<p>Former champions Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray face a potential tough US Open quarterfinal after the draw was made for the final Grand Slam of 2014.<br /><br /></p>.<p>World number one Djokovic, who won the title at Flushing Meadows in 2011, is the top seed in the tournament, which is missing injured defending champion Rafael Nadal. <br /><br />Eighth-seeded Murray, the 2012 US Open winner who hasn’t won a title since his 2013 Wimbledon triumph, could face dangerous French ninth seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the round of 16.<br /><br />Meanwhile, second-seeded Roger Federer has a lighter-looking path, with seventh-seeded Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov his scheduled quarterfinal foe. Two-time defending champion women’s champion Serena Williams could find two familiar rivals in her path as she vies for a first Grand Slam title of 2014.<br /><br />World number one Williams is projected to face Serbian eighth seed Ana Ivanovic in the quarterfinals at Flushing Meadows.<br /><br />Although Williams leads their career head-to-head 7-1, former world number one Ivanovic ousted the American in the fourth round of the Australian Open in January.<br /><br />Williams could find herself up against another player who has managed to get the better of her on a major stage in the round of 16 -- Australian Samantha Stosur.<br /><br />At least Williams doesn’t have to worry about a week-one meeting with elder sister Venus, who landed in the bottom quarter of the draw headlined by world number two and second seed Simona Halep and fifth-seeded Russian star Maria Sharapova. <br /><br />Elsewhere in the women’s draw, third-seeded Petra Kvitova and seventh-seeded Eugenie Bouchard were put on course for a quarterfinal clash that would be a re-match of the Wimbledon final.<br /><br />Czech Republic’s Kvitova routed rising Canadian star Bouchard in that clash to claim her second Wimbledon crown.</p>
<p>Former champions Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray face a potential tough US Open quarterfinal after the draw was made for the final Grand Slam of 2014.<br /><br /></p>.<p>World number one Djokovic, who won the title at Flushing Meadows in 2011, is the top seed in the tournament, which is missing injured defending champion Rafael Nadal. <br /><br />Eighth-seeded Murray, the 2012 US Open winner who hasn’t won a title since his 2013 Wimbledon triumph, could face dangerous French ninth seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the round of 16.<br /><br />Meanwhile, second-seeded Roger Federer has a lighter-looking path, with seventh-seeded Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov his scheduled quarterfinal foe. Two-time defending champion women’s champion Serena Williams could find two familiar rivals in her path as she vies for a first Grand Slam title of 2014.<br /><br />World number one Williams is projected to face Serbian eighth seed Ana Ivanovic in the quarterfinals at Flushing Meadows.<br /><br />Although Williams leads their career head-to-head 7-1, former world number one Ivanovic ousted the American in the fourth round of the Australian Open in January.<br /><br />Williams could find herself up against another player who has managed to get the better of her on a major stage in the round of 16 -- Australian Samantha Stosur.<br /><br />At least Williams doesn’t have to worry about a week-one meeting with elder sister Venus, who landed in the bottom quarter of the draw headlined by world number two and second seed Simona Halep and fifth-seeded Russian star Maria Sharapova. <br /><br />Elsewhere in the women’s draw, third-seeded Petra Kvitova and seventh-seeded Eugenie Bouchard were put on course for a quarterfinal clash that would be a re-match of the Wimbledon final.<br /><br />Czech Republic’s Kvitova routed rising Canadian star Bouchard in that clash to claim her second Wimbledon crown.</p>