Wozniacki, Clijsters could meet in Open final rematch

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08/26/2010 - New York, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Top-seeded 2009 runner-up Caroline Wozniacki and second-seeded reigning champion Kim Clijsters could meet in a rematch of last year's final, as the women's draw was revealed Thursday for the U.S. Open, the final Grand Slam event of the year.

Wozniacki, who was installed as the top seed in New York after world No. 1 Serena Williams pulled out of the 2010 U.S. Open last week, will open her stay against American wild card Chelsey Gullickson, while the two-time champion Clijsters will take on Hungarian Greta Arn in her opener next week.

The 13-time major champion and reigning Wimbledon and Australian Open titlist Williams will be the first women's world No. 1 to miss the U.S. Open, as she continues to recover from some foot surgery that was required after she cut herself on some broken glass in a restaurant last month.

Wozniacki could face former U.S. Open champion and former No. 1 Maria Sharapova in the fourth round, while potential quarterfinal opponents could be another former New York winner, Svetlana Kuznetsova, or eighth-seeded Chinese Li Na. The 14th-seeded three-time major champion Sharapova will open up against Aussie Jarmila Groth, while the 11th-seeded two-time Grand Slam titlist Kuznetsova will be opposed by 39-year-old Japanese Kimiko Date Krumm in round one and the Aussie Open semifinalist Li will encounter Ukrainian Kateryna Bondarenko.

The world no. 2 Wozniacki's semifinal opponent could be fourth-seeded Jelena Jankovic or seventh-seeded Wimbledon runner-up Vera Zvonareva. The former world No. 1 and 2008 U.S. Open runner-up Jankovic and Zvonareva could square off in the quarters. Jankovic will face Romanian Simona Halep in her opener, while Zvonareva will battle a qualifier.

The former No. 1 Clijsters could face the likes of fifth-seeded French Open runner-up Samantha Stosur or 12th-seeded 2004 U.S. Open runner-up Elena Dementieva in the quarters. Stosur will meet Russian Elena Vesnina, while the two-time major runner-up Dementieva will tangle with Belarusian Olga Govortsova in round one.

Potential semifinal opponents for Clijsters could be third-seeded two-time U.S. Open champ and former top-ranked star Venus Williams, sixth-seeded French Open titlist Francesca Schiavone or 10th-seeded Victoria Azarenka. Venus, who will open up against Italian Roberta Vinci, and Schiavone, who will be opposed by Japan's Ayumi Morita in the round of 128, could meet in the quarterfinals.

Clijsters was a straight-set winner against Wozniacki in last year's finale here and became the first mother to capture a Grand Slam title in 29 years in the process.

The U.S. Open will get underway Monday in Flushing Meadows.

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