As many as 10 British gamers have been named within the qualifying entry checklist for the US Open, together with Liam Broady, Heather Watson and Lily Miyazaki.
Sonay Kartal and Francesca Jones are the opposite Brits concerned in girls’s qualifying, whereas Billy Harris, Jacob Fearnley, Paul Jubb, Jan Choinski and Oliver Crawford bolster the numbers within the males’s aspect of issues.
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What do we all know in regards to the Brits hoping to qualify?
Within the girls’s qualifying draw, Heather Watson is probably the most skilled of the bunch at 32 years outdated – and with the very best profession rating of 38 (again in 2015) – however she has by no means made it previous the primary spherical in 10 prior visits to Flushing Meadows and has did not qualify prior to now two years.
Lily Miyazaki managed to qualify final yr and secured a win on her US Open debut towards Margarita Betova to achieve the second spherical. She is seeded thirty first in qualifying this yr.
Sonay Kartal might be a well-recognized identify to many after a run to the third spherical of Wimbledon earlier this summer season which included a win over twenty ninth seed Sorana Cirstea, whereas Francesca Jones is trying to qualify for the US Open for less than the second time after reaching Q2 in 2021.
Within the males’s qualifying draw, Liam Broady seems to be to bounce again from an ankle drawback that has plagued his season. He has by no means beforehand made it to the US Open first spherical correct however was a finalist as a junior in 2012.
Billy Harris is seeded seventh in qualifying after a summer season which noticed him attain a primary profession ATP quarter-final at Queen’s Membership, earlier than going one higher to achieve a primary ATP semi-final at Eastbourne per week later.
Harris beat countryman Jacob Fearnley in that run on the south coast, who’s unlucky to once more draw a Brit to open his qualifying marketing campaign as he’s set to go up towards Paul Jubb.
The pair each impressed through the grass-court season this summer season, with Fearnley profitable his first ATP Challenger title on the Nottingham Open, earlier than taking a set off Novak Djokovic when reaching the second spherical of Wimbledon.
Jubb, in the meantime, earned a primary top-20 win when defeating Ben Shelton on the Mallorca Championships on his solution to a primary ATP semi-final look.
Rounding off the British curiosity within the males’s qualifying draw are Jan Choinski and Oliver Crawford.
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