final in June.

Since the start of 2024, the Italian has dominated on hard courts, winning all three majors, the ATP Finals and three Masters titles. That makes it very difficult to go against him here.

Final prediction:

Sinner d. Alcaraz in 5 

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Esteemed tennis coach Rick Macci has lauded the talent of Mirra Andreeva and backed the teenage star to win the 2025 US Open title.

Andreeva, who has been at a career-high ranking of world No 5 since July, is enjoying an excellent 2025 season.

In February and March, Andreeva won consecutive hard-court WTA 1000 events in Dubai and Indian Wells — her biggest titles to date.

The 18-year-old recorded five of her six top 10 wins this year during these title runs, including victories over Iga Swiatek (twice) and Aryna Sabalenka.

The Russian also made successive quarter-finals at the clay-court 1000 tournaments in Madrid and Rome before making the last eight at both the French Open and Wimbledon. Andreeva achieved her best Grand Slam result to date at the 2024 French Open, where she made the semi-finals.

Macci knows what a future champion looks like, having coached five players who went on to become world No 1: Jennifer Capriati, Venus Williams, Serena Williams, Andy Roddick and Maria Sharapova.

The seven-time USPTA national coach of the year spoke exclusively to Tennis365 about Andreeva ahead of the US Open.

“I called this a couple of years ago, I knew where this was going. She (Andreeva) is gonna be number one, she’s my pick to win the US Open,” Macci said.

“I think on hard courts, her movement is 20 to 25% better than on clay. I think she gets in and out of the corners better on the hard-court, and she uses the forehand slice.

“And I know a lot of coaches don’t like the kids or people to do that, but listen, the game is very different than even six years ago, 10 years ago.

“The game is so much faster and quicker, the ball speed, movement’s a premium, stroke mechanics is at an all-time high and you gotta have the forehand slice!

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“I counted one match against Sabalenka, she did it over 30 times when she was out wide to live another day. She resets the point, but what she does different, she’s resetting the point low. She’s hitting the ball back with underspin.

“When you keep it out of the strike zone… so here’s Andreeva, that’s a part of her toolbox, that’s a part of her playbook, she chips the ball and keeps it in play where a lot of people reset it with topspin — and I’m not saying that’s wrong — but the people can step up and drive it from the shoulder. So when you keep it low, she lives another day.

“So that’s one piece that I love about her game. And she’ll throw in the drop shot, a lob and she’ll throw in the backhand slice and she’s not afraid to volley and take the ball out of the air.

“So she checks all the boxes in my book. Number one, for sure, is around the corner and she’s my pick to win the US Open.”

Andreeva has not played a singles match since sustaining a left ankle injury in her 6-7(5), 4-6 loss to McCartney Kessler in the third round of the Canadian Open in Montreal on July 31. The issue forced her to pull out of the WTA 1000 tournament in Cincinnati.

The Russian returned to action for the US Open mixed doubles event, where she and partner defeated the Serbian duo of Novak Djokovic and Olga Danilovic before suffering a 1-4, 1-4 quarter-final loss to Jessica Pegula and Jack Draper.

Andreeva will face world No 71 Alycia Parks in the opening round of the US Open.

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Aryna Sabalenka, Iga Swiatek, and Coco Gauff have learned their potential paths to the 2025 US Open title as the women’s singles draw has been revealed.

The top eight seeds in the women’s singles event are: Sabalenka (1), Swiatek (2), Gauff (3), Jessica Pegula (4), Mirra Andreeva (5), Madison Keys (6), Jasmine Paolini (7) and Amanda Anisimova (8).

World No 1 and defending US Open champion Sabalenka is joined in the top half by Pegula, Andreeva and Paolini.

The three-time major winner will start her tournament against Rebeka Masarova and could face Nuria Parrizas-Diaz or Polina Kudermetova in round two before a possible third round meeting with 31st seed and 2021 runner-up Leylah Fernandez.

The Belarusian could take on 14th seed Clara Tauson or 19th seed Elise Mertens in the last 16, while Paolini or ninth seed Elena Rybakina — who are slated to meet in the fourth round — are her potential quarter-final opponents.

The women’s singles top half draw is set! pic.twitter.com/x2eXmsYq2X

— US Open Tennis (@usopen) August 21, 2025

Emma Raducanu will begin against a qualifier and will play Veronika Kudermetova or another qualifier if she reaches the second round. The 2021 US Open winner could then meet 2022 Wimbledon champion Rybakina in a blockbuster third round encounter.

In the second quarter, 2024 US Open runner-up Pegula and teenage star Andreeva are projected to meet in the last eight, with the winner of this potential matchup due to face Sabalenka in the semi-finals.

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No 2 seed Swiatek is in a strong-looking bottom half of the draw with Gauff, Keys and Anisimova.

Swiatek, a US Open champion in 2022, will begin her bid for a seventh major crown against Emiliano Arango, while either Suzan Lamens or Valerie Glozman will await her in round two.

The Pole could meet 29th seed Anna Kalinskaya in the third round before a possible last 16 clash with 13th seed Ekaterina Alexandrova. Recent Wimbledon runner-up Anisimova is Swiatek’s projected quarter-final opponent in New York.

Third seed Gauff, who won the first of her two Grand Slams at the 2023 US Open, will start her campaign against Ajla Tomljanovic and she could face Donna Vekic or Jessica Bouzas Maneiro in her second match.

The American is projected for a third round encounter with 28th seed Magdalena Frech, while she could face 15th seed Daria Kasatkina or 23rd seed and four-time major winner Naomi Osaka in the last 16.

Keys, who won the 2025 Australian Open and was a runner-up at the 2017 US Open, is on course to play Gauff in the last eight. Swiatek and Gauff are projected to face off in the semi-finals.

US Open 2025 projected women’s singles quarter-finals

Aryna Sabalenka (1) vs Jasmine Paolini (7)

Jessica Pegula (4) vs Mirra Andreeva (5)

Coco Gauff (3) vs Madison Keys (6)

Iga Swiatek (2) vs Amanda Anisimova (8)

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Jannik Sinner, Carlos Alcaraz and Novak Djokovic have learned their potential paths to the 2025 US Open title as the men’s singles draw has been revealed.

The top eight seeds are: Sinner (1), Alcaraz (2), Alexander Zverev (3), Taylor Fritz (4), Jack Draper (5), Ben Shelton (6), Djokovic (7) and Alex de Minaur (8).

In a draw that looks fairly balanced, Sinner, Zverev, Draper and de Minaur have landed in the top half.

Sinner, who is chasing his fifth major, will start his US Open title defence against Vit Kopriva and could face a second round clash with the dangerous Alexei Popyrin.

The Italian is then projected to meet 27th seed Denis Shapovalov in round three before a possible fourth round meeting with 14th seed Tommy Paul or 23rd seed Alexander Bublik.

Draper, a US Open semi-finalist last year, is the seed projected to face Sinner in the last eight. While the Brit has not played since Wimbledon, he will be the favourite to progress from a section that also features Lorenzo Musetti (10) and Flavio Cobolli (24).

The men’s singles draw for the US Open is set!

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Zverev and de Minaur are projected to meet in the quarter-finals, with the player who advances from this section set for a potential semi-final showdown with Sinner.

With Djokovic seeded seventh, the 24-time Grand Slam champion’s position in the draw was a key talking point. The Serb has landed in the bottom half with Alcaraz, Fritz and Shelton.

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Djokovic begins his campaign against Learner Tien before a second round meeting with a qualifier and a potential third round matchup against 28th seed Alex Michelsen.

The 38-year-old could face 11th seed Holger Rune in the fourth round, while No 4 Fritz — a runner-up last year — is his projected quarter-final opponent.

Alcaraz, a US Open champion in 2022, faces a tricky opener against huge-serving American Reilly Opelka before second round match against Mattia Bellucci or Juncheng Shang.

The Spaniard is due to take on 32nd seed Luciano Darderi in round three and 13th seed Daniil Medvedev — a champion in 2021 — in the last 16.

The five-time Grand Slam champion is projected for a quarter-final showdown with recent Canadian Open champion Ben Shelton. The winner of that potential clash could meet either Fritz or Djokovic in the last four.

US Open 2025 projected men’s singles quarter-finals

Jannik Sinner (1) vs Jack Draper (5)

Alexander Zverev (3) vs Alex de Minaur (8)

Taylor Fritz (4) vs Novak Djokovic (7)

Carlos Alcaraz (2) vs Ben Shelton (6)

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Coco Gauff has made a career-defining move with her decision to hire biomechanical expert Gavin MacMillan with legendary coach Rick Macci confident she will now realise her full potential and go on to win double digit Grand Slams.

Barely a year after she started working with Matt Daly following the departure of Brad Gilbert, news broke that Gauff had parted ways with her head coach on the eve of the 2025 US Open.

The move took many by surprise as, under Daly’s guidance, she won this year’s French Open and the 2024 WTA Finals, while she also finished runner-up at the Madrid Open and Italian Open earlier this year.

But there is no doubt that despite her upturn in form, Gauff still struggled with her service motion, and it has cost her dearly in several matches as her double-fault count is often high, handing opponents free points.

Macci, who coached tennis greats Serena and Venus Williams early on in their careers, has in the past urged Gauff to work with a biomechanical expert and he feels MacMillan will finally sort out her serving woes.

“Cori Gauff just made the best decision in his life for Coco. By hiring Gavin MacMillan this can be solved real quick and make her serve click. What she hears will be 100% different than anything in the past. He knows the issue and understands joint angles and soft tissue,” he wrote in a series of posts on social media platform X.

“This is not only a game changer for Coco hiring Gavin MacMillan but a Major League career changer. I saw the modifications biomechanically he did with Sabalenka on her serve and he rewired everything from start to finish. A biomechanical expert knows exactly the real culprit not a symptom others say and see.”

Besides this year’s French Open, Gauff also won the 2023 US Open while she has peaked at No 2, but there is no doubt there is more to come from the 21-year-old.

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Macci added: “Everything is difficult before it becomes easy. Dad Cori Gauff understands he has the best athlete on the planet and her mental strength is like granite. The forehand and serve issues will soon become history and number one and double digit Slams no longer a mystery.”

“This long overdue decision will now lead to more precision. Cori Gauff great friend and a pillar of strength for this unreal athletic family has always heard but now he listened. He pulled the science trigger and Coco serve and forehand will become more reliable and bigger.

MacMillan arrives with a wealth of experience as he helped reigning world No 1 Aryna Sabalenka to overcome her service problems.

Sabalenka topped the double fault charts in early 2022, but she started working with the Canadian later in the year and she went on to win three Grand Slams after he fixed her serve.

“Gavin MacMillan will address the origin with Coco on the serve and correct it in a few days. She still needs reps and fire in combat but look for a huge change right now in the double fault area,” Macci wrote. “Then there will be a whole new lingo and understanding for Coco from here on in and many more slams the Delray Dart can win.”

In a few more posts he added: “Coco in my eyes went from she has a shot to win the Open to a real shot. Gavin will spark a fire [and] lift Coco higher because he has the knowledge to change that technical wire. This is a biomechanical issue. Gavin works under the hood and one of a few scientists who could.

“Everything in life is in the EYE OF THE BEHOLDER. The problems with Coco serve will be signed sealed and she will deliver. Gavin will take a step-by-step science-based approach as he sees many issues from the preparation phase to the cocking phase that has affected the toss spine angle and weight transfer.

“A Biomechanical approach under the hood and understanding the human skeleton and effectiveness of motion will take Coco and her serve to a special place. Her off-the-charts genetics when wired in sequence will deliver the best serve on the tour 130 mph and very few doubles.”

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