Novak Djokovic's return to the US Open after missing it last year will come against an opponent who never has played in the tournament, while defending women's champion Iga Swiatek and Coco Gauff were drawn into a possible quarterfinal matchup.
Djokovic, 36, from Serbia, who has won three of his men's-record 23 Grand Slam titles in New York, couldn't enter the tournament a year ago because unvaccinated foreign citizens were barred from flying into the United States. He returned to the country for the first time in two years to play in the hard-court tuneup event in Cincinnati, where he outlasted Alcaraz in a thrilling final last weekend that spanned nearly four hours.
Gauff, the No. 6 seed, beat Swiatek en route to the Cincinnati title -- a significant victory for the 19-year-old American who had been 0-7 and lost all 14 sets to the 22-year-old from Poland, including the 2022 French Open final. Gauff, who is 11-1 since a first-round exit at Wimbledon, will open against a player who emerges from the qualifying tournament and then could meet Russian teenagerof Germany in the first round. Koepfer reached the fourth round at Flushing Meadows in 2019.
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