US EditionJulieta Pareja: Meet the 16-Year-Old American Wild Card at This Year’s US Open
Teen players Andreeva, Mboko, Fonseca, and Tien are rising stars noted for breakthrough wins and potential to emulate past young champions at the 2025 US Open.
- Mirra Andreeva, Vicky Mboko, João Fonseca and Learner Tien are a precocious group making a mark this season, with Andreeva pictured returning a shot at the U.S. Open on Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2025.
- This season, Mirra Andreeva won Masters titles at Dubai and Indian Wells and is the youngest woman in the top five since Maria Sharapova, while João Fonseca, who just turned 19, last month reached Wimbledon’s third round.
- Learner Tien has defeated four top‑10 players this year, including Medvedev and Rublev, and said, `I try to approach all my matches thinking about what I can control and trying to focus on my side of the court`.
- Vicky Mboko enters the U.S. Open not quite 100 per cent after a wrist injury, marking her third Grand Slam this year, while Andreeva faces two-time major champion Barbora Krejcikova on Monday.
- When terrific results arrive early, expectations on young players quickly increase, and observers note Mirra Andreeva's rapid form swings prompt questions like `What happened?`.
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Who is Learner Tien, the giant killer who faces Novak Djokovic in round 1 of US Open 2025?
Serb Legend Novak Djokovic opens his campaign in the US Open 2025 as he bids for a record-breaking 25th Grand Slam title. The seventh-seeded Djokovic will meet American youngster Learner Tien in the first round at Flushing Meadows, with his clash scheduled at the Arthur Ashe Stadium on Day 1 of the tournament in New York. Djokovic has not won a Major since last lifting the US Open in 2023, and with age not being at his side for much longer, coup…
Julieta Pareja: Meet the 16-year-old American wild card at this year’s US Open
By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — At just 16, American tennis player Julieta Pareja is set to compete at her first senior grand slam tournament. The teenager, who recently became the world No. 1 girls player, was handed a wild card for this year’s US Open main draw, in recognition of her breakthrough season which has seen her impress not only on the junior circuit, but also against senior professionals on tour. But speaking to CNN Sports from her home …
Andreeva, Fonseca, Tien and Mboko are to follow during the tournament that will begin on Sunday.
All sports, if not all areas of life, have a fascination with the young stars, such as tennis player Mirra Andreeva, a Russian who is only 18 years old but has already played in the semifinals in the Grand Slam tournament and who is the fifth lead in the series at the US Internationals that will start on Sunday.
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