Iga Świątek to meet Wang Xiyu in US Open 2026 first round in New York

Iga Świątek will face Wang Xiyu in a first-round match at the US Open 2026 at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York, scheduled for Tuesday, September 1, with the match due to start at 4:30 am IST. The fixture is part of the final Grand Slam of the season.

Świątek enters the match ranked No. 8 in the world while Wang is ranked No. 80, and Świątek leads their head-to-head 2-0, with the most recent meeting at the 2024 Olympic Games. Świątek won the US Open in 2022 and holds an approximate 80 percent career win rate at this event, though she has not advanced past the quarter-finals since that title run. Wang’s recent US Open history includes first-round exits in each of the last two years and a tournament win rate of 38 percent.

On form, Świątek captured the National Bank Open title in Canada in the weeks before New York, defeating Elena Rybakina and Elina Svitolina during that event. She then reached the Cincinnati semi-finals, where she lost to Jessica Pegula, results the article notes as her lead-in to the US Open.

Wang recorded a notable week in Cincinnati, beating a higher-ranked Elina Svitolina and taking Madison Keys to a close opening set, according to the report. Those results are mentioned alongside her contrasting record at Flushing Meadows.

Broadcast arrangements listed in the report name Star Sports as the official broadcaster in India, with live streaming available on JioHotstar. In the United Kingdom the match will be shown on Sky Sports Tennis with streaming via Sky Sports+ or NOW and Sky Go for existing Sky Sports subscribers; in the United States ESPN will offer live coverage.

The match on Tuesday, September 1, at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York is the confirmed first-round fixture for both players at the US Open 2026, scheduled to begin at 4:30 am IST.