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FLUSHING MEADOWS, New York – Victoria Mboko will make her US Open debut as one of the 32 seeds.

But that doesn’t mean she got any kind of break in the draw.

Mboko, seeded No. 22, gets Grand Slam champion Barbora Krejcikova in the first round. Although her section opens up quite nicely after that. Her potential third-round opponent would be No. 10 seed Emma Navarro, who isn’t especially in form and, having forsaken the “mixed singles” tournament for more singles matches in Monterrey, went out in her opener.

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As for Leylah Fernandez, back into the top 32 as the No. 31 seed, she gets a qualifier in the first round. Her potential third-round opponent would be defending champion Aryna Sabalenka.

The full draw is here.

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First-round matches to watch

–[5] Mirra Andreeva vs. Alycia Parks

– Petra Kvitova vs. Dianne Parry (Kvitova’s last tournament)

– [27] Marta Kostryuk vs. Katie Boulter

– [11] Karolina Muchova vs. [WC] Venus Williams

Not that many, surprisingly. And nearly all of them in the bottom half.

Potential fourth rounds

[1] Aryna Sabalenka vs. [14] Clara Tauson
[7] Jasmine Paolini vs. [9] Elena Rybakina
[4] Jessica Pegula vs. [16] Belinda Bencic
[5] Mirra Andreeva vs. [25] Jelena Ostapenko

[6] Madison Keys (USA) vs. [11] Karolina Muchova (CZE)
[3] Coco Gauff vs. [15] Daria Kasatkina (AUS)
[8] Amanda Anisimova vs. [12] Elina Svitolina (UKR)
[2] Iga Swiatek vs. [13] Ekaterina Alexandrova

Potential quarterfinals

[1] Aryna Sabalenka vs. [7] Jasmine Paolini
[4] Jessica Pegula vs. [5] Mirra Andreeva
[6] Madison Keys vs. [3] Coco Gauff (USA)
[8] Amanda Anisimova vs. [2] Iga Swiatek