US Open draw announced, matches to begin on Monday

THE DRAW for US Open was announced in New York on Thursday. With Rafael Nadal and Caroline Wozniacki the top seeds in the upcoming US Open, fourth seed Andy Murray might face tough challenges as the game develops. Although the men's match looks tough, second seed, Roger Federer can be assured of a smooth road till the quarterfinals.

2009 champion, Kim Clijsters, who is the defending champion this year, is seeded number two followed by Venus Williams at number 3. The stakes are equally high for Wozniacki and Clijsters as the former just came out victorious from the Roger's Tournament in Montreal and Clijsters has to defend her title with an injured hip.

As the first round of the draw commences, FedEx will be seen playing opposite Brian Dabul of Argentina. The 26 year old Dabul has an experience of 13 career matches on the tour. The US Open will miss players like Marcos Baghdatis, Mardy Fish, or David Nalbandian.

Soderling, who lost to FedEx in the US Open quarters an year ago, is not in a very good shape. The hard court exits he faced in both Toronto and Cincinnati Open is an example to that.

MENS

Rafael Nadal vs Teymuraz Gabashvili (RUS)

Maximo Gonzalez (ARG) vs Denis Istomen (UZB)

Gilles Simon (FRA) vs Donald Young (USA)

Tobias Kamke (GER) vs Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER)

Feliciano Lopez (ESP) vs Santiago Giraldo (COL)

Rainer Schuettler (GER) vs Qualifier

Sergiy Stakhovsky (UKR) vs Peter Luczak ( AUS)

Qualifier vs Ivan Ljubicic (CRO)

David Ferrer (ESP) vs Alexandr Dolgopolov (UKR)

Benjamin Becker (GER) vs Daniel Brands (GER)

Jarkko Nieminen (FIN) vs Daniel Gimeno-Traver (ESP)

Jeremy Chardy ( FRA) vs Ernests Gulbis (LAT)

David Nalbandian (ARG) vs Qualifier

Florent Serra (FRA) vs Florian Mayer (GER)

Pere Riba (ESP) vs Qualifier

Fabio Fognini (ITA) vs Fernando Verdasco

WOMEN

Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) (1) vs Chelsey Gullickson (USA)

Kai-Chen Chang (TPE) vs Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP)

Anne Keothavong (GBR) vs Yung-Jan Chan (TPE)

Qualifier vs Lucie Safarova (CZE) (26)

Aravane Rezai (FRA) (18) vs Magdalena Rybarikova (SVK)

Beatrice Capra (USA) vs Karolina Sprem (CRO)

Qualifier vs Iveta Benesova (CZE)

Jarmila Groth (AUS) vs Maria Sharapova (RUS) (14)

Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) (11) vs Kimiko Date Krumm (JPN)

Regina Kulikova (RUS) vs Anastasija Sevastova (LAT)

Yvonne Meusburger (AUT) vs Jill Craybas (USA)

Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (CZE) vs Maria Kirilenko (RUS) (23)

Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ) (30) vs Qualifier

Anna Chakvetadze (RUS) vs Urszula Radwanska (POL)

Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) vs Stefanie Voegele (SUI)

Kateryna Bondarenko (UKR) vs Na Li (CHN) (8)

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