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The
USTA announced the eight women who have been awarded women’s singles
main draw wild card entries into the 2012 US Open Tennis Championships:
Bethanie Mattek-Sands and 2009 US Open quarterfinalist Melanie Oudin,
both members of the U.S. Fed Cup team, 2012 NCAA singles champion Nicole
Gibbs, 2012 NCAA singles runner-up Mallory Burdette, USTA Girls’ 18s
champion Victoria Duval, and Julia Cohen, along with Australia’s Casey
Dellacqua and France’s Kristina Mladenovic.
The 2012 US Open will be played August 27 – September 9 at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing, N.Y. Both the men’s and women’s US Open singles champions will earn a record $1.9 million with the ability to earn an additional $1 million in bonus prize money (for a total $2.9 million potential payout) based on their performances in the Emirates Airline US Open Series.