Teen duo granted US Open wildcards

<a href="http://cache.images.core.optasports.com/news/tennis/2014/8/13/597949header.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="Teen duo granted US Open wildcards" border="0" src="http://cache.images.core.optasports.com/news/tennis/2014/8/13/597949header.jpg" title="Teen duo granted US Open wildcards" /></a>Teenagers CiCi Bellis and Taylor Townsend have been handed two of eight women's singles wildcards for the upcoming US Open.<br /> <br /> Bellis, 15, will be the youngest player in the main draw for the last grand slam of the year, which starts on August 25.<br /> <br /> The right-hander, runner-up in the juniors at the French Open, took out the USTA Girls' 18s National Championship on Saturday to earn the wildcard.<br /> <br /> Bellis is one of six Americans granted a passage into the main draw.<br /> <br /> Townsend, Grace Min, Nicole Gibbs, Danielle Collins and Madison Brengle will also be in the first round.<br /> <br /> Townsend, who made the French Open third round, was controversially overlooked for a wildcard in 2012 due to concerns over her weight.<br /> <br /> Australian Jarmila Gajdosova and Frenchwoman Amandine Hesse received wildcards through reciprocal agreements the USTA has with Tennis Australia and the French Tennis Federation.<br /> <br /> The 101st-ranked Gajdosova, a former world number 25, has won 16 of her past 19 matches.<br /> <br /> "I am very excited to be main draw of a grand slam again," she said.<br /> <br /> "It's been a long road back but I've been working hard to get healthy and fit and improve my game and my ranking.<br /> <br /> "It's taken me six months since I started playing again to get myself back [near] the top 100.<br /> <br /> "So I hope to use this opportunity that I was given and I hope to play my best and have some good results."

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Teenagers CiCi Bellis and Taylor Townsend have been handed two of eight women's singles wildcards for the upcoming US Open. Bellis, 15...

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