Km Clisjsters - one of the favourites to the title !
Both 2009 Grand Slam singles champions -- Serena Williams and Svetlana Kuznetsova -- will be joined by former US Open women’s singles champions Venus Williams, Maria Sharapova and Kim Clijsters, a wild card recipient, in the women’s singles field for the 2009 US Open Tennis Championships.
Ninety-nine of the Top 100 women, representing 34 different countries, are entered in the 2009 US Open. No. 88 Nathalie Dechy of France received direct acceptance but withdrew from the event when she announced her retirement from professional tennis earlier this week to start a family.
Serena Williams, the reigning Australian Open and Wimbledon champion, will have the opportunity to win her third Grand Slam of the year, and 12th overall, at the US Open. Reigning French Open champion Kuznetsova, will attempt to win her second US Open – she won in 2004 – and third career major title.
Clijsters, the 2005 US Open champion, has requested and received a wild card entry into this year’s event.
Altogether, there are six players who have won Grand Slam singles titles in their careers competing in the US Open this year, including Amelie Mauresmo of France, who won the Australian Open and Wimbledon in 2006, and Ana Ivanovic of Serbia, who won the 2008 French Open.
