Serena v Sharapova to feature Day One at U.S. Open

There will be no deficiency of huge name players in real life when the U.S. Open starts on Monday however the discussion around New York for a considerable length of time has based on the marquee matchup between Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova.

Williams and Sharapova - for quite a long time the two most conspicuous names in ladies' tennis - will open the night session at Arthur Ashe Stadium with their first-since forever New York meeting in a match that may simply have the vibe of a title last.

"Obviously I'm going to watch it," safeguarding U.S. Open hero Naomi Osaka told columnists. "I know all of you are going to watch it. I think everybody in New York is going to watch it.

"At each Grand Slam there is in every case a type of show. You know what I mean? Like a first round. Like, Oh, my God. So this match simply happens to be that for this competition."

Eighth seed Williams, who is looking for a record-tying 24th vocation Grand Slam title, claims a telling 19-2 profession record against Sharapova, who last beat the American in 2004 and has tumbled to 87th in the rankings in the midst of damage hit 2019 season.

"Unquestionably. That will be a match to watch," said Canadian young person Bianca Andreescu, who is seeded fifteenth and plays her first coordinate on Tuesday.

Among the other top names in real life on Day One of the year's last Grand Slam are guarding champion Novak Djokovic, five-times victor Roger Federer, Australian world number two Ash Barty and Venus Williams.

While that gifted gathering will without a doubt draw a lot of consideration, the expectation for their individual matches will could not hope to compare to the Williams-Sharapova matchup.

Williams and Sharapova have not played each other since the 2016 Australian Open. They were set to meet a year ago at the French Open yet Williams pulled back harmed minutes before their fourth-round match.

While five-times Grand Slam champion Sharapova might be a long way from her top structure, she could even now introduce a test for Williams, who has not contended since resigning from the Toronto last against Andreescu with back fits.

And keeping in mind that their conflict is exceptionally envisioned, not every person in the tennis world is arranging their day around the match.

"There are a ton of other quality first adjusts. It's by all account not the only first round in the draw," said French Open boss Barty, who commences the activity at Arthur Ashe Stadium against Zarina Diyas of Kazakhstan.

"I think all the more critically I'm centered around my first round on Monday, and that is all I'm stressed over for the occasion."

The match among Serena and Sharapova will begin at 5am [Tuesday] (BST) and will be screened on ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN3, ESPN+ and the ESPN App.