The 2025 US Open qualifying tournament will begin this week, featuring six Chinese players—Zhang Shuai, Wei Sijia, Gao Xinyu, Wang Xiyu, Wu Yibing, and Sun Fajing—who will strive for a main draw position. Gao Xinyu, Wang Xiyu, and Sun Fajing are set to play on the opening day. A total of six players from China have qualified for the singles main draw, including Wang Xinyu, Yuan Yue, Zhu Lin, Wang Yafan, Buyun Chaokete, and Shang Juncheng. Among them, Zhu Lin and Wang Yafan qualified based on protected rankings, while Zheng Qinwen withdrew due to health issues.
The first-round matchups for the qualifying tournament are as follows:
[9] Zhang Shuai vs. Stoian
Wei Sijia vs. Jangid
Gao Xinyu vs. Makhinco[11]
[31] Wang Xiyu vs. Branstein
Wu Yibing vs. Fikovic[17]
Sun Fajing vs. Martin-Tiffon
The highly anticipated mixed doubles draw for the US Open has also been released, featuring nine of the ATP top ten and six of the WTA top ten. Following Zheng Qinwen's withdrawal, her original partner Draper has teamed up with Pegula to become the top seed, facing Alcaraz/Raducanu in the first round.
The mixed doubles draw is as follows:
[1] Pegula/Draper vs. Raducanu/Alcaraz
Danilovic/Djokovic vs. Andrejeva/Medvedev
[3] Swiatek/Ruud vs. Keys/Tiafoe
Osaka/Montfils vs. McNally/Musetti
Siniakova/Sinner vs. Bencic/Zverev
Townsend/Sheldon vs. Anisimova/Rune[4]
Venus Williams/Opeka vs. Muchova/Ruble
Errani/Vavassori vs. Rybakina/Fritz[2]
(Written and edited by Wang Fei, images by Visual China)