Emma Raducanu may face Katie Boulter within the second spherical of the Cincinnati Open, as each ramp up their preparations for the US Open.
Raducanu, seeded No 30, has obtained a first-round bye and can meet British rival Boulter, offering she comes by way of her first-round conflict with Serbian Olga Danilovic.
Boulter holds an ideal head-to-head file in opposition to Raducanu, together with a semi-final win on path to defending her Nottingham Open title in 2024.
Each gamers are utilizing the WTA 1000 occasion as a key warm-up for the ultimate Grand Slam of the season, reside on Sky Sports activities from August 24.
Their potential path to the ultimate may embody clashes with high seeds corresponding to defending champion Aryna Sabalenka, world No 2 Coco Gauff and No 3 Iga Swiatek.
Raducanu, the 2021 US Open champion, is hoping to proceed her latest resurgence and safe a seeded spot forward of her return to Flushing Meadows.
Her season highlights embody a quarter-final run on the Miami Open, a round-of-16 end on the Italian Open, and a last-eight exhibiting at Queen’s Membership.
Raducanu additionally reached the semi-finals on the Citi Open following a third-round exit at Wimbledon to world No 1 Sabalenka.
Within the males’s draw, Britain’s Cameron Norrie obtained a first-round bye will face both Roberto Bautista Agut or Daniel Altmaier in spherical two.
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