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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The women's draw for the 2014 U.S. Open Tennis Championships was announced Thursday, a day after the women's seeding was unveiled.&amp;nbsp;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;No. 1 seed Serena Williams will open against 18-year-old fellow American Taylor Townsend, who made the draw as a wild card. Williams' quarter of the bracket includes No. 8 Ana Ivanovic, and her half includes No. 3 Petra Kvitova.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;More: Who's most likely to take home the title?&lt;/strong&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;No. 5 seed Maria Sharapova opens against Maria Kirilenko. Sharapova's bracket includes No. 2&amp;nbsp;Simona Halep, who she could potentially meet in the quarterfinals, and No. 10 Caroline Wozniacki.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;More: Dark horses to watch at U.S. Open&lt;/strong&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The opening draw for the top 10 seeds is as follows:\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;No. 1 Serena Williams vs. Taylor Townsend\r\nNo. 2 Simona&amp;nbsp;Halep\u200B vs. Danielle Rose Collins\r\nNo. 3 Petra&amp;nbsp;Kvitova\u200B vs. Kristina Mladenovic\r\nNo. 4 Agnieszka Radwanska\u200B vs. Sharon Fichman\u200B\r\nNo. 5 Maria Sharapova vs.&amp;nbsp;Maria Kirilenko\r\nNo. 6 Angelique Kerber\u200B vs. Qualifier (TBA)\r\nNo. 7 Eugenie Bouchard&amp;nbsp;vs.&amp;nbsp;Olga Govortsova &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;\r\nNo. 8 Ana&amp;nbsp;Ivanovic vs. Alison Riske&amp;nbsp;\u200B\r\n\u200BNo. 9 Jelena Jankovic\u200B vs. Bojana Jovanovski\r\nNo. 10 Caroline&amp;nbsp;Wozniacki\u200B vs. Magdalena Rybarikova\u200B\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Venus Williams, the No. 19 seed, draws&amp;nbsp;Kimiko Date Krumm to open, while No. 21 Sloane Stephens faces&amp;nbsp;Annika Beck.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;- &lt;em&gt;Molly Geary&lt;/em&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;\r\n&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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