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Michael Zheng’s spirited Grand Slam qualifying tour has come to optimistic finish.
Ivy League standout Michael Zheng grew up enjoying on New York Metropolis’s onerous courts and has grown right into a gritty professional qualifying for 3 consecutive Grand Slam important attracts.
As we speak, New Jersey native Zheng obtained a wild card into the US Open important draw.
The US Open important draw begins on Sunday, August thirtieth.
The 2022 Wimbledon boys’ finalist and two-time NCAA champion at Columbia, Zheng certified for his third straight Grand Slam at Roehampton in June then knocked off Cameron Norrie en path to the Wimbledon third spherical, dropping to fourth-seeded Felix Auger-Aliassime on Centre Courtroom. Zheng, who grew up in Montvillle, N.J., spent his youthful years coaching in Queens. Final 12 months, Zheng misplaced within the second spherical of US Open qualifying.
Zheng and acrobatic Frenchman Gael Monfils, who introduced this 18th US Open begin is his last Flushing Meadows look, lead the record of US Open males’s wild playing cards.
The 39-year-old Monfils, a wildly in style participant in New York Metropolis, will make this his final US Open dance. Monfils, who introduced he’ll retire on the conclusion of the 2026 season, has loved success on the Flushing Meadows main.
In 2016, Monfils scored straight-sets wins over Nicolas Almagro, Marcos Baghdatis and Lucas Pouille to achieve the US Open semifinals the place he misplaced to Novak Djokovic. It was one in all two Grand Slam semifinals Monfils has made in his profession. Three years later, Monfils superior to the US Open quarterfinal struggling a gut-wrenching 7-6(5) within the fifth-set loss to Matteo Berrettini.
Devoted Flushing Meadows followers will recall Monfils constructing a two-set lead over Roger Federer in an electrifying 2014 US Open quarterfinal earlier than the Swiss Maestro rallied for a pulsating five-set victory. In that conflict, Monfils, chugging Coca-Cola on changeovers, hit some spectacular flying forehands and dueled 20-time Grand Slam champion Federer in a shot-making competition. A reminder of that magical evening right here:
The 2016 US Open champion Stan Wawrinka will not be among the many wild card recipients although the event has yet another males’s wild card to allocate. The 41-year-old Swiss performed Estoril on pink clay final month.
The Qualifying event will probably be performed August 24-27 on the Nationwide Tennis Middle’s area courts, with all matches free to attend throughout Fan Week.
US Open Males’s Singles Wild Playing cards:
MAIN DRAW
Martin Damm, 22, present world No. 94
Michael Zheng, 22, two-time reigning NCAA males’s singles champion
J.J. Wolf, 27, US Open Wild Card Problem Winner
Sebastian Gorzny, 22, American Collegiate Participant Wild Card Playoff Winner
Jack Kennedy, 18, USTA Boys’ 18s Nationwide Champion
Gael Monfils, 39, awarded by way of reciprocal settlement with FFT
Alexei Popyrin, 27, awarded by way of reciprocal settlement with Tennis Australia
To Be Introduced
QUALIFYING
Jordan Lee, 16, USTA Boys’ 18s singles finalist, Wimbledon boys’ champion
Trevor Svajda, 20, American Collegiate Participant Wild Card Playoff finalist
Kei Nishikori, 36, 2014 US Open males’s singles finalist
Andre Ilagan, 25, present world No. 210, US Open Wild Card Problem runner-up
Spencer Johnson, 23, present world No. 445
Michael Antonius, 16, Roland Garros boys’ singles finalist, present junior world No. 3
Andrew Johnson, 16, USTA Boys’ 18s singles semifinalist, present junior No. 12
Daniel Milavsky, 24, present world No. 310
US Open Qualifying Wild Card Problem Winner
The US Open Qualifying Wild Card Problem is a brand new competitors that includes rising American women and men competing for a wild card within the US Open Qualifying Event.
The Problem will characteristic 4 males and 4 girls competing in six whole matches – males’s and girls’s semifinals and finals – with the winners receiving a wild card into Qualifying August 24-27. Matches will start at 10 a.m. on August 23 and will probably be performed on Courts 4-7 on the USTA Billie Jean King Nationwide Tennis Middle.
US Open Qualifying Wild Card Problem Males’s Discipline:
Keaton Hance, 18, Prime-5 junior, 2026 Australian Open boys’ singles finalist
Jack Secord, 17, USTA Boys’ 18s singles semifinalist
Ozan Baris, 22, former top-ranked collegiate singles participant
Dali Blanch, 23, former world junior No. 4
