The United States Tennis Association (USTA) on Wednesday announced its eight US Open main-draw wild-card recipients, and seven-time major champion Venus Williams and 2020 Australian Open champion Sofia Kenin lead the list. Earlier this summer, Williams made a return to singles competition at the Citi Open in Washington, D.C. The two-time US Open champion will now make a return to New York for the first time since 2020.

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Kenin is the last American to win a major crown, having won the Australian Open title in 2020. Currently ranked No.412, Kenin recently returned to the tournament after an ample injury. They'll be joined in US Open by fellow Americans CoCo Vandeweghe, Elizabeth Mandlik, Peyton Stearns and Eleana Yu, as well as Australia's Jaimee Fourlis and France's Harmony Tan as part of reciprocal wild card agreements with Tennis Australia and the French tennis federation. The 2022 US Open main draw begins on August 29.