With the final decision to go ahead with the US Open, the preparations for the realization of the event do not stop happening. USTA has announced the invited players -Wild Card- to the Grand Slam, both in its male and female edition. Among the tennis players who will finally be in the tournament that begins on August 31, are two former champions: Andy Murray and Kim Clijsters.
Andy Murray, with his ordeal of injuries left behind, He will return to play the tournament that he already won in 2012. The Briton returns to the US Open after missing it last year due to physical discomfort. Also, Murray also received an invitation to participate in the The Western & Southern Open, Cincinnati tournament It was relocated to the Big Apple due to the pandemic and will take place between August 20 and 28. Last Monday, Murray requested that players travel to New York they need reassurance that they will not have to quarantine when they return to Europe.
The other US Open champion invited to the tournament is the Belgian Kim Clijsters, who won it up to three times -2005, 2009 and 2010-. Clijsters returned to the competition this season after more than seven years of retirement. After the pandemic, that of Belgium competed throughout the three weeks of World Team Tennis in West Virginia, trying to gradually recover the level. At 37, Clijsters will play his tenth US Open.
The rest of the players who have received a Wild Card from the tournament organization are seven North American male pledges (Brandon Nakashima, Thai-Son Kwiatkowski, Sebastian Korda, Ulises Blanch, Michael Mmoh, Maxime Cressy and JJ Wolf), and many other feminine (Caroline Dolehide, Usue Arconada, Ann Li, CiCi Bellis, Francesa Di Lorenzo, Robin Montgomery and Whitney Osuigwe).