The former world No 1 could have drawn Djokovic or Alcaraz but instead will play a little-known French opponent
is up against Diane Parry. Jodie Burrage, making her US Open main draw debut, plays Russia’s Anna Blinkova.Dan Evans vs Daniel Elahi GalanJodie Burrage vs Anna BlinkovaMurray is in a race against time to be fit for his first-round match after pulling out of a clash with Jannik Sinner in TorontoThe former world No 1 cited an abdominal issue that was “very similar” to the one that forced him out of Queen’s last year and said the fact he had played Wimbledon two weeks later was a positive sign.
“This is not as bad as that, but obviously the danger if you compete and play on it is you make it worse. So, I’ll need to see how it develops over the coming days and hopefully feel better in a few days.” Draper too is battling injury issues, although mystery still surrounds his retirement after losing the first-set tie-break to Tallon Griekspoor in Winston-Salem. The 21-year-old has only just returned to competition after a shoulder injury suffered at the French Open, so just completing one or two matches problem-free in New York would probably represent success.
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