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Oksana Selekhmeteva vs 
Kamilla Rakhimova
Round of 64
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My pick: Kamilla Rakhimova to advance · locked 2026-08-31 20:50 UTCPrediction
A 2-2 head-to-head split down the middle by chronology: Rakhimova won both qualifying meetings in 2022 and 2024, Selekhmeteva has won the two that came since — Austin in February 6-2 7-5, and Eastbourne qualifying in June. Ninety-three and 92 in the rankings, an Elo gap of 38 points, and the ratings will not separate them. Rakhimova has the bigger scalp this week: 7-6(4) 6-2 over the 27th seed Barbora Krejcikova in 1 hour 53 minutes, on a day when she made 26 unforced errors to Krejcikova's 41 and converted four of five break points. Selekhmeteva's 6-2 6-4 over Aoi Ito was tidier still — 21 winners to twelve, one break conceded all match, 1 hour 22 minutes — and it was her first US Open main-draw win and her first at a major on a hard court. The recent form and the shorter match point one way; the ranking, the record and the bigger win point the other.
The case for Oksana Selekhmeteva
47% to winSelekhmeteva has won the last two meetings, including a straight-sets one on a hard court in February, and had the cheaper day on Monday: 1 hour 22 minutes, one break conceded, 70 points to 57. She is a left-hander, which is a problem Rakhimova has not had to solve in eighteen months, and her 25–22 hard-court record is a better rate than Rakhimova's 74–96. This is her first main-draw win at this tournament, and there is no weight of expectation on a player at No. 93.
The case for Kamilla Rakhimova
53% to winRakhimova has just beaten a Grand Slam champion. Krejcikova, the 27th seed, was taken out 7-6(4) 6-2 with Rakhimova converting four of five break points and losing only two service games in the match. She has been to the third round here before, which Selekhmeteva has not, and her 2-2 record in the head-to-head includes both meetings at this tournament's qualifying. Thirty-one minutes more court time is a small price for that kind of confidence.
Both cases written 2026-08-31, before the first ball — frozen into the record exactly as written, whatever the result. The percentages are mine — opinions with a percent sign on. They add to 100 because tennis has no draw to hide the rounding in.
Tale of the tape
Oksana SelekhmetevaKamilla RakhimovaPlayer vitals: US Open official player feed (usopen.org) and Tennis Abstract career match logs · as of 2026-08-31.
Career head-to-head: Tennis Abstract career match logs (tour-level) · as of 2026-08-31.
The briefing
Storylines
- Rakhimova beat 27th seed Barbora Krejcikova 7-6(4) 6-2, converting four of five break points.
- Selekhmeteva beat Aoi Ito 6-2 6-4 for her first US Open main-draw win and her first major win on a hard court.
- The head-to-head is 2-2, with Selekhmeteva winning the two most recent — Austin in February and Eastbourne qualifying in June.
- They are ranked No. 93 and No. 92; the Elo gap is 38 points.
- Rakhimova has been to the third round here (2021); Selekhmeteva had never won a main-draw match here before Monday.
Head to head
Level at 2-2. Rakhimova won both qualifying meetings, at Cluj-Napoca in 2022 and at this tournament in 2024; Selekhmeteva has won the two since, 6-2 7-5 at Austin in February 2026 and 7-6(3) 2-6 6-1 in Eastbourne qualifying in June.
Source: Tennis Abstract career match logs (tour-level) · as of 2026-08-31.
Watch: Second-round coverage runs across ESPN, ESPN2 and ABC, with ESPN Deportes in Spanish — and every court streams in the ESPN app, which is where a match away from the two show courts will live. (ESPN press-room release and listings, as of 2026-08-27)
Court & schedule: Not yet assigned. The US Open posts each day's order of play the evening before, and this match has not reached the board yet. (Official US Open order-of-play release cadence, as of 2026-08-31)
Weather: Rain is the story of the week's opening, and it is forecast to get worse before it clears. Showers and thunderstorms are likely overnight — 72% under a low near 72°F — and Tuesday is the worst day on the board: near 81°F with storms likely through the day, 67%, and again after dark at 64%. Wednesday is the break in it, near 76°F on a 26% chance of showers, with a slight chance of storms returning overnight; Thursday is warm and unsettled again, near 84°F on 53%. Friday is the first clean day of the fortnight — near 82°F and mostly sunny after an early 15%. Ashe and Armstrong close their roofs and play on; everything else waits. (National Weather Service New York forecast, as of 2026-08-31)
Venue: USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, Flushing Meadows, New York — hard.
At this Stage
The Round of 64 halves the draw again: 32 women's matches across Wednesday and Thursday, every one of them between players who have already won here this week. The seeds who came through the opening round now meet opponents with form behind them rather than a ranking.
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