Taylah Preston and Tristan Schoolkate will make their US Open debuts after the rising West Australian abilities have been awarded fundamental draw wildcards.
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Preston is certainly one of Australia’s brightest teenage abilities, rising from outdoors the highest 200 to a peak of world No.134 in March.
The 18-year-old reached her largest last on the WTA 125K occasion in Puerto Vallarta in February, earlier than heading to San Diego and successful her first WTA main-draw match.
That win was in opposition to world No.42 Magdalena Frech, certainly one of two top-100 wins she has notched in 2024.
The highly effective ball-striker additionally made her Billie Jean King Cup debut for Australia in April, clinching the decisive level in opposition to Mexico.
Preston turned the primary teenager to make a successful Billie Jean Cup debut for Australia since Ash Barty in 2013, and by successful that tie, Australia returns to the competitors finals in November.
Schoolkate, like Preston, started the season outdoors the highest 200 – he was ranked 264th in February – earlier than rising nearly 100 locations over the subsequent 5 months.
The 23-year-old peaked at world No.176 in July, due to an impressively constant season that has seen him attain no less than the quarterfinal stage at eight ATP Challenger occasions.
He went all the way in which to the trophy in Guangzhou, China, beating fellow Aussie Adam Walton for the most important title of his profession, and his most up-to-date Challenger quarterfinal got here in Lincoln, Nebraska, as he hones his hard-court recreation forward of the US Open.
Having grown up on grass and onerous courts in Perth, Schoolkate’s aggressive recreation and attacking instincts are a pure match for the short onerous courts of North America.
The US Open begins at Flushing Meadows in New York on 26 August.
