Quebecer Eugenie Bouchard will try to qualify for the US Open.
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The name of Bouchard, who is not currently ranked in singles in the WTA, was indeed on the qualifying table for this Grand Slam tournament published on Monday. She will be opposed in the first of three rounds to the Japanese Yuki Naito (197e).
Bouchard, who shows as his best result in New York a presence in the round of 16 (2014 and 2015), attempted a return to the WTA 125 tournament in Vancouver after 17 months of absence earlier in August. She lost in the first round to the Dutch Arianne Hartono.
Recovering from shoulder surgery, she will try to become one of the 16 women who will reach the main draw at the end of this qualifying tournament.
The only other Canadian to take part in the women’s qualifier, Carol Zhao (186e) will face the Chinese Zhu Lin (74e), second favorite. The Sumit Nagal Indian (464e) will be on the road to Vasek Pospisil (132e), 26e seeded in men’s qualifying.
Qualifying begins on Tuesday and the champions will be crowned on September 12.
