Cincinnati Open 2024 results, schedule, live updates

Posted by Admin August 13, 2024 Tennis

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MASON, Ohio — The Cincinnati Open, formerly called the Western & Southern Open, is celebrating its 125th anniversary and 45th year in Mason, Ohio as the tournament goes full throttle into the first round on Tuesday.

Tuesday features a calendar-stuffing 32 matches from the opening round of ATP and WTA main draw play after qualifying contests wrapped up Monday.

Tuesday begins with five main draw singles matches and the day session from a WTA standpoint is highlighted by a Center Court match between World No. 20 Marta Kostyuk, of Ukraine, against World No. 35 Elise Mertens (Belgium), who made a Cincinnati Open semifinal singles run in 2020. World No. 12 Daria Kasatkina will face fellow Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova on Court 10.

On the ATP side, World No. 14 Ben Shelton faces fellow American Reilly Opelka. He’s followed on Center Court in the night session by World No. 12 Taylor Fritz against another American wild card, Brandon Nakashima.

In total, there are 116 Cincinnati Open participants who competed in the Paris Olympics, including 20 total medal winners and three Opening Ceremony flag bearers.

WTA/ATP tennis results from the Cincinnati Open:

Yulia Putinseva overcame a loss in the first set to put up a dominant performance Tuesday, defeating Harriet Dart 4-6, 6-0, 6-1. Putintseva (No. 34) won’t be able to bask in her victory for long, as she’s set to square off against world No. 2 Coco Gauff in the second round.

Arthur Fils, the 24th ranked player in the world, defeated University of Southern California alumnus Brandon Holt in straight sets Tuesday night, 6-4, 6-1. Holt, currently ranked as the world’s 180th best player, won two qualifying matches to make the Cincinnati Open. Fils will face Brandon Nakashima in the second round.

Elina Svitolina defeated Wang Yafan 5-7, 6-3, 6-2 in the first round to advance past the first round at the Cincinnati Open. Svitolina is set to face the winner of Victoria Azarenka vs. Lucia Bronzetti in the second round.

Brandon Nakashima took down Taylor Fritz 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 in the first round of the Cincinnati Open. Nakashima will face Arthur Fils in the second round after Fils beat American Brandon Holt later on Tuesday.

Anastasia Potapova defeated Clara Burel 6-4, 2-6, 6-1 on Court 10 Tuesday. With the win, Potapova advances to play world No. 5 Jasmine Paolini in the second round. Paolini made it to the quarterfinal of the Cincinnati Open in 2023 against Coco Gauff.

Magda Linette came on strong after a not-very-competitive first set to beat Katie Boulter 2-6, 6-0, 7-5. Linette went up 3-0 in the final set, but Boulter made a furious comeback to make the score 4-4. In the end, Linette hung on for the victory. In the second round, Linette will face the winner of Liudmila Samsonova vs. Wang Xinyu.

Yoshihito Nishioka defeated Miomir Kecmanovic in straight sets (6-4, 7-5) to advance to the second round of the Cincinnati Open. Nishioka will face world No. 7 Hubert Hurkacz in the next round. Nishioka made the quarterfinals of the Cincinnati tournament back in 2019, while Hurkacz made the semi-finals last year.

Italian player Elisabetta Cocciaretto beat Robin Montgomery, a Washington D.C. native, 7-5, 4-6, 6-3 in the first round of the Cincinnati Open. Cocciaretto, the No. 66 ranked player in the world, will face off against world No. 3 Aryna Sabalenka in the second round.

In a match that took nearly three hours, world No. 18 Lorenzo Musetti beat Nicolas Jarry 4-6, 7-6 (5), 7-6 (4) in the first round of the Cincinnati Open Tuesday evening. Musetti will face American Frances Tiafoe, currently ranked No. 27 in the world, in the second round.

Ashlyn Kruger, the No. 62 player in the world, defeated world No. 23 Donna Vekic 5-7, 7-6 (4), 6-2 in the first round. Kruger, a 20-year-old from Dallas, won all 14 possible first serve points in the third set to take the win. Kruger will play the winner of Shuai Zhang vs. No. 20 Diana Shnaider, who play on Wednesday.

Jordan Thompson upset world No. 17 Ugo Humbert in comeback fashion 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (4) in the first round on Tuesday. Thompson will play Sebastian Baez, ranked No. 20, in the next round.

In a match between a pair of Americans, world No. 14 Ben Shelton defeated Reilly Opelka in straight sets, 7-6 (3), 7-6 (3). This was Opelka’s first ATP-1000 level event in more than two years after he took a hiatus from professional tennis.

World No. 12 Daria Kasatkina handled Ekaterina Alexandrova on Tuesday in straight sets, 6-4, 6-2. Kasatkina made it to the third round of the Cincinnati Open in 2023 before losing to Aryna Sabalenka in straight sets.

Germans Kevin Krawietz and Tim Puetz defeated Argentine players Francisco Cerundolo and Tomas Martin Etcheverry in first round action at Court seven. The match was decided in straight sets 7-5, 7-6 (2).

World No. 35 Jiri Lehecka improved to 18-9 in ATP 1000-level events this season after Tuesday’s 7-6 (3), 6-3 victory over Mariano Navone.

Lulu Sun is out of qualifying and into the Round of 32 at the Cincinnati Open after Tuesday’s 6-4, 7-6 (4) victory over Linda Noskova. Sun now has to rest up ahead of her doubles match with partner Ajla Tomljanovic against Hanyu Guo/Monica Niculescu later this afternoon on Court 11.

Two days ago, 19-year-old American Alex Michelsen was pushed to edge in a three-set win over Zizou Bergs in the qualifying opener. On Tuesday, Michelsen picked up his third ATP 1000 singles victory by taking out Tallon Griekspoor 6-1, 5-7, 6-2. His reward? A match with World No. 1 Jannik Sinner in the Round of 32.

A top 10 ATP player last summer in Cincinnati, Frances Tiafoe (No. 27) used a strong serve (six aces) to defeat Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 6-3, 7-6 (6) in the first round.

For the second time this season, World No. 21 Marta Kostyuk defeated Belgium’s Elise Mertens. The two previously matched up in the Australian Open. This is Kostyuk’s second career appearance in the Round of 32 (2022).

In the longest match of Tuesday’s openers, World No. 20 Sebastian Baez held off American Marcos Giron 6-4, 5-7, 7-6 (6) in 2 hours, 34 minutes. Baez broke the ATP Top 20 earlier this summer and has two ATP titles under his belt this year.

For the second year in a row, France’s Varvara Gracheva has played her way through qualifying and into the Round of 32 after beating Ajla Tomljanovic in three sets Tuesday. Gracheva now faces World No. 1 Iga Swiatek in the second round Wednesday.

Bouncing back from a first-round loss in the Canadian Open, World No. 34 Luciano Darderi opened his Cincinnati Open with a 6-3, 7-6 (5) victory over Alejando Tabilo.

Making his first main draw appearance in Cincinnati after getting bounced in qualifying last year, World No. 44 Zhizhen Zhang of China took out France’s Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard in straight sets, 6-3, 7-6 (4).

Veteran Karolina Pliskova from the Czech Republic opened up the Center Court action Tuesday with a hard-fought 7-6 (3), 7-6 (3) victory over Viktoriya Tomova.

Pliskova has gone to the Cincinnati Open semifinals twice (2019, 2021) since winning it in 2016.

How to watch the Cincinnati Open

Gates at the Lindner Family Tennis Center open at 9:30 a.m. for Tuesday’s day session with the first matches scheduled for 11 a.m. Gates open at 5 p.m. for the night session and matches will begin at 7 p.m.

Matches can be watched live on the Tennis Channel while select matches throughout the tournament will be available to watch live on Amazon Prime, Roku, Samsung+, YouTube TV and Hulu+Live.