2016 US Open: Bracket, schedule and scores for women's draw

Can Serena Williams keep her No. 1 ranking?

Serena Williams held on to her world No. 1 ranking when Angelique Kerber failed to take the recent title in Cincinnati, but four different women could emerge from the US Open - the final Grand Slam of 2016 - with the ranking, depending on how things finish.

Williams earned her 22nd Grand Slam singles title earlier this year, putting herself into a tie with Steffi Graf for the most of any woman in the Open Era. She also stands to tie Graf's record for longest time with the No. 1 ranking if she makes it through the US Open still on top of the standings.

But the year hasn't been completely kind to Williams, who lost to Kerber in the finals of the Australian Open and Garbiñe Muguruza in the finals of the French Open at Roland Garros.

For years, Maria Sharapova had been the No. 2 woman in the world, but with her suspension the void has been filled by a rejuvenated Kerber, a surging Agnieszka Radwańska and, of course, Muguruza. Serena's sister, Venus Williams, is also playing well in 2016 and another American woman, Madison Keys, is also doing quite well for herself.

The Rio Olympics are in the rearview mirror, and the Williams sisters will be glad for it as they were both eliminated from singles and doubles play early on. Monica Puig, who holds the No. 32 seed here at the US Open, won the women's singles gold medal, upsetting Kerber in the final.

Throughout the US Open, we'll be providing schedules, recaps and more below. The tournament will run through Sept. 11 and will be broadcast primarily on ESPN and ESPN2. Below is all you need to know about the tournament, updated daily.

Bracket

Bracket taken from the official US Open website.

How to watch the tournament

The tournament's broadcast schedule is much the same as it was last year, its first year of running exclusively on the ESPN family of networks. Coverage will typically begin between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. ET on most days, and will run all through the day. Coverage will be shared across ESPN and ESPN2 throughout. Live streams of all matches will be available via WatchESPN online.

Go to SB Nation's tennis hub for recaps and in-depth how to watch information each day. Below is a full look at the start and end times each day and which channel you can find the coverage on. All times are Eastern.

Day	Round	Start	End	Network
Aug. 29	First	1 p.m.	6 p.m.	ESPN
Aug. 29	First	6 p.m.	11 p.m.	ESPN2
Aug. 30	First	1 p.m.	11 p.m.	ESPN
Aug. 31	Second	1 p.m.	6 p.m.	ESPN
Aug. 31	Second	6 p.m.	11 p.m.	ESPN2
Sept. 1	Second	1 p.m.	6 p.m.	ESPN
Sept. 1	Second	6 p.m.	11 p.m.	ESPN2
Sept. 2	Third	1 p.m.	6 p.m.	ESPN
Sept. 2	Third	6 p.m.	11 p.m.	ESPN2
Sept. 3	Third	11 a.m.	11 p.m.	ESPN2
Sept. 4	Round of 16	11 a.m.	11 p.m.	ESPN2
Sept. 5	Round of 16	11 a.m.	11 p.m.	ESPN2
Sept. 6	Quarterfinals	12 p.m.	11 p.m.	ESPN
Sept. 7	Quarterfinals	12 p.m.	6 p.m.	ESPN
Sept. 7	Quarterfinals	7 p.m.	11 p.m.	ESPN2
Seot, 8	Women's Semifinals	7 p.m.	11 p.m.	ESPN
Sept. 9	Mixed Doubles Final	12 p.m.	2 p.m.	ESPN2
Sept. 9	Men's Semifinals	3 p.m.	11 p.m.	ESPN
Sept. 10	Women's Final	4 p.m.	7 p.m.	ESPN
Sept. 11	Men's Final	4 p.m.	7 p.m.	ESPN

Schedule

Day 1: Monday, Aug. 29 (recap)

No. 2 Angelique Kerber def. Polona Hercog, 6-0, 1-0 (ret.)
No. 3 Garbine Muguruza def. Elise Mertens, 2-6, 6-0, 6-3
No. 7 Roberta Vinci def. Anna-Lena Friedsam, 6-2, 6-4
No. 8 Madison Keys def. Alison Riske, 4-6, 7-6(5), 6-2
No. 9 Svetlana Kuznetsova def. Francesca Schiavone, 6-1, 6-2
No. 12 Dominika Cibulkova def. Magda Linette, 6-2, 6-3
No. 13 Johanna Konta def. Bethanie Mattek-Sands, 6-3, 6-3
No. 14 Petra Kvitova def. Jelena Ostapenko, 7-5, 6-3
Monica Niculescu def. No. 18 Barbora Strycova, 6-3, 6-7(3), 6-1
Lesia Tsurenko def. No. 21 Irina-Camelia Begu, 6-0, 6-4
No. 22 Elina Svitolina def. Mandy Minella, 6-7(5), 6-0, 6-2
No. 24 Belinda Bencic def. Samantha Crawford, 6-7(6), 6-3, 6-4
Shelby Rogers def. No. 27 Sara Errani, 6-4, 7-6(3)
Naomi Osaka def. No. 28 Coco Vandeweghe, 6-7(4), 6-3, 6-4
Carina Witthoeft def. No. 30 Misaki Doi, 6-4, 6-1
Saisai Zheng def. No. 32 Monica Puig, 6-4, 6-2

Day 2: Tuesday, Aug. 30 (recap)

No. 1 Serena Williams def. Ekaterina Makarova, 6-3, 6-3
No. 4 Agnieszka Radwanska def. Jessica Pegula, 6-1, 6-1
No. 5 Simona Halep def. Kirsten Flipkens, 6-0, 6-2
No. 6 Venus Williams def. Kateryna Kozlova, 6-2, 5-7, 6-4
No. 10 Karolina Pliskova def. Sofia Kenin, 6-4, 6-3
No. 11 Carla Suarez Navarro def. Teliana Pereira, 6-0, 6-0
No. 15 Timea Bacsinszky def. Vitalia Diatchenko, 6-1, 6-1
No. 16 Samantha Stosur def. Camila Giorgi, 7-5, 6-7(4), 6-1
No. 17 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova def. Louisa Chirico, 6-1, 6-4
No. 19 Elena Vesnina def. Anett Kontaveit, 7-6(4), 4-6, 6-3
Ana Konjuh def. No. 20 Kiki Bertens, 6-3, 2-6, 6-4
Qiang Wang def. No. 23 Daria Kasatkina, 6-4, 2-6, 6-2
No. 25 Caroline Garcia def. Pauline Parmentier, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4
No. 26 Laura Siegemund def. Patricia Maria Tig, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2
Denisa Allertova def. No. 29 Ana Ivanovic, 7-6(4), 6-1
No. 31 Timea Babos def. Barbara Haas, 5-7, 6-3, 7-5

Day 3: Wednesday, Aug. 31 (recap)

No. 2 Angelique Kerber def. Mirjana Lucic-Baroni, 6-2, 7-6(7)
Anastasija Sevastova def. No. 3 Garbine Muguruza, 7-5, 6-4
No. 7 Roberta Vinci def. Christina McHale, 6-1, 6-3
No. 8 Madison Keys def. Kayla Day, 6-1, 6-1
Caroline Wozniacki def. No. 9 Svetlana Kuznetsova, 6-4, 6-4
No. 12 Dominika Cibulkova def. Evgeniya Rodina, 6-7(5), 6-2, 6-2
No. 13 Johanna Konta def. Tsvetana Pironkova, 6-2, 5-7, 6-2
No. 14 Petra Kvitova def. Cagla Buyukakcay, 7-6(2), 6-3
No. 22 Elina Svitolina def. Lauren Davis, 6-1, 4-6, 6-3
No. 24 Belinda Bencic def. Andrea Petkovic, 6-3, 6-2

Day 4: Thursday, Sept. 1

No. 1 Serena Williams vs. Vania King
No. 4 Agnieszka Radwanska vs. Naomi Broady
No. 5 Simona Halep vs. Lucie Safarova
No. 6 Venus Williams vs. Julia Goerges
No. 10 Karolina Pliskova vs. Montserrat Gonzalez
No. 11 Carla Suarez Navarro vs. Jelena Jankovic
No. 15 Timea Bacsinszky vs. Barbara Lepchenko
No. 16 Samantha Stosur vs. Shuai Zhang
No. 17 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova vs. Kristina Mladenovic
No. 25 Caroline Garcia vs. Katerina Siniakova
No. 26 Laura Sigemund vs. Nicole Gibbs
No. 31 Timea Babos vs. Richel Hogenkamp

Day 5: Friday, Sept. 2

Third-round play

Day 6: Saturday, Sept. 3

Third-round play

Day 7: Sunday, Sept. 4

Round of 16 play

Day 8: Monday, Sept. 5

Round of 16 play

Day 9: Tuesday, Sept. 6

Quarterfinals play

Day 10: Wednesday, Sept. 7

Quarterfinals play

Day 11: Thursday, Sept. 8

Women's semifinals

Day 12: Friday, Sept. 9

Men's semifinals

Day 13: Saturday, Sept. 10

Women's final

Day 14: Sunday, Sept. 11

Men's final

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