Novak Djokovic begins his title defence – and hunt for a file twenty fifth Grand Slam – in opposition to a qualifier, whereas girls’s champion Coco Gauff opens in opposition to France’s Varvara Gracheva.
Elsewhere within the males’s draw, world primary Jannik Sinner, French Open and Wimbledon champion Alcaraz and former US Open winner Daniil Medvedev are all in the identical half.
Australian Open champion Sinner may meet final 12 months’s runner-up Medvedev within the quarter-finals earlier than going through Alcaraz for a spot within the remaining.
Alcaraz and Sinner have been touted as the brand new rivalry to look at on the ATP Tour and performed a five-hour quarter-final epic in New York in 2022, when Alcaraz went on to win the title.
Italy’s Sinner was cleared of any wrongdoing earlier this week after twice testing constructive for a banned substance in March.
Olympic champion Djokovic additionally has a difficult draw, with current Montreal Open champion Alexei Popyrin probably ready within the third spherical, adopted by residence hopes Frances Tiafoe or Ben Shelton.
Within the girls’s event, prime seed Iga Swiatek opens in opposition to a qualifier, as does in-form favorite Aryna Sabalenka.
Second seed Sabalenka may probably arrange a rematch of final 12 months’s remaining in opposition to Gauff within the semis, however the American 20-year-old has landed in the identical half as Wimbledon champion Barbora Krejcikova and compatriot Emma Navarro, who beat her at SW19 earlier this 12 months.
If Raducanu beats Kenin she is going to face a good more durable process within the second spherical – sixth seed and title contender Jessica Pegula.
American Pegula has by no means gone past the quarter-finals at a significant however is in good contact, having received the Canadian Open title earlier in August, and opens in opposition to compatriot Shelby Rogers.
Tunisian quantity 17 seed Ons Jabeur, who was crushed by Swiatek within the 2022 US Open remaining, has withdrawn due to a shoulder damage.
Her slot within the draw can be taken by Belgium’s Elise Mertens, whose spot will in flip be taken by a qualifier.
