US Open draw in full: Raducanu, Murray, Williams, Nadal and Kyrgios discover opponents
THE US OPEN took place on Thursday evening with the final major of the year getting underway on Monday.
The final Grand Slam of the year gets underway next week with all eyes on today's draw with Novak Djokovic announcing he won't be competing. The 21-time Grand Slam champion has not been allowed to travel to Flushing Meadows due to restrictions on foreigners unvaccinated entering the US.
It will give defending champion Daniil Medvedev a boost in his hopes of winning a second Grand Slam title of his career, but the Russian hasn't been in great form recently. Rafael Nadal comes in with a question mark over his fitness after his surprise defeat to Borna Coric at the Cincinnati Masters last week making the men's draw wide open.
Nick Kyrgios is seeded at a Grand Slam for the first time since the 2020 Australian Open and is arguably one of the most in-form players on the ATP Tour. On the women's side, Serena Williams and Emma Raducanu are likely to dominate headlines.
Raducanu returns to the scene of her historic major triumph from 12 months ago and put in some strong displays last time out in Cincinnati - including a dominant win over Williams. The American sporting icon is playing in her final event before retirement and will want to go out with a bang.
Stay tuned below for live updates throughout the evening when the draw is made.
Kyrgios' route to final
1R: Thanasis Kokkinakis
2R: Benjamin Bonzi
3R: Roberto Bautista Agut
4R: Daniil Medvedev
QF: Felix Auger-Aliassime
SF: Stefanos Tsitsipas
F: Rafael Nadal
Serena Williams' final run
1R: Kovinic
2R: Kontaveit
3R: Trevisan
4R: Fernandez
QF: Jabeur / Kasatkina
SF: Swiatek / Pegula
F: Raducanu / Badosa / Sakkari
Murray route to final
1R: Cerundolo
2R: Millman
3R: Berrettini
4R: Tsitsipas
QF: Rudd / Fritz
SF: Alcaraz / Sinner
F: Medvedev / Nadal / Norrie
Raducanu's route to defend her crown
1R: Alize Cornet
2R: Katerina Siniakova
3R: Naomi Osaka
4R: Aryna Sabalenka
QF: Paula Badosa
SF: Iga Swiatek
F: Anett Kontaveit
Nadal's potential route to final
1R-Hijikata
2R-Fognini/Karatsev
3R-Kecmanovic
4R-Tiafoe/Schwartzman
QF-Norrie/Shapovalov/Rublev
SF-Alcaraz
F-Medvedev/Tsitsipas
1R-Hijikata 2R-Fognini/Karatsev 3R-Kecmanovic 4R-Tiafoe/Schwartzman QF-Norrie/Shapovalov/Rublev SF-Alcaraz F-Medvedev/Tsitsipas
Raducanu in bottom quarter
Defending champion Raducanu is in the final quarter
No. 4 @paulabadosa's quarter includes Raducanu, Osaka and Venus Williams. pic.twitter.com/OKSdLdpkCG
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Women's draw first half
The first half of the women's draw has been unveiled
No. 2 seed Anett Kontaveit's quarter includes Leylah Fernandez, Barbora Krejickova and Ons Jabeur. pic.twitter.com/dJs9W7HZr7
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Second half of the draw
And the second half of the draw closely follows
No. 4 seed Stefanos Tsitsipas has former SFist Matteo Berrettini in his section with Casper Ruud and Taylor Fritz on the other side. pic.twitter.com/lWDkfEkAPf
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Nadal in Medvedev's half
The first half of the draw has been revealed
4x champion Rafael Nadal's quarter includes Cam Norrie, Diego Schwartzman, and Andrey Rublev. pic.twitter.com/Kygqacb3Aa
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Djokovic out of the draw
A reminder of the big - but very unsurprising - news that broke within the last couple of hours, Novak Djokovic has pulled out of the US Open after being denied entry into the States.
The Serbian tweeted: "Sadly, I will not be able to travel to NY this time for US Open. Thank you #NoleFam for your messages of love and support. Good luck to my fellow players! I’ll keep in good shape and positive spirit and wait for an opportunity to compete again. See you soon tennis world!."
US Open draw LIVE
Good evening and welcome to Express Sport's live blog for the US Open draw with plenty of storylines to keep an eye out for!
Serena Williams is playing her swansong major and will want to make a mark in her final Grand Slam while Emma Raducanu returns to the scene of her historic triumph from last year.
Andy Murray had hoped to be seeded for the US Open draw to give him a chance of building up some momentum, but disappointing first-round exits at the Citi Open and Canadian Open left him falling short.
Rafael Nadal and Daniil Medvedev come in as the favourites, but Nick Kyrgios also comes in on good form and could easily make another run to the final.
Keep following here for when the draw is officially made!