OREANDA-NEWS. Russian tennis player Maria Sharapova is announced to participate in the last Grand Slam tournament of the season - the US Open, which will be held from August 26 to September 8 in New York.  This is reported by the press service of the tournament.

 The tournament, which will be held from August 26 to September 8, 2019, will also feature 12 other winners of the Grand Slam tournaments.

 The current title holder is Osaka.  Sharapova won the US Open in 2006.  Serena Williams - six-time winner of the tournament, Venus - twice, Stevens won the title in 2017, Kerber - in 2016.

 Also in the application were the first racket of the world Australian Ashley Bartie, American Serena and Venus Williams, winner of Wimbledon-2019 Romanian Simone Halep, Japanese Naomi Osaka, German Angelique Kerber, Czech Kvitova and others.