Provisional women’s field announced today
Published:Thursday | July 23, 2009 | 5:32 PM
Defending champion Serena Williams and four other past winners, including her sister Venus and wild card Kim Clijsters, are in the provisional women\'s field for the US Open.
Ninety-nine of the top 100 women in the WTA rankings received direct entry today into the hard-court Grand Slam tournament which will take place from August 31 to September 13 in New York.
Serena Williams will be bidding for her fourth US Open championship and third major title of 2009.
Clijsters will be playing at Flushing Meadows for the first time since winning her only major title at the 2005 US Open. She is making a comeback after retiring in 2007.
The other past US Open champions in the field are Venus Williams, Svetlana Kuznetsova and Maria Sharapova.
The provisional men\'s field was announced yesterday, led by five-time defending champion Roger Federer.
The winners of the US Open men\'s and women\'s singles title will each receive a record US$1.6 million.