Ajla Tomljanovic plans to make her long-awaited comeback from a knee injury at next week’s US Open, the scene of her famous upset victory over Serena Williams last year.
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Alexei Popyrin, who is at a career-high ranking of 40, and Thanasi Kokkinakis drew qualifiers as well, but Greek seventh seed Stefanos Tsitsipas and No.16 seed Cameron Norrie, of Great Britain, are their potential second-round foes. Jason Kubler and Rinky Hijikata, who combined to win this year’s Australian Open doubles title, begin their US Open singles campaigns against Italy’s Matteo Arnaldi and Russian Pavel Kotov, respectively.
Hunter received a brutal first-round draw against No.10 seed Karolina Muchova, of the Czech Republic.
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