Sunday 30 August 2015 13:33, UK
Andy Murray is at the forefront of six British representatives at the US Open but who are the other five?
Sky Sports have profiled the three women's and two men's players who also feature in the first-round draw at Flushing Meadows and analysed their chances of progressing.
Heather Watson delivered a reminder of her emerging talent at Wimbledon when she forced the eventual winner Serena Williams into an arduous three-set battle. The greatest player in the women's game eventually won but for Watson it would have been a confidence-booster as she heads Stateside.
Ranked 61st in the world, Watson is the British women's top player and automatically qualified for the main draw. She has been handed a tough draw against an American, Lauren Davis, who is ranked 84th by the WTA but has home court advantage.
She has never progressed beyond the opening round at the US Open, meaning it's her least successful of the four Grand Slams so far. But the 23-year-old's productive summer scrap against Williams could kick-start her challenge in New York.
The British men's No 2 has perhaps the most difficult first-round match of any of the six competing Brits having been paired with experienced Latvian Ernests Gulbis.
The Slovenian-born British representative is world No 58 which is 10 places higher than Gulbis, but the Grand Slam experience is vastly in favour of Bedene's opponent.
At Wimbledon, Bedene advanced into the second round of a Grand Slam for the first time, so will be hoping, even without the crowd fully on his side, that he can use that as a stepping stone going into Flushing Meadows. At 26-years-old, the time could be now for Bedene to make a name for himself in 'The Big Apple'.
Returning to the scene of her most famous victory, condemning Kim Clijsters to retirement, the US Open represents happy memories for the British women's No 2. But can she add more?
In 2012, Robson earned a surprise upset over former Grand Slam winner Clijsters having already claimed an Olympic silver medal in the mixed doubles alongside Andy Murray in London. But her promising career has failed to kick on from that year.
A wrist injury wrecked the last 18 months and although she was able to claim a protected ranking of No 58 allowing her to enter eight WTA tournaments - Robson's position after the last tournament she played in, she has since dropped dramatically resulting in her WTA ranking of 727th heading to New York.
But still aged just 21, time and potential are on her side. She has won just two of eight matches since returning to action Wimbledon. World No 110 Elena Vesnina will be her first opponent at Flushing Meadows as Robson continues her comeback.
If anything can motivate Ward to get past the first round of the US Open for the first time it is the possibility of playing his Davis Cup team-mate Andy Murray.
They are on a third-round collision course which would be a fascinating and, no doubt, an emotional tie for the two Brits but that is currently a faraway horizon for Ward who has never won a match in the US Open main draw before.
The world No 134 starts against Brazil's Thomaz Bellucci, the world No 30, so immediately has his work cut out. A third-round run at Wimbledon was Ward's best ever so he'll need to take that momentum to Flushing Meadows if he has any hope of a first career meeting with Murray.
The only Brit to emerge successfully for the qualifiers, Konta has been handed the reward of a first-round clash against American wildcard Louisa Chirico.
The Australian-born player, ranked world No 96 compared to her upcoming opponent's No 120, is entering this Grand Slam of a hot streak of form which bodes well for her progression.
A three-set win over Austria's Tamira Paszek in the qualifiers was Konta's 13th consecutive singles victory. A second-round run in 2012 at Flushing Meadows remains her best Grand Slam performance so there is every reason to believe she can, at least, match that this year.
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