FLUSHING, N.Y.? As the country watches tennis legend Andre Agassi?s farewell tournament in the United States Open, the Kentucky faithful will have their eyes focused on former standout Jesse Witten.

Witten earned a spot in the tournament playing his way through the qualifying tournament held last week. In the first round of competition in the main draw Witten will face fellow American Paul Goldstein Wednesday.

Due to a rained-out second round, the Witten-Goldstein match will follow four other matches on Court 4. The first match is slated to begin at 11 a.m. EST.

Witten began his road to the Open with a victory over American Scott Oudsema in two sets, 7-5, 7-5. The first round victory came over a two-time U.S. Open participant.

The Naples, Fla. native needed three sets to shake Spain?s Pablo Andujar the No. 194 ranked player in the world in round two. He advanced with a 6-2, 3-6, 6-2 victory.

In the final round of qualifying action, Witten used a dominating performance on the serving end to handedly beat Germany?s Dieter Kindlmann the No. 259 ranked player in the world. The former Wildcat jumped out to an early lead for a 6-3 victory in the first set. Kindlmann fought back in the second set, but Witten prevailed 6-4.

Witten is currently ranked as the 189th singles player in the world. His competition is an eight-time US Open participant and holds the world?s 81st rank.

The World?s top player, Roger Federer, holds the tournament?s No. 1 seed. Rafael Nadal earned the No. 2 seed, while the top American seed is James Blake (No. 5).

As a Wildcat, Witten won 156 singles matches over his career and was ranked as high as the No. 3 player in the nation his senior season. Witten is only one of 11 four-time men?s singles All-Americans in the history of collegiate tennis.

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