US Open tennis tournament begins today in New York

US Open tennis, the fourth and final Grand Slam of the year, will kick off in New York today.

On day one, defending champion and top seed Daniil Medvedev will lock horns with local sensation Stefan Kozlov in the first round.

World No. 5 Stefanos Tsitsipas, former champion Dominic Thiem, sixth seed Felix Auger-Aliassime and 10th seed Taylor Fritz are also in the line-up on Day one. However, men’s world No.3 Rafael Nadal and women’s World No. 1 Iga Swiatek are line-up on Day 2.