The United States Tennis Federation introduced that Venus Williams was awarded a wild card on Wednesday to compete in her twenty third US Open.
Williams, 41, is a two-time winner at Flushing Meadows (2000, 2001) and has competed yearly since 2006. His WTA rating is quantity 112, which is exterior the highest 104 of direct entrants to the match. .
CoCo Vandeweghe, who’s at present ranked 160, was certainly one of seven gamers to obtain a wild card. She was joined by Katie McNeely, Hailey Baptiste, Katie Volinetz, Emma Navarro and 17-year-old Ashlyn Krueger.
The 2021 US Open begins on August 30.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
