Serena-Sharapova and Federer play Monday night at US Open

Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova will meet in Monday night´s first feature match at the US Open with 20-time Grand Slam champion Roger Federer following them on Arthur Ashe Stadium.

Schedules for the first two days of the year´s final Grand Slam were released Friday by the US Tennis Association following the completion of qualifying matches.

Eighth-seeded American Williams, trying to capture her 24th Grand Slam singles title to match the all-time record held by Margaret Court, has a 19-2 record against the Russian, a five-time Grand Slam winner.

Following the dramatic night opener will be third-seeded Federer against India´s Sumit Nagal.

Monday´s day session begins with reigning French Open champion Ashleigh Barty, the second seed from Australia, facing Zarina Diyas of Kazakhstan.

Top-ranked defending champion Novak Djokovic launches his bid for his fifth title in six Grand Slam events after that against Spaniard Roberto Carbella Baena.

Monday´s schedule at Louis Armstrong Stadium includes Czech third seed Karolina Pliskova, chasing her first major title, against compatriot Tereza Martincova, India´s Prajnesh Gunneswaran against Russian fifth seed Daniil Medvedev and China´s Zheng Saisai against seven-time Grand Slam winner Venus Williams.

Tuesday´s schedule was also revealed with top-seeded defending women´s champion Naomi Osaka of Japan in the opener on Arthur Ashe Stadium against Russia´s Anna Blinkova.

Austrian fourth seed Dominic Thiem meets Italy´s Thomas Fabbiano in the next match.

Spanish second seed Rafael Nadal opens the night session against Australian John Millman, who upset Federer in last year´s first round, with 2017 US Open winner Sloane Stephens, the US 11th seed, facing Russia´s Anna Kalinskaya.

US 15-year-old Coco Gauff, in the event on a wildcard after a run to the fourth round at Wimbledon in her Slam singles debut, opens against Russia´s Anastasia Potapova on Louis Armstrong Stadium.

Other Tuesday matches there find Greek eighth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas against Russia´s Andrey Rublev and Romanian fourth seed Simona Halep, who beat Serena Williams in last month´s Wimbledon final, facing American Nicole Gibbs.