Canadian Peter Polansky has completed grand slam history at the US Open as the qualifiers for the final grand slam of the year have been placed in the main draw.
The 30 year old from Toronto became the first ever player to complete the grand slam of Lucky Loser spots after he lost to American Donald Young in final round qualifying yesterday. The world number 120 has received a lucky loser place in the main draw of all four grand slams this season in what will go down in the history books as an unremarkable feat.
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However the luckiest loser of them all hasn’t had much luck when it comes to the main draw having lost to Karen Khachanov, Pierre-Hughes Herbert and Dennis Novak in the first round of his main draw grand slam matches this season. The Canadian veteran will need all the luck in the world when he takes on fourth seed, Alexander Zverev in the first round of the US Open on Tuesday.
Polansky will be joined by Italy’s Lorenzo Sonego as the Lucky Losers in the US Open after Pablo Cuevas and Jared Donaldson withdrew from the US Open. Among the male qualifiers include talented Canadian, Felix Auger-Aliassime and Spanish veteran Tommy Robredo, who is back in the US Open main draw at 36 years of age.
While the female qualifiers include former Wimbledon finalist, Eugenie Bouchard as well as 39 year old Patty Schnyder and former US Open finalist, Vera Zvonareva. Here are where the qualifiers and lucky losers have been placed in each draw:
Men’s Singles:
Lorenzo Sonego (LL) v Gilles Muller
Casper Ruud v Guido Pella
Felix Auger-Aliassime v Denis Shapovalov
Donald Young v Juan Martin Del Potro
Mitchell Krueger v Roberto Carballes Baena
Tommy Robredo v Stefanos Tsitsipas
Carlos Berlocq v Milos Raonic
Lloyd Harris v Gilles Simon
Colin Altamirano v Ugo Humbert
Stefano Travaglia v Hubert Hurkacz
Federico Gaio v David Goffin
Facundo Bagnis v Gael Monfils
Peter Polansky (LL) v Alexander Zverev
Yannick Maden v Lucas Pouille
Marcel Granollers v Joao Sousa
Dennis Novak v Benoit Paire
Women’s Singles:
Jil Teichmann v Dalila Jakupovic
Karolina Muchova v Dayana Yastremska
Ons Jabeur v Ashleigh Barty
Marie Bouzkova v Ana Bogdan
Kathinka Von Deichmann v Anhelina Kalinina
Danielle Lao v Barbora Strycova
Anna Kalinskaya v Julia Goerges
Heather Watson v Ekaterina Makarova
Nicole Gibbs v Carla Suarez Navarro
Patty Schnyder v Maria Sharapova
Arantxa Rus v Dominika Cibulkova
Vera Zvonareva v Anna Blinkova
Julia Glushko v Monica Niculescu
Francesca Di Lorenzo v Christina Mchale
Eugenie Bouchard v Harmony Tan
The US Open starts on Monday with the top halves of the draw, with the bottom halves of both draws playing on Tuesday.
