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Tennis-Djokovic, Williams head elite fields for U.S. Open

Published 2015-07-22, 03:40 p/m
Tennis-Djokovic, Williams head elite fields for U.S. Open

July 22 (Reuters) - Wimbledon champions and world number
ones Novak Djokovic and Serena Williams head the field for the
men's and women's events at this year's U.S. Open, the United
States Tennis Association announced on Wednesday.
Djokovic, who has reached the U.S. Open final five times and
won the title in 2011, tops an elite list that includes other
former champions in Roger Federer (2004-08), Rafa Nadal (2010,
2013), Andy Murray (2012) and last year's winner Marin Cilic.
Serbian Djokovic will be aiming to land his third grand slam
crown this year, having triumphed at the Australian Open in
February before beating Federer in four sets in the Wimbledon
final earlier this month.
The U.S. Open will be played from Aug. 31 to Sept. 13 at the
USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing, New
York.
Serena Williams will command much of the spotlight over that
fortnight as she bids to become only the third woman to win the
"calendar year" grand slam in the professional era.
Aged 33, she outclassed Spaniard Garbine Muguruza 6-4 6-4 in
the Wimbledon final earlier this month.
It was a sixth Wimbledon title and a 21st grand slam crown
for Williams and, unless she suffers a dip in form, it seems
unlikely anyone can stop her march into the history books at
Flushing Meadows where she is unbeaten since 2011.
She won her sixth U.S. Open last year, and has since landed
the Australian Open, French Open and Wimbledon titles this
season.
Joining Williams will be Russian world number two Maria
Sharapova, the 2006 U.S. Open champion; third-ranked Simona
Halep of Romania and fourth-ranked Czech Petra Kvitova, the 2011
and 2014 Wimbledon champion.

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