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U.S. Open starts Monday with Swiatek, Gauff, Djokovic in action

Iga Swiatek of Poland, reacts during her game against Jessica Pegula of the United States, during semifinal action at the National Bank Open tennis tournament in Montreal, Saturday, Aug. 12, 2023. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi) Iga Swiatek of Poland, reacts during her game against Jessica Pegula of the United States, during semifinal action at the National Bank Open tennis tournament in Montreal, Saturday, Aug. 12, 2023. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi)
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The season's last Grand Slam tournament, the U.S. Open, gets started on Monday with some of the biggest names in tennis -- about a year after two even bigger names walked away from the sport.

The Day 1 schedule includes Iga Swiatek and Coco Gauff on the women's side, and Novak Djokovic and Frances Tiafoe on the men's. And many more, of course.

No one carries quite the star power of Serena Williams, whose last event was the 2022 U.S. Open, or Roger Federer, who announced his retirement shortly afterward.

The No. 1-ranked Swiatek, a 22-year-old from Poland, won the championship in Arthur Ashe Stadium a year ago and she will be back in that arena to begin the 2023 edition of the event against Rebecca Peterson of Sweden on Monday.

That will be followed by Tiafoe, a 25-year-old from Maryland, against Learner Tien, a 17-year-old from California. Tiafoe reached his first major semifinal at last year's U.S. Open.

The night session in Ashe will be led off by Gauff, a 19-year-old from Florida, against Laura Siegemund of Germany, who won the women's doubles title in New York three years ago. Gauff was the runner-up at the French Open in singles -- losing to Swiatek -- and doubles in 2022.

Wrapping things up in the main stadium will be 23-time Grand Slam champion Djokovic against Alexandre Muller of France, who is making his U.S. Open debut. It marks a return to the event for Djokovic, who missed it last year because he couldn't travel to the United States as a foreigner who is not vaccinated against COVID-19. That rule has been dropped.

The first round is played over Monday and Tuesday. The tournament lasts two weeks and wraps up with the women's singles final on Sept. 9, and the men's singles final on Sept. 10.

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