NY Times · Aug 27, 2015
U.S. Open Draw Unveils Serena Williams’s Grand Slam Path
Photo Vitalia Diatchenko, ranked No. 86 in the world, will get the first shot at derailing Serena Williams Credit Lachlan Cunningham/Getty Images North America The first player standing between Serena Williams and a historic United States Open title: Vitalia Diatchenko, a Russian ranked 86th.
The draw for the United States Open was announced Thursday morning, laying out Williams’s path to become the first woman to win all four Grand Slam events in one year since Steffi Graf in 1988. She has won the Australian Open, French Open and Wimbledon.