By Tennis Now | @Tennis_Now | Thursday, August 17, 2023
You possibly can observe the dailry drama that’s US Open qualifying on ESPN platforms subsequent week.
ESPNEWS and ESPN+ will broadcast all 4 days of US Open qualifying beginning subsequent Tuesday, August twenty second.
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The qualifiers function 128 males and 128 ladies competing for the ultimate 32 slots (16 males and 16 ladies) within the 2023 US Open singles attracts.
ESPN+ will stream all matches on all 14 courts (12 courts on Friday) from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Japanese time.
ESPNEWS will broadcast matches every day from 11a.m. to five p.m. Japanese.
The whole US Open Qualifying Broadcast Schedule is right here:
U.S. Ladies to observe within the US Open Ladies’s Singles Qualifying Draw:
Taylor Townsend, this will probably be her third straight main trying to qualify for singles following this yr’s French Open and Wimbledon and her first time competing in qualifying on the US Open since 2019. She gave beginning to son, Aydn Aubrey on March 14, 2021 and since coming back from childbirth has reached a pair of girls’s doubles finals on the 2022 US Open with Caty McNally and the French Open this yr with Leylah Fernandez.
Caroline Dolehide cracked the High 100 of the WTA Rankings in singles for the primary time in her profession this season. This will probably be her third straight yr competing in qualifying on the US Open. She hasn’t reached the primary draw since 2020. Dolehide has 4 main semifinal appearances in ladies’s doubles, together with twice on the US Open in 2019 (with Vania King) and 2022 (with Storm Sanders). She additionally made ladies’s doubles semifinals at Wimbledon this yr with Zhang Shuai.
Kayla Day, for the primary time in her profession at a Grand Slam, Day superior to the third spherical on this yr’s French Open after defeating Madison Keys. Final yr, she competed in US Open qualifying, shedding in her 2nd match. Day has not performed within the US Open predominant draw since 2017.
U.S. Males to observe within the US Open Males’s Singles Qualifying Draw:
Aleksandar Kovacevic (goes by “Aleks”) made his predominant draw debut in a serious on the 2023 French Open, the place he misplaced to 23-time main champion Novak Djokovic within the 1st spherical. He performed 5 years of school tennis on the College of Illinois, the place he was a Two-Time All-American. Kovacevic was born and raised in New York Metropolis, the place he began enjoying tennis as a 4-year-old at Central Park together with his dad and mom, Milan and Milanka, who’re ex-pro desk tennis gamers from former Yugoslavia.
Maxime Cressy, the French-American participant started representing the U.S. in 2018. He earned his first ATP title at Newport on grass final yr and appeared in three- different ATP Finals together with in Montpellier earlier this season. Cressy performed faculty tennis at UCLA profitable the 2019 NCAA nationwide title in doubles with Keegan Smith.
Alex Michelsen, reached two main finals in boys’ doubles on the 2022 Australian Open and received the 2022 Wimbledon title with countryman Sebastian Gorzny. He determined to forgo his faculty dedication to play on tour. Michelsen reached his first profession ATP last at Newport and, at 18 years outdated, turned the youngest finalist within the match’s historical past. The week previous to that run, he received his first profession Challenger Tour title in Chicago.
Following the qualifying match, ESPN will current unique,” first ball to final ball” protection of the 2023 US Open. Protection begins Sunday, August 27, with a particular 90-minute SportsCenter on the US Open preview present on ESPN at 4 p.m. ET.
Picture credit score: Kathryn Riley/USTA/US Open
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