Kudermetova and Kasatkina in a difficult situation and Mirra Andreeva is still young
Sergey Skripnichenko August 27, 2023, 19:30 Moscow time
Which of the Russians has the best chance at the US Open?
Last season, the US Open was unsuccessful for the Russians. None of them even made it to the quarterfinals. At that time, 11 athletes from Russia took part in the tournament at once. Five of them, including the country’s top racket Daria Kasatkina, were knocked out in the first round. Only Veronika Kudermetova and Lyudmila Samsonova reached the round of 16.
The best predictions for today.
Now there are already 12 Russians in the tournament ranking, and in the ranking there is an opportunity to get to the main part of the US Open with Vera Zvonareva. However, a couple more entrants from Russia do not add chances to improve on last year’s result. Someone has a decline in their form, but someone was not lucky with the draw.
Samsonov – the main hope?
At the moment, Lyudmila Samsonova has the best chances of going further than all the Russians on the grid. In the future, the real problems for her can only begin in the third round, in which there is a chance to get to Madison Keys.
Jessica Pegula looks like the most dangerous option for Ludmila on her way to the quarterfinals. It was to her that Samsonova recently lost without a chance in the Montreal final.
Olkhovsky: The Russians cannot be attributed to the favorites of the US Open.
Daria Kasatkina is the first racket from Russia, but lately things are not going well for her. And then there’s the draw, which you wouldn’t wish on your enemy. If Daria has no game, then she can expect trouble in the first round, because she ran into a tough Alicia Parks. In the fourth round, Arina Sobolenko, Karolina Pliskova or Donna Vekic can fall to her, which will become a problem.
Mirra Andreeva was very upset about everything
If we talk about those whose luck is even worse than Kasatkina’s, then it is definitely worth highlighting one of the most promising Russians – Mirra Andreeva. She still doesn’t know her first round opponent, but even if Mirra gets the better of her, Corey Gauff will surely keep her from ascending past the second round. The American is having the best season of her career and she shows a very powerful game.
Kudermetova can get on the first racket in the world
One of the few representatives of the Russian top 20, Veronika Kudermetova, a year ago was one of the best among her compatriots at the last US Open. Unfortunately, it will be very difficult for her to repeat that path and even reach the round of 16. After the defeat in the final of ‘s-Hertogenbosch, Kudermetova’s game does not continue and she will then stand the first racket in the world.
Aleksandrova on the move, but Cleveland took a lot of energy
Good prospects for Ekaterina Alexandrova, for whom the current season is going well so far. At the beginning of the summer she played and got in good shape, but there is a problem: the tournament in Cleveland, in which Ekaterina reached the final and now has a chance to win the second title of the year.
Medvedev evaluated his level before the US Open.
At the same time, it certainly took a lot of strength from Alexandrova. And the category of the US Open tournament did not give him frank “gifts”. The real problems can start already in the third round: Marketa Vondrousov.
The rest of the representatives of Russia will have even less chances of reaching the final phases of the US Open than the previous ones. Someone has a recession, someone has a difficult draw, someone simply has not reached the level where you can fight for high places. There is a chance that none of the Russian tennis players will even reach the quarterfinals, but it is better to play it safe and add one more stage to the bet.
Tender: the Russian tennis player will not reach the semifinals by 1.60.
Express with a coefficient of 9.58.
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Arina Sobolenko could top the WTA rankings for the first time since the US Open.
Vesnina named the US Open favorites.
Russian tennis players recognized their rivals at the start of the US Open.
