Overview
- Frodin, 17, earned a US Open main-draw wild card by winning the USTA Billie Jean King Girls’ 18s National Championships earlier this month and now faces Elena Rybakina in the first round.
- This will be Frodin’s first WTA Tour-level singles match and she enters the draw ranked about No. 580 with an 18-10 record for the season.
- Frodin spent six months as the junior tennis body and stunt double for a young Serena Williams in the 2021 film King Richard and says that role influenced her early technique.
- Rybakina retired from Cincinnati with an ankle complaint but has resumed practicing at Flushing Meadows and has said she expects to play in the match.
- The pairing highlights the USTA wild-card pathway that moves top American juniors into Grand Slam draws and could accelerate Frodin’s transition from junior to professional tennis.