The Fort Worth Press - Alcaraz, Djokovic on US Open collision course

USD -
AED 3.672494
AFN 64.500857
ALL 81.277337
AMD 374.792985
ANG 1.789884
AOA 918.000104
ARS 1368.580393
AUD 1.393694
AWG 1.80125
AZN 1.701393
BAM 1.661047
BBD 2.017495
BDT 123.155973
BGN 1.668102
BHD 0.377935
BIF 2978.470423
BMD 1
BND 1.274789
BOB 6.921738
BRL 4.978296
BSD 1.001741
BTN 92.955964
BWP 13.440061
BYN 2.845131
BYR 19600
BZD 2.014608
CAD 1.37785
CDF 2309.999997
CHF 0.781647
CLF 0.022275
CLP 876.69027
CNY 6.81775
CNH 6.81664
COP 3605.62
CRC 456.834685
CUC 1
CUP 26.5
CVE 93.647289
CZK 20.634502
DJF 178.377001
DKK 6.3523
DOP 60.053505
DZD 132.66041
EGP 51.875345
ERN 15
ETB 156.407066
EUR 0.849394
FJD 2.218305
FKP 0.739448
GBP 0.739426
GEL 2.701579
GGP 0.739448
GHS 11.068835
GIP 0.739448
GMD 73.500959
GNF 8788.483587
GTQ 7.660623
GYD 209.571532
HKD 7.83905
HNL 26.615143
HRK 6.404697
HTG 131.173298
HUF 307.310073
IDR 17140
ILS 2.95979
IMP 0.739448
INR 92.60255
IQD 1312.242558
IRR 1321500.000199
ISK 122.300846
JEP 0.739448
JMD 158.376152
JOD 0.70898
JPY 158.645039
KES 129.019912
KGS 87.449722
KHR 4006.964202
KMF 418.000277
KPW 899.992159
KRW 1467.040089
KWD 0.30836
KYD 0.83477
KZT 469.692981
LAK 22100.301499
LBP 89702.068028
LKR 316.633403
LRD 184.313559
LSL 16.418192
LTL 2.95274
LVL 0.60489
LYD 6.334027
MAD 9.242091
MDL 17.219415
MGA 4154.741178
MKD 52.350418
MMK 2099.427148
MNT 3574.523282
MOP 8.080173
MRU 40.038218
MUR 46.290377
MVR 15.459838
MWK 1736.973969
MXN 17.311102
MYR 3.9525
MZN 63.954966
NAD 16.418192
NGN 1343.669953
NIO 36.859315
NOK 9.368704
NPR 148.729882
NZD 1.700102
OMR 0.384502
PAB 1.001741
PEN 3.446261
PGK 4.342435
PHP 59.564018
PKR 279.298569
PLN 3.59445
PYG 6381.587329
QAR 3.65196
RON 4.330402
RSD 99.664529
RUB 76.218571
RWF 1463.671493
SAR 3.751456
SBD 8.035647
SCR 15.058814
SDG 600.999845
SEK 9.164399
SGD 1.270101
SHP 0.746601
SLE 24.625006
SLL 20969.496166
SOS 572.508387
SRD 37.706048
STD 20697.981008
STN 20.807678
SVC 8.764703
SYP 110.547479
SZL 16.413436
THB 32.110274
TJS 9.446006
TMT 3.505
TND 2.907215
TOP 2.40776
TRY 44.827605
TTD 6.803686
TWD 31.483007
TZS 2599.430987
UAH 44.099112
UGX 3709.711665
UYU 39.848826
UZS 12155.930188
VES 479.657004
VND 26335
VUV 116.990425
WST 2.715186
XAF 557.099665
XAG 0.012375
XAU 0.000207
XCD 2.70255
XCG 1.805342
XDR 0.692853
XOF 557.099665
XPF 101.286679
YER 238.598117
ZAR 16.316202
ZMK 9001.197918
ZMW 19.057285
ZWL 321.999592
  • CMSD

    0.1800

    23.08

    +0.78%

  • AZN

    4.3300

    204.8

    +2.11%

  • GSK

    1.2200

    58.35

    +2.09%

  • BCE

    -0.0700

    24.09

    -0.29%

  • RIO

    0.4400

    100.15

    +0.44%

  • BCC

    4.2400

    83.04

    +5.11%

  • CMSC

    0.1500

    22.77

    +0.66%

  • RBGPF

    -13.5000

    69

    -19.57%

  • BP

    -3.0400

    44.59

    -6.82%

  • NGG

    -0.6000

    86.92

    -0.69%

  • BTI

    0.5400

    56.68

    +0.95%

  • JRI

    0.1800

    13.09

    +1.38%

  • RELX

    0.4700

    36.68

    +1.28%

  • RYCEF

    0.5600

    17.66

    +3.17%

  • VOD

    -0.2200

    15.48

    -1.42%

Alcaraz, Djokovic on US Open collision course
Alcaraz, Djokovic on US Open collision course / Photo: © AFP

Alcaraz, Djokovic on US Open collision course

Carlos Alcaraz was put on a US Open collision course with Novak Djokovic on Thursday as the draw for the men's and women's singles tournaments were revealed.

Text size:

Spanish star Alcaraz faces a potentially awkward route to the final where a possible showdown with world number one Jannik Sinner could be waiting at Flushing Meadows.

Alcaraz, who could supplant Sinner as world number one depending on results in New York over the next fortnight, will have to hit the ground running starting from Sunday.

The Spaniard faces big-serving American hope Reilly Opelka in the first round.

If the tournament follows seedings, the 2022 US Open champion will meet former world number one Djokovic in the semi-finals.

Djokovic, who is chasing a record 25th Grand Slam title, will begin his campaign against Learner Tien in the opening round.

Seventh seed Djokovic leads Alcaraz 5-3 in previous meetings, and defeated the Spaniard over four sets in the quarter-finals of the Australian Open earlier this year.

The 38-year-old Serbian icon's form remains a mystery though heading into the final Grand Slam of the season. Djokovic has not played since his run to the semi-finals at Wimbledon last month.

Top seed and defending champion Sinner meanwhile will begin his campaign against Czech Vit Kopriva in the opening round.

The 24-year-old Italian, who retired during the first set of his Cincinnati Open final with Alcaraz earlier this week, could meet Britain's Jack Draper in the quarter-finals.

In the women's singles draw, world number one and defending Aryna Sabalenka will open her campaign against Switzerland's Rebeka Masarova, the world number 109.

Second seed Iga Swiatek, the reigning Wimbledon champion and 2022 US Open winner, is in the other side of the draw and begins her bid for a seventh Grand Slam singles title against Colombia's Emiliana Arango.

Swiatek's path to the final could see her meet 2023 US Open champion Coco Gauff in the semi-finals. Gauff faces Australia's Ajla Tomljanovic in the first round.

Elsewhere, Venus Williams faces a daunting task if she is to prolong what could be her farewell US Open appearance beyond the first round.

The 45-year-old US tennis icon was granted a wild card into the first round of the tournament, some 28 years after she reached her first US Open final as a 17-year-old in 1997.

Williams faces Czech 11th seed Karolina Muchova in the first round.

H.Carroll--TFWP