Tomljanovic eyes Gauff boilover at US Open | 24 August, 2025 | All Information | Information and Options | Information and Occasions

Ajla Tomljanovic will probably be in a well-known setting at Flushing Meadows when she faces world No.3 Coco Gauff.

New York, USA, 24 August 2025 | Jackson Mansell

READ: Tomljanovic rises to finish Serena’s last US Open marketing campaign

The Australian defeated Williams 7-5 6-7(4) 6-1 in an exciting three-hour epic and finally reached her maiden US Open quarterfinal.

Ajla Tomljanovic after beating Serena Williams on the 2022 US Open. Photograph: Getty Photographs

Tomljanovic’s first-round match at US Open 2025 poses a equally daunting situation in the identical enemy territory in opposition to a much-loved American, additionally more likely to be performed in entrance of a packed home at Arthur Ashe Stadium.  

The world No.84 faces third seed and former US Open champion Coco Gauff. The American No.1 dropped simply three video games of their solely prior assembly within the opening spherical of the Paris Olympics final yr.

Tomljanovic hopes to take care of her first-round kind at Flushing Meadows. The 32-year-old has solely misplaced one opening-round match on the match since 2017, having reached the second around the previous 4 years.   

Kimberly Birrell can even tackle a neighborhood opponent in No.8 seed Amanda Anisimova. The Queenslander holds a 1-1 document in opposition to Individuals ranked within the high 10 this season.

Birrell surprised world No.8 Emma Navarro on the Brisbane Worldwide in January however succumbed to world No.4 Jessica Pegula in Cincinnati this month. 

An all-Australian encounter headlines males’s singles motion when No.8 seed Alex de Minaur faces world No.79 Chris O’Connell for the primary time. De Minaur reached the fourth of his 5 Grand Slam quarterfinals eventually yr’s US Open – the one Slam at which he has handed the fourth spherical twice.

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In the meantime, Aleksandar Vukic and Adam Walton look to win their first US Open main-draw matches in opposition to Jenson Brooksby and twenty second seed Ugo Humbert, respectively.

Three Australian gamers are in motion on Day 1 when the season’s last Grand Slam begins on Monday morning (AEST). 

Rinky Hijikata is the primary Australian to take the court docket when he meets No.32 seed Luciano Darderi within the second match on Courtroom 5. 

Jordan Thompson takes on Corentin Moutet within the fourth match on court docket 7, whereas Destanee Aiava goals to take care of her spectacular qualifying kind in opposition to No.7 seed Jasmine Paolini within the first evening match on Louis Armstrong Stadium. 

You possibly can watch US Open 2025 reside in Australia on the 9 Community and Stan Sport from 1 am AEST.

AUSSIES IN ACTION: US OPEN

COMING UP

Ladies’s singles, first spherical
[17] Daria Kasatkina (AUS) v Elena-Gabriela Ruse (ROU)
Maya Joint (AUS) v [Q] Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva (AND)
Kimberly Birrell (AUS) v [8] Amanda Anisimova (USA)
Ajla Tomljanovic (AUS) v [3] Coco Gauff (USA)
[WC] Talia Gibson (AUS) v [28] Magdalena Frech (POL)
[Q] Priscilla Hon (AUS) v Leolia Jeanjean (FRA)
[Q] Destanee Aiava (AUS) v [7] Jasmine Paolini (ITA)

Males’s singles, first spherical
[8] Alex de Minaur (AUS) v Chris O’Connell (AUS)
Alexei Popyrin (AUS) v Emil Ruusuvuori (FIN)
Jordan Thompson (AUS) v Corentin Moutet (FRA)
Adam Walton (AUS) v [22] Ugo Humbert (FRA)
Aleksandar Vukic (AUS) v Jenson Brooksby (USA)
Rinky Hijikata (AUS) v [32] Luciano Darderi (ITA)
[WC] Tristan Schoolkate (AUS) v Lorenzo Sonego (ITA)
[LL] James Duckworth (AUS) v [W] Tristan Boyer (USA)

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