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Emma Raducanu has avoided the top seeds in the first two rounds of the US Open but still faces a challenging path as she tries to convert her recent positive form into a first match win in New York since her shock triumph here four years ago.
Britain’s Raducanu, who is unseeded, will open her tournament against a qualifier. However, she could face the in-form 24th seed Veronika Kudermetova, a recent semi-finalist at the Cincinnati Open, in round two. A potential third-round opponent is a resurgent Elena Rybakina, the 2022 Wimbledon champion and another semi-finalist in Cincinnati last week.
Last year marked a low point for Raducanu as she lost in the first round after missing most of the US hard-court swing. This time, she is as match-tough as she has been over the past few years, establishing a consistently high level over the past few months and pushing Aryna Sabalenka, the world No 1, to a final-set tie-break in their three-hour tussle in Cincinnati. Now ranked No 35, Raducanu missed out on being seeded in New York by just one spot.
