NEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 08: Serena Williams of the United States of America celebrates a point during her women's singles final match against Victoria Azarenka of Belarus on Day Fourteen of the 2013 US Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on September 8, 2013 in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images)

Serena Williams will need a strong start to launch her run at a record-breaking 23rd Grand Slam singles title and seventh US Open crown.
The world No. 1 drew a difficult first-round opponent in Ekaterina Makarova, who climbed as high as No. 8 in the world a year ago and who has excelled at the US Open. In her last three trips to New York, the Russian reached the quarterfinals (2013), semifinals (2014) and round of 16 (2015).
Serena enters the US Open having not played much tennis since winning her 22nd major title at Wimbledon, which matched Steffi Graf for the Open-era record. She did not enter the Rogers Cup in Montreal, suffered a surprise loss to Elina Svitolina in the third round of the Olympics and withdrew from the Emirates Airline US Open Series event in Cincinnati with a shoulder injury.

Serena Williams necesitará un arranque fuerte en el US Open que se disputará entre el 29 de agosto y el 11 de septiembre próximos, si quiereromper el récord de 23 titulos de Grand Slam.

La numero uno del mundo tendra una rival muy exigente en primera ronda, cuando enfrente a Ekaterina Makarova, quien se encuentra clasificada numero 8 en el mundo. en sus ultimas 3 viajes a Nueva York, la rusa logro cuartos de final en el 2013, semifinales en el 2014 y octavos de final en el 2015.

Serena llega al US Open sin haber jugado tenis desde que lograra su titulo numero 22 de Grand Slam en Wimbledon,donde igualo a Steffi Graf, como las maximas ganadoras de titulos de Grand Slam, en la nueva era. Serena no clasifico a la Roger cup de Montreal y sufrio una sorpresiva derrota ante Elina Svitolina en tercera ronda de los Olimpicos de Rio 2016, y no jugo en Cincinnati, debido a una lesion de hombro.