Western & Southern Open Cincinnati Schedule of Play Saturday - ATP & WTA
WTASaturday, 29 August 2020 at 09:45
The best tennis players from the ATP & WTA Tour gather in New York for the Western & Southern Open as we know the schedule of play.
The most popular tennis tournament in Cincinnati was moved to New York for the 2020 edition. From 20th - 28th August 2020, the brightest stars of the ATP & WTA Tour will battle at the Western & Southern Open as there's a great chance to get the first big amount of points to the rankings after more than 6 months. The entry list is packed with interesting names as we'll take a closer look at the schedule of play.
Saturday will be the final day at the Western & Southern Open in New York. Women's final will kick-off the evening when Naomi Osaka will take on Victoria Azarenka. The two met three times with Osaka winning two matches on the claycourt and Azarenka triumphing at the Australian Open back in 2016.
In men's final, it will be in-form playing Milos Raonic and still undefeated Novak Djokovic. The Serbian didn't lose any match this season and he will be aiming to lift his 3rd trophy this year (not including the one from the ATP Cup).
Saturday, August 29th Time in CET:
ATP Men's Singles Schedule of Play - Western & Southern Open:
19:00
Djokovič N. (Srb) - Raonič M. (Can)
WTA Women's Singles Schedule of Play - Western & Southern Open:
17:00
Osaka N. (Jpn) - Azarenka V. (Blr)
Friday, August 28th Time in CET:
Friday will be a very unique day at the Western & Southern Open. On Thursday, the play was suspended at the tournament as a protest against social injustice. It also saw Naomi Osaka withdrawing from the tournament in a protest, but later committing again to play.
And Osaka will be one of the players to kick-off Friday's action. She will take on Elise Mertens in the semifinals. Previously, they met twice, and it was in Asia on both occasions. First, Mertens triumphed in Wuhan back in 2017, and last year, Osaka got the victory in her hometown en route to the title.
The second semifinal match will be played at the same time. Victoria Azarenka and Johanna Konta are both yet to lose a set, and that will need to happen in their semifinal clash. Konta leads the H2H 2-1, however, Azarenka needed to pull out of one of those matches back in 2015.
The men's semifinal battles will begin with the match between Stefanos Tsitsipas and Milos Raonic. The Greek is having a really interesting journey in New York as he faced Kevin Anderson, John Isner, Reilly Opelka, and is now going to face Milos Raonic. All of these guys have a very similar style of tennis, but Tsitsipas managed to defeat the first three mentioned. However, Raonic is in a very good form and he outplayed the Greek at this year's Australian Open.
Novak Djokovic is still undefeated this season. And Roberto Bautista will be the next player attempting to break the winning streak of the Serbian. The Spaniard has a very good H2H with Djokovic in the last 6 matches as they both won 3 of those.
ATP Men's Singles Schedule of Play - Western & Southern Open:
19:00
Tsitsipas S. (Gre) - Raonič M. (Can)
20:30
Djokovič N. (Srb) - Bautista R. (Esp)
WTA Women's Singles Schedule of Play - Western & Southern Open:
17:00
Konta J. (Gbr) - Azarenka V. (Blr)
17:00
Mertens E. (Bel) - Osaka N. (Jpn)
Thursday, August 27th:
The play at the Western & Southern Open was paused on Thursday as a protest against social injustice. Therefore, there will be no matches on Thursday and play will resume on Friday. You can read more about this here!
Wednesday, August 26th Time in CET:
Quarterfinal battles will kick-off at the Western & Southern Open on Wednesday. Women will start the action as Elise Mertens will take on Jessica Pegula. Then, Naomi Osaka will meet in-form playing Anett Kontaveit and Ons Jabeur will play against 2-time Grand Slam champion, Victoria Azarenka. Johanna Konta will need to defeat Maria Sakkari who outplayed Serena Williams if she wants to play semifinals.
In men's part of the draw, the 2019 champion, Daniil Medvedev will take on Roberto Bautista. Then, Novak Djokovic will try to continue in his winning streak against Jan-Lennard Struff who is also in a very good form. Reilly Opelka will face Stefanos Tsitsipas in the match where everybody anticipates the most aces on Wednesday. And Milos Raonic and Filip Krajinovic will play the last match of the day.
ATP Men's Singles Schedule of Play - Western & Southern Open:
19:00
Medvedev D. (Rus) - Bautista R. (Esp)
20:30
Djokovič N. (Srb) - Struff J-L. (Ger)
23:00
Opelka R. (Usa) - Tsitsipas S. (Gre)
01:00
Raonič M. (Can) - Krajinovič F. (Srb)
WTA Women's Singles Schedule of Play - Western & Southern Open:
17:00
Mertens E. (Bel) - Pegula J. (Usa)
19:00
Osaka N. (Jpn) - Kontaveit A. (Est)
20:30
Jabeur O. (Tun) - Azarenka V. (Blr)
23:00
Konta J. (Gbr) - Sakkari M. (Gre)
Tuesday, August 25th Time in CET:
The 3rd round battles will start at the Western & Southern Open on Tuesday. Only the best 16 remained after the second-round and are yet to fight for the quarterfinal spot. Once again, the schedule of play features very interesting matches.
Daniil Medvedev will kick-off the day against Ajlaz Bedene and Jan-Lennard Struff will face David Goffin. Also, world no. 1, Novak Djokovic will play on Tuesday, facing Tennys Sandgren in his 2nd match in New York.
In the later hours, John Isner will take on Stefanos Tsitsipas and Andy Murray will try to continue his run in New York against Milos Raonic.
The women's field is once again led by Serena Williams who is currently also the highest-seeded player at Western & Southern Open. The day will begin with matches between Anett Kontaveit and Marie Bouzkova with Veronika Kudermetova facing Elise Mertens at the same time.
Fans in front of screens will see also Victoria Azarenka playing against Alize Cornet, or Aryna Sabalenka meeting Jessica Pegula. In later stages of the day, Naomi Osaka will meet Dayana Yastremska and Serena Williams will take on Maria Sakkari in the last match of the day.
ATP Men's Singles Schedule of Play - Western & Southern Open:
17:00
Medvedev D. (Rus) - Bedene A. (Slo)
17:00
Struff J-L. (Ger) - Goffin D. (Bel)
18:30
Khachanov K. (Rus) - Bautista R. (Esp)
20:00
Berrettini M. (Ita) - Opelka R. (Usa)
21:30
Djokovič N. (Srb) - Sandgren T. (Usa)
21:30
Isner J. (Usa) - Tsitsipas S. (Gre)
23:00
Murray A. (Gbr) - Raonič M. (Can)
01:00
Fucsovics M. (Hun) - Krajinovič F. (Srb)
WTA Women's Singles Schedule of Play - Western & Southern Open:
17:00
Kontaveit A. (Est) - Bouzková M. (Cze)
17:00
Kudermetova V. (Rus) - Mertens E. (Bel)
18:30
Azarenka V. (Blr) - Cornet A. (Fra)
18:30
Konta J. (Gbr) - Zvonareva V. (Rus)
18:30
Pegula J. (Usa) - Sabalenka A. (Blr)
21:00
Osaka N. (Jpn) - Yastremska D. (Ukr)
22:30
Jabeur O. (Tun) - McHale C. (Usa)
01:00
Sakkari M. (Gre) - Williams S. (Usa)
Monday, August 24th Time in CET:
Monday will be a very interesting day in New York. The biggest stars from the Western & Southern Open will jump onto the courts and show their skills after more than 5 months. In the men's part, Daniil Medvedev will take on Marcos Giron.
Alexander Zverev will face former world no. 1, Andy Murray. The current world number 1, Novak Djokovic will take on Ricards Berankis. Dominic Thiem will meet Filip Krajinovic in probably the last match of the session.
In the women's part, the action will be no less interesting. Petra Kvitova will battle against Marie Bouzkova in all-Czech match. Serena Williams will meet Arantxa Rus and Naomi Osaka will play against Karolina Muchova.
ATP Men's Singles Schedule of Play - Western & Southern Open:
17:00
Fritz T. (Usa) - Bedene A. (Slo)
17:00
Medvedev D. (Rus) - Giron M. (Usa)
17:00
Raonič M. (Can) - Evans D. (Gbr)
17:00
Sandgren T. (Usa) - Auger-Aliassime F. (Can)
18:30
Isner J. (Usa) - Millman J. (Aus)
18:30
Khachanov K. (Rus) - Carreno-Busta P. (Esp)
18:30
Opelka R. (Usa) - Schwartzman D. (Arg)
18:30
Shapovalov D. (Can) - Struff J-L. (Ger)
20:00
Gasquet R. (Fra) - Bautista R. (Esp)
20:30
Zverev A. (Ger) - Murray A. (Gbr)
21:30
Berrettini M. (Ita) - Ruusuvuori E. (Fin)
21:30
Dimitrov G. (Bul) - Fucsovics M. (Hun)
22:00
Djokovič N. (Srb) - Berankis R. (Ltu)
01:00
Krajinovič F. (Srb) - Thiem D. (Aut)
WTA Women's Singles Schedule of Play - Western & Southern Open:
17:00
Anisimova A. (Usa) - Pegula J. (Usa)
17:00
Bouzková M. (Cze) - Kvitová P. (Cze)
17:00
Konta J. (Gbr) - Flipkens K. (Bel)
17:00
McHale C. (Usa) - Alexandrova E. (Rus)
18:30
Mladenovic K. (Fra) - Mertens E. (Bel)
18:30
Zvonareva V. (Rus) - Siegemund L. (Ger)
19:00
Rus A. (Ned) - Williams S. (Usa)
20:00
Azarenka V. (Blr) - Garcia C. (Fra)
20:00
Kontaveit A. (Est) - Teichmann J. B. (Sui)
20:00
Osaka N. (Jpn) - Muchová K. (Cze)
20:00
Sakkari M. (Gre) - Putintseva Y. (Kaz)
21:30
Bellis C. (Usa) - Sabalenka A. (Blr)
21:30
Pera B. (Usa) - Yastremska D. (Ukr)
01:00
Keys M. (Usa) - Jabeur O. (Tun)
Sunday, August 23rd Time in CET:
Fans in front of the screens will be able to witness a lot of interesting matches on Sunday. Some of the players will play already their 2nd matches at the Western & Southern Open and that guarantees quality matches as they will meet some of the seeded players.
In men's part of the draw, Karen Khachanov will take on Alexander Bublik. Also, Dan Evans will be facing Andrey Rublev in another interesting first-round match. The second day in New York will also see a battle between Grigor Dimitrov and Ugo Humbert or John Isner and Hubert Hurkacz.
There will be also a couple of second-round matches on Sunday. 2-time Grand Slam finalist and former world no. 5, Kevin Anderson will meet the 2019 ATP Tour Finals champion and another former world no. 5, Stefanos Tsitsipas. Also, Borna Coric and David Goffin will play their 2nd round match at the Western & Southern Open.
In women's part of the draw, Anett Kontaveit will take on Daria Kasatkina in one of the early matches. Sunday will see also the match between Sloane Stephens and Carolina Garcia. The first-seeded Karolina Pliskova will be also on courts as she'll be facing Veronika Kudermetova.
ATP Men's Singles Schedule of Play - Western & Southern Open:
17:00
Khachanov K. (Rus) - Bublik A. (Kaz)
17:00
Ruud C. (Nor) - Schwartzman D. (Arg)
17:00
Sandgren T. (Usa) - Sonego L. (Ita)
18:30
Bedene A. (Slo) - Garin C. (Chi)
18:30
Evans D. (Gbr) - Rublev A. (Rus)
18:30
Fucsovics M. (Hun) - Gombos N. (Svk)
18:30
McDonald M. (Usa) - Giron M. (Usa)
20:00
Dimitrov G. (Bul) - Humbert U. (Fra)
20:00
Mannarino A. (Fra) - Millman J. (Aus)
21:00
Isner J. (Usa) - Hurkacz H. (Pol)
21:30
Korda S. (Usa) - Ruusuvuori E. (Fin)
21:30
Wolf J. (Usa) - Gasquet R. (Fra)
23:00
Anderson K. (Rsa) - Tsitsipas S. (Gre)
01:00
Coric B. (Cro) - Goffin D. (Bel)
Coric B. (Cro) - Goffin D. (Bel)
WTA Women's Singles Schedule of Play - Western & Southern Open:
17:00
Bellis C. (Usa) - Dodin O. (Fra)
Zrušené
Brady J. (Usa) - Clijsters K. (Bel)
17:00
Kontaveit A. (Est) - Kasatkina D. (Rus)
17:00
Linette M. (Pol) - Zvonareva V. (Rus)
17:00
Peterson R. (Swe) - Mertens E. (Bel)
17:00
Rus A. (Ned) - Van Uytvanck A. (Bel)
18:30
Brady J. (Usa) - Pegula J. (Usa)
18:30
McHale C. (Usa) - Swiatek I. (Pol)
18:30
Siegemund L. (Ger) - Vondroušová M. (Cze)
18:30
Siniaková K. (Cze) - Flipkens K. (Bel)
20:00
Bouzková M. (Cze) - Kalinskaya A. (Rus)
20:00
Fernandez L. A. (Can) - Jabeur O. (Tun)
20:00
Putintseva Y. (Kaz) - Zhang S. (Chn)
21:00
Stephens S. (Usa) - Garcia C. (Fra)
21:30
Collins D. R. (Usa) - Teichmann J. B. (Sui)
22:30
Pliskova Ka. (Cze) - Kudermetova V. (Rus)
01:00
Cornet A. (Fra) - Kenin S. (Usa)
Cornet A. (Fra) - Kenin S. (Usa)
Saturday, August 22nd Time in CET:
Finally the return of ATP action on Saturday with a stacked line-up in not only that but the WTA draw to come. In the former, it is two Canadian aces who headline with Denis Shapovalov set to face Marin Cilic in the final match of the day on Grandstand; while Felix Auger-Aliassime will aim to build on his strong start to 2020 when he faces Nikoloz Basilashvili.
Most eyes though will be on Andy Murray who will compete in his first ATP Tour event since lifting his 46th tour-level singles title; at the European Open in Antwerp last October.
A two-time winner in this tournament, he will face Frances Tiafoe; with a prized tie against Alexander Zverev awaiting. Other ties include Sam Querrey v Milos Raonic; Benoit Paire taking on Borna Coric and Alex de Minaur facing Jan-Lennard Struff.
On the WTA side, former World No.1's a plenty include Venus Williams and Victoria Azarenka who will be in action on Saturday. The former has a tough test though against No.16 seed Dayana Yastremska.
While for Azarenka who fell to Williams in Lexington; it is Donna Vekic (No.15 seed) who accounted for her last year in Cincinnati.
Coco Gauff will look to produce brilliance once more in a quality tie on paper against Maria Sakkari (No.13 seed); while Elena Rybakina will aim to continue her class start to 2020 when she faces fellow in-form ace Ekaterina Alexandrova who defeated her in the final in Shenzhen.
ATP Men's Singles Schedule of Play - Western & Southern Open (First Round):
16:00
Basilashvili N. (Geo) - Auger-Aliassime F. (Can)
16:00
Carreno-Busta P. (Esp) - Lajovic D. (Srb)
16:00
Struff J-L. (Ger) - De Minaur A. (Aus)
17:30
Edmund K. (Gbr) - Anderson K. (Rsa)
17:30
Norrie C. (Gbr) - Opelka R. (Usa)
17:30
Paire B. (Fra) - Coric B. (Cro)
19:00
Harris G. (Rsa) - Fritz T. (Usa)
19:00
Krajinovic F. (Srb) - Caruso S. (Ita)
19:30
Tiafoe F. (Usa) - Murray A. (Gbr)
20:30
Berankis R. (Ltu) - Paul T. (Usa)
20:30
Querrey S. (Usa) - Raonic M. (Can)
WTA Women's Singles Schedule of Play Western & Southern Open - Saturday:
16:00
Alexandrova E. (Rus) - Rybakina E. (Kaz)
16:00
Sevastova A. (Lat) - Mladenovic K. (Fra)
16:00
Watson H. (Gbr) - Pera B. (Usa)
17:30
Kudermetova V. (Rus) - Tomljanovic A. (Aus)
18:00
Sakkari M. (Gre) - Gauff C. (Usa)
19:00
Cornet A. (Fra) - McNally C. (Usa)
19:00
Vekic D. (Cro) - Azarenka V. (Blr)
20:30
Muchova K. (Cze) - Li A. (Usa)
22:00
Williams V. (Usa) - Yastremska D. (Ukr)
Friday, August 21st Time in CET:
ATP Men's singles Schedule of Play Western & Southern Open qualifiers:
17:00
Barrere G. (Fra) - Giron M. (Usa)
Barrere G. (Fra) - Giron M. (Usa)
17:00
Harris G. (Rsa) - Martin A. (Svk)
Harris G. (Rsa) - Martin A. (Svk)
17:00
Kwon S. (Kor) - Gombos N. (Svk)
Kwon S. (Kor) - Gombos N. (Svk)
17:00
Martinez P. (Esp) - Fucsovics M. (Hun)
Martinez P. (Esp) - Fucsovics M. (Hun)
17:00
Wolf J. (Usa) - Munar J. (Esp)
Wolf J. (Usa) - Munar J. (Esp)
18:30
Bedene A. (Slo) - Novak D. (Aut)
Bedene A. (Slo) - Novak D. (Aut)
18:30
Koepfer D. (Ger) - McDonald M. (Usa)
Koepfer D. (Ger) - McDonald M. (Usa)
18:30
Ruusuvuori E. (Fin) - Monteiro T. (Bra)
Ruusuvuori E. (Fin) - Monteiro T. (Bra)
18:30
Thompson J. (Aus) - Caruso S. (Ita)
Thompson J. (Aus) - Caruso S. (Ita)
18:30
Uchiyama Y. (Jpn) - Berankis R. (Ltu)
Uchiyama Y. (Jpn) - Berankis R. (Ltu)
20:00
Majchrzak K. (Pol) - Norrie C. (Gbr)
Majchrzak K. (Pol) - Norrie C. (Gbr)
20:00
Simon G. (Fra) - Korda S. (Usa)
Simon G. (Fra) - Korda S. (Usa)
WTA Women's singles schedule of play Western & Southern Open Friday qualifiers:
17:00
Flipkens K. (Bel) - Volynets K. (Usa)
17:00
Kasatkina D. (Rus) - McHale C. (Usa)
17:00
Samsonova L. (Rus) - Pegula J. (Usa)
17:00
Siegemund L. (Ger) - Dolehide C. (Usa)
17:00
Teichmann J. B. (Sui) - Rogers S. (Usa)
18:30
Bonaventure Y. (Bel) - Bellis C. (Usa)
18:30
Cirstea S. (Rou) - Kalinskaya A. (Rus)
18:30
Dodin O. (Fra) - Badosa G. P. (Esp)
18:30
Fernandez L. A. (Can) - Ahn K. (Usa)
18:30
Li A. (Usa) - Kuzmova V. (Svk)
20:00
Rus A. (Ned) - Stojanovic N. (Srb)
20:00
Sharma A. (Aus) - Zvonareva V. (Rus)
Qualifying finalised with some top names on the cusp of making it through to the main draw. In the Men's side, it dominates Grandstand. It begins with JJ Wolf vs Jaume Munar before two ties involving Jordan Thompson with the Aussie facing Salvatore Caruso - who took care of highly touted Jannik Sinner.
Gilles Simon, the number one seed is also on the verge of moving through as he faces Sebastian Korda, son of former World No.2, Petr Korda.
Elsewhere, Top Seed Open finalist Jil Teichmann faces Shelby Rogers in the pick of the Women's Ties. Also on that court includes either Cici Bellis or Madison Brengle against Ysaline Bonaventure.
As well as Vera Zvonareva facing Astra Sharma. Court 10 similarly sees Daria Kasatkina facing Christina McHale. Followed by Canadian prospect, Leylah Fernandez facing Kristie Ahn.
Cameron Norrie, Caroline Dolehide, Marton Fucsovics and Ricardas Berankis are also among those hoping to move through in a stacked final day.
Thursday, August 20th:
The tournament will begin with qualifying on Thursday. The first-seeded Gilles Simon will take on Taro Daniel in the ATP draw. On the other hand, the first-seeded player from the WTA Tour, Jil Teichmann will meet Aliona Bolsova Zadoinov in the first round of the qualifying.
The qualifying schedule of play features also some more interesting names as we'll see Brandon Nakashima playing against Marton Fucsovics or the Italian youngster, Jannik Sinner taking on fellow countryman, Salvatore Caruso.
In women's draw, the schedule is packed with talented American players like Christina McHale, Lauren Davis, Cici Bellis, or Madison Brengle. Also the 2010 Wimbledon and US Open finalist, Vera Zvonareva will play on Thursday as she'll take on Danka Kovinic.
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