Naomi Osaka is the defending champion on the US Open.© AFP
Defending champion Naomi Osaka might meet second seed Aryna Sabalenka in a US Open semi-final whereas top-ranked Ashleigh Barty might need a Wimbledon remaining rematch with Karolina Pliskova underneath a ladies’s draw revealed Thursday. Osaka, the reigning US and Australian Open champion, was seeded third and will play Germany’s Angelique Kerber within the fourth spherical earlier than a potential quarter-final in opposition to Ukraine sixth seed Elina Svitolina. The Japanese star, who pulled out of the French Open and skipped Wimbledon citing psychological well being points, may then meet Belarus’ Sabalenka, a semi-finalist final month at Wimbledon, or Czech eighth seed Barbora Krejcikova, this 12 months’s French Open winner.
The alternative half of the draw options high seed Barty, coming off a second Grand Slam title at Wimbledon in July, going through a potential quarter-final in opposition to Polish seventh seed Iga Swiatek.
If Barty reached the ultimate 4, she might see Czech fourth seed Pliskova in a rematch of the Wimbledon remaining or Canadian sixth seed Bianca Andreescu, the 2019 US Open champion who skipped final 12 months’s New York hardcourt showdown.
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