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Hsieh is ranked 71st and has a history of inconsistency.
But she’s 8-2 against top 10 players, including two wins over the reigning world No. 1 -- Simona Halep at Wimbledon in 2018, and Naomi Osaka at Miami in 2019.
Rebecca Marino, a former top-40 player competing in a major tournament for the first time in eight years, was beaten by No. 19-seeded Marketa Vondrousova 6-1, 7-5.
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Serena Williams slumped to a 6-1, 3-6, 3-6 defeat at the hands of Victoria Azarenka in the semi-final of the US Open to crash out of the tournament.
With the withdrawal, the American has now joined two-time Wimbledon winner Petra Kvitova and 2019 US Open champion Bianca Andreescu.
Earlier, top-ranked Australian player Ashleigh Barty had also revealed that she would miss the upcoming tournament in Rome.
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Nishikori had earlier withdrew from the ongoing Western and Southern Open after being first diagnosed with the novel virus on August 17.
Earlier, Belinda Bencic, Nick Kyrgios, Rafael Nadal, Ashleigh Barty, Bianca Andreescu all pulled out of the US Open due to coronavirus fear.
The US Open, which will be the first Grand Slam of the year for players amid COVID-19,is slated to be held from August 31 to September 13.
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Defending champion and current World No. 6 Bianca Andreescu has withdrawn from the US Open citing the COVID-19 pandemic
Top players like World No.1 Ashleigh Barty, Svetlana Kuznetsova, Elina Svitolina and Kiki Bertens have already decided against playing the US Open amid the pandemic
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Last year, Andreescu lifted her maiden Grand Slam title at Flushing Meadows after defeating Serena Williams in the summit showdown.
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The 2019 Australian Open is slated to take place from January 14 to 27 at Melbourne Park.
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Canadian tennis player and world number five Bianca Andreescu has pulled out of the Australian Open warm-up tournament, the ASB Classic, due to a knee injury.
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Williams suffered her fourth consecutive defeat in a Grand Slam final at the US Open earlier this month, as she again came agonisingly close to Australian Margaret Court`s all-time record of 24 majors before falling in straight sets.
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Canadian tennis star Bianca Andreescu has broken into the top five of the Women's Tennis Professionals (WTA) rankings after lifting her maiden Grand Slam title at the 2019 US Open in Flushing Meadows, New York.
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Four times now, twice at Wimbledon (2018, 2019) and at the US Open (2018, 2019) Williams has come agonizingly close to that 24th Grand Slam only to fall at the final hurdle.
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With the win, Andreescu became the first player from Canada to clinch a Grand Slam singles title.
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Williams was denied a record-equalling 24th Slam title as the 19-year-old Andreescu on Saturday became the youngest Grand Slam winner since Maria Sharapova at the 2006 US Open, when the Russian was 18.
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So new is Bianca Andreescu to the Grand Slam stage that after beating Serena Williams to win the U.S. Open on Saturday, a tournament official had to show her which side of the trophy was the front.
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Williams and Andreescu had last met each other in last month's final clash at the Canadian Open, where the former world number one was forced to retire while trailing 3-1 in the first set due to back spasms.
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The American is also seeking a record-equalling 24th Grand Slam title in her highly anticipated final against Canadian teenager Bianca Andreescu, the number 15 seed, after injuries affected her form in some tournaments this year.
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Andreescu has now become the second Canadian after Eugenie Bouchard to reach the final of a Grand Slam.
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En route to her win, the former world number one smashed 33 winners and six aces while making just 20 unforced errors.
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Bruneau, who has worked with the hard-hitting Andreescu since March 2018, said he always "had a lot of trust in her" amid murmurs she could be tennis` next bright star.
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Even the fact that Andreescu was gifted the Rogers Cup title when a tearful Serena Williams was forced to retire with back spasm just 19 minutes into the final could not keep the hype machine from spinning into overdrive.
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Despite fitness concerns and a title drought that stretches back to the 2017 Australian Open, bookmakers are backing Williams to match Margaret Court`s record haul and the New York crowds, as always, will be in her corner when play gets underway on Monday at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center.
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