With rain delays playing a major part in Day Two of the Cincinnati Open, the schedule is stacked for Day Three. As ever, we will preview some of the main talking points on a non-stop Tuesday at the Western & Southern Open.

Carlos Alcaraz, Taylor Fritz, Alexander Zverev, Karolina Muchova, Victoria Azarenka, Caroline Wozniacki and Ons Jabeur among others will start their campaigns.

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Centre Court slate features defending champions, Alcaraz, Jabeur and Fritz

On Centre Court at the Cincinnati Open, it all kicks off with ninth seed, Taylor Fritz who will face Jiri Lehecka. Having hardly lost any matches in recent months, the American has been on top form and heading into the US Open will hope that continues.

Defending champion Borna Coric follows in one of the main matches that was delayed due to rain with Coric 7-6, 4-3 up on Sebastian Korda. Alexander Zverev finally then gets his tournament underway. He faces Grigor Dimitrov in the third match up.

Ons Jabeur who has been missing injury wise since losing in the Wimbledon final will hope to recompose ahead of a busy time with Cincinnati shortly followed by the US Open. She takes on Rome finalist, Anhelina Kalinina.

Caroline Garcia, who like Coric is defending champion in her breakout 2022 will also hope to recapture her form. A year that has been steady but unspectacular, her points will soon drop off. She faces Sloane Stephens.

Before Carlos Alcaraz after a disappointing Toronto losing to Tommy Paul again aims to recapture his form after a puzzling tournament, he faces Jordan Thompson.

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Azarenka-Krejcikova, Muchova-Haddad Maia, Norrie-Monfils and Wozniacki headline other courts

It is must watch tennis everywhere on Tuesday with Novak Djokovic even in doubles action. Also on the slate includes Victoria Azarenka facing Barbora Krejcikova, Roland Garros finalist Karolina Muchova faces Beatriz Haddad Maia in one of the ties of the opening round.

After Elina Svitolina withdrew, Caroline Wozniacki gets Varvara Gracheva in a winnable second round tie. Liudmila Samsonova unlike Elena Rybakina, Iga Swiatek and Jessica Pegula won't get much rest at all. She faces Linda Noskova after a gruelling and highly debated week in Montreal due to scheduling.

Gael Monfils has been in supreme form as of late. He faces Cameron Norrie. Marketa Vondrousova, Jennifer Brady, Dan Evans, Alex de Minaur, Danielle Collins and Petra Kvitova are also all in action among others.

Blink and you miss it action from Cincinnati incoming.

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Schedule Day Three 2023 Cincinnati Open

Center Court Starts At 11:00 Am

R64 Jiri Lehecka VS Taylor Fritz

Not Before 12:30 Pm / TBF 6/7(5) 3/4

R64 Sebastian Korda VS Borna Coric

Followed By

R64 Alexander Zverev VS Grigor Dimitrov

Not Before 3:00 PM

Ons Jabeur VS Anhelina Kalinina

Not Before 7:00 PM

Sloane Stephens VS Caroline Garcia

Not Before 8:30 Pm

R32 Carlos Alcaraz VS Jordan Thompson

Grandstand Starts At 11:00 Am

Petra Kvitova VS Anna Blinkova

Followed By

Victoria Azarenka VS Barbora Krejcikova

Followed By TF 2/3

Karolina Muchova VS Beatriz Haddad Maia

Followed By

R32 Emil Ruusuvuori VS Andrey Rublev

Not Before 7:00 Pm

R32 Adrian Mannarino VS Felix Auger-Aliassime

Not Before 8:30 PM

Madison Keys VS Elise Mertens

Stadium 3 Starts At 11:00 Am

R64 Miomir Kecmanovic VS Tommy Paul

Not Before 12:30 Pm / TBF 3/6 7/6(5) 2/5

R64 Brandon Nakashima VS Stan Wawrinka

Followed By

R64 Cameron Norrie VS Gael Monfils

Not Before 5:00 PM

Cristina Bucsa VS Belinda Bencic

Followed By

Linda Noskova VS Liudmila Samsonova

Porsche Court Starts At 11:00 Am

Daria Kasatkina VS Peyton Stearns

Not Before 12:30 PM

Varvara Gracheva VS Caroline Wozniacki

Followed By

Petra Martic VS Emma Navarro

Followed By

Marketa Vondrousova VS Katerina Siniakova

Followed By

Jennifer Brady VS Donna Vekic

Court 4 Starts At 11:00 Am

R64 Karen Khachanov VS Lucky Loser

Followed By / TBF 0/0

R64 Daniel Evans VS Lorenzo Musetti

Followed By

R64 Hubert Hurkacz VS Thanasi Kokkinakis

Followed By

R64 Alex de Minaur VS J.J. Wolf

Followed By

R64 Mackenzie McDonald VS Yannick Hanfmann

Court 7 Starts At 11:00 Am

Jelena Ostapenko VS Karolina Pliskova

Not Before 12:30 PM

Qinwen Zheng VS Aliaksandra Sasnovich

Followed By

Irina-Camelia Begu VS Marie Bouzkova

Followed By

Danielle Collins VS Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova

Followed By

Ekaterina Alexandrova VS Sorana Cirstea

Court 8 Starts At 11:00 Am

R64 Ugo Humbert VS Arthur Fils

Followed By

R64 Alejandro Davidovich Fokina VS Tomas Martin Etcheverry

Followed By

R64 Lorenzo Sonego VS Alexander Shevchenko

Followed By

R64 Lloyd Harris VS Max Purcell

Court 11 Starts At 11:00 Am

Bernarda Pera VS Martina Trevisan

Followed By

Xiyu Wang VS Mayar Sherif

Followed By

Magda Linette VS Ann Li

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