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Thursday, Jun 19, 2025
The favourtie, on a 37-match winning streak, was stunned by France's Alize Cornet 6-4 6-2.
French debutant Harmony Tan, ranked 115th, threw a spanner into Williams' eagerly anticipated return with a nerve-shredding 7-5 1-6 7-6(7) win.
Men's top seed and defending champion Novak Djokovic, chasing a 21st Grand Slam title after a troubled year, will open his campaign against South Korea's Kwon Soon-woo.
Tunisian Jabeur, ranked third in the world in singles, has injured her right knee, Britain's Lawn Tennis Association said in a social media post.
Swiatek, who turned 21 on Tuesday, is on the longest unbeaten run in the women's tour since Serena Williams.
Zverev kicked out of the ATP 500 event in Acapulco after he smashed his racket repeatedly against the umpire's chair after a doubles defeat.
Former doubles world No. 1 Peng has not been seen or heard from publicly since she said on Chinese social media on November 2 that the former vice-premier, Zhang Gaoli, coerced her into sex and that they later had an on-off consensual relationship.
Serena, a six-times winner at Flushing Meadows, has had an injury-marred season and limped out of her first-round match at Wimbledon in tears due to the leg injury.
The field still boasts world No. 1 and reigning Wimbledon champion Ash Barty, four-time Grand Slam winner Naomi Osaka and reigning French Open champion Barbora Krejcikova.
Serena limped out of Wimbledon after an ankle injury forced her retirement early in a first-round match against unseeded Belarussian Aliaksandra Sasnovich.
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