Rafael Nadal seems to have got a favourable draw. He could face any of the three Spaniards David Ferrer, Feliciano Lopez and Fernando Verdasco in the quarter-final or David Nalbandian, who is attempting his comeback on the tour after nursing a hip injury.

In the semi-finals, Nadal could face a stern test against Andy Murray. The two met in the 2008 semifinals, a match Murray won over in two days. Nadal is 8-4 overall against Murray but has lost four of their last five meetings on hardcourts.
 
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Nadal is looking for his first US Open title, which would give him his third Grand Slam tournament title this year and the career Grand Slam.
Five-time U.S. Open champion Roger Federer could be against two-time French Open runner-up Swede Robin Soderling in the quarter-finals.
 
Federer defeated Soderling in the quarterfinals last year . Next for him could be ninth seeded Andy Roddick or third seeded Novak Djokovic in the semi-finals.
“I’m motivated to do well because I love New York, I love playing in Arthur Ashe ” Federer said. “If I couldn’t get motivated by this stadium and this city, then I’d have some issues.”

Andy Murray will open against Slovakia's Lukas Lacko and could face American Sam Querrey in the fourth round and 2010 Wimbledon finalist Tomas Berdych in the quarterfinals.

In the women’s draw, only six of the women in the draw have won Grand Slams including Kim Clijsters, Ana Ivanovic, Svetlana Kuznetsova, Francesca Schiavone, Maria Sharapova and Venus Williams.

The first big contender is Caroline Wozniacki who is coming to New York after winning her 3rd straight Pilot Pen title. Wozniacki will face two former US Open champions, Svetlana Kuznetsova and Maria Sharapova.
 
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In the second-quarter of the draw, Jelena Jankovic is up against Vera Zvonareva.  There are other notable players in this part of draw including Nadia Petrova, Yanina Wickmayer, Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez and Bethanie Mattek-Sands.

In the third-quarter, we have Venus Williams and she will play her first round match against Roberta Vinci. Afterwards, she can face Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, feisty Victoria Azarenka or this year’s Roland Garros surprise, Francesca Schiavone.

In the fourth quarter, we have defending champion Kim Clijsters and other superb players including Dinara Safina, Marion Bartoli, Jie Zheng, Daniela Hantuchova, Alisa Kleybanova and Samantha Stosur.