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Breaking down the top seeds in the men’s draw at this year’s US Open, where Novak Djokovic will be aiming to complete the grand slam

Novak Djokovic and Ash Barty have been handed tough draws in New York, where the Serb is aiming to clinch the grand slam

Serena and Venus Williams will be absent in New York, while Sofia Kenin has withdrawn after a positive Covid test

Alexander Zverev defeated Andrey Rublev 6-2, 6-3 as he followed up his victory at the Olympics with a first Cincinnati Masters title

World No 1 Ashleigh Barty eased past Swiss wildcard Jil Teichmann 6-3, 6-1 to win her fifth title of the season in Cincinnati

Andrey Rublev shaded an all-Russian encounter to see off top seed Daniil Medvedev and make the final in Cincinnati

Ashleigh Barty beat Angelique Kerber 6-2, 7-5 to reach the Cincinnati final, where she will face Switzerland’s Jil Teichmann

Rafael Nadal will miss the US Open and the rest of the 2021 season after failing to recover from the foot injury that has blighted his summer

Top seed Daniil Medvedev beat Reilly Opelka 6-4, 6-3 to win the Toronto Masters title and lay down a marker for the US Open

World No 71 Camila Giorgi defeated fourth seed Karolina Pliskova in straight sets to earn her first WTA 1000 title in Montreal