Western & Southern Open 2023: At the Western & Southern Open, the WTA and ATP fields are beginning to thin as players stamp their tickets to the Round of 16.
Ten Grand Slam singles champions with 45 titles, five past tournament champions, and five NCAA singles champions will take the court on Wednesday in an attempt to advance to the third round. No. 2 Novak Djokovic will face Alejandro Davidovich Fokina on centre court in his first singles match on American territory in two years. No. 3 Daniil Medvedev and No. 4 Stefanos Tsitsipas won their initial matches on Tuesday night, following the advancement of No. 1 Carlos Alcaraz.
On the women’s side, No. 3 Jessica Pegula, who recently won the Canadian Open, opened play on centre court on Wednesday with a hard-fought victory over Martina Trevisan. Polish No. 1 Iga Swiatek defeated American qualifier Danielle Collins. This afternoon on the Grandstand, Venus Williams lost in three sets to the Chinese player Qinwen Zheng, who scored a first-round upset. The fifth-ranked Coco Gauff of the United States begins the singles competition on the centre court at midnight.
Tuesday saw the elimination of Peyton Stearns and JJ Wolf in the first round of the singles main draw. Tuesday, Stearns and companion Emma Navarro won the first round of the doubles tournament. Wednesday afternoon, the American pair was defeated by Desirae Krawczyk and Demi Schurrs in the second round.
Western & Southern Open 2023: ATP outcomes
Single
- Alejandro Davidovich Fakino was defeated by No. 2 Novak Djokovic 6-4, 0-0 (retired).
- No. 6 Mackenzie McDonald Holger Rune’s record is 6-4, 2-0 (retired).
- Gael Monfils surpassed Alex de Minaur. 7-5, 6-4
- Hubert Hurkacz defeated Borna Coric in the 15th position. 5-7, 6-3, 6-3
- Fourth-ranked Stefanos Tsitsipas defeated Ben Shelton. 7-6 (3), 7-6 (2)
- Max Purcell defeated Casper Rudd in the fifth position. 6-4, 3-6, 6-4
- No. 9 Taylor Fritz surpassed Lorenzo Sonego. 6-4, 7-6 (1)
- Dusan Lajovic defeated Jannik Skinner at No. 8 6-4, 7-6 (4)
- 16th-ranked Alexander Zverev defeated Yoshihito Nishioka. 7-5, 6-4
- No. 3 Lorenzo Musetti by Daniil Medvedev 6-3, 6-2
- Ugo Humbert defeated No. 14 Tommy Paul. 6-1, 7-6 (4)
- No. 10 Stan Wawrinka d. Frenchman Tiafoe 6-3, 6-4
Double
- Lloyd Glasspool/Harri Heliavarra were beaten by Max Purcell/Andrey Rublev. 7-6 (10), 7-5
- No. 2 Ivan Dodig and Austin Karjicek defeated Robin Haase and Karin Khachanov. 6-1, 6-4
- Rajeev Ram/Joe Salisbury fell to Maximo Gonzalez/Andres Molteni. 7-6 (4), 5-7 (10-7)
- No. 7 Felix Auger-Aliassime/Adrian Mannarino lost to Kevin Krawietz/Tim Puetz. 6-1, 6-4
- No. 8 Lorenzo Sonego/Lorenzo Musetti d. Horatio Zeballos and Marcel Granollers 3-6, 7-5 (10-3)
- Rinky Hijikata; Jason Kubler; Hubert Hurkacz/Mate Pavic 7-5, 4-6 (10-4)
Western & Southern Open 2023: WTA outcomes
Single
- Linda Noskova surpassed Petra Kvitova. 3-6, 6-2, 6-4
- Cristina Bucsa defeated Jasmine Paolini. 6-1, 6-3
- Venus Williams e. Qinwen Zheng 1-6, 6-2, 6-1
- Karolina Muchova has defeated Petra Martic. 6-3, 3-6, 6-3
- No. 8 Sorona Cirstea defeated Maria Sakkari. 2-6, 6-3, 7-5
- Iga Swiatek defeated Danielle Collins in the first position. 6-1, 6-0
- No. 10 Anastasia Potapova fell to Marketa Vondrousova. 6-4, 6-2
- No. 3 Jessica Pegula surpassed Martina Trevisan. 6-7 (2), 6-2, 6-3
- No. 14 Daria Kasatkina has defeated Varvara Gracheva. 6-3, 6-1
- No. 4 Jelena Ostapenko defeated Elena Rybakina. 6-7, 6-2, 6-4
- Elise Mertens succeeded Marie Bouzkova 6-2, 4-6, 6-1
- No. 2 Ann Li was defeated by Aryna Sabalenka 7-5, 2-6, 6-4.
- No. 7 Mayar Sherif versus Coco Gauff 6-2, 6-2
- Donna Vekic has defeated Victoria Azarenka. 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
Double
- No. 6 Anna Blinkova/Varvara Gracheva were defeated by Su-Wei Hsieh/Xinyu Wang. 6-0, 6-1
- Desiree Krawczyk and Demi Schuurs defeated Peyton Stearns and Emma Navarro. 6-7 (4), 6-3, 10-4
- 6-3, 6-3 victory for Alycia Parks/Taylor Townsend over Latisha Chan/Zhaoxuan Yang
- No. 3 Tereza Mihalikova/Yifan Xu fell to Nicole Melichar-Martinez/Ellen Perez. 6-3, 6-4
- Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova/Luisa Stefani defeated Ekaterina Alexandrova/Aliaksandra Sasnovich. 6-2, 6-0
- No. 7 Hao-Ching Chan/Giuliana Olmos defeated Jennifer Brady/Asia Muhammad by scores of 7-5 and 6-2.
- Gabriela Dabrowski/Erin Routliffe fell to Miyu Kato/Aldila Sutijadi. 7-6, 4-6 (10-1)
Thursday’s agenda
- Centre Court (beginning at 11:00 a.m.)
- Sloane Stephens (United States) takes on No. 10 on the WTA rankings, Marketa Vondrousova (Czech Republic).
- No earlier than 1 p.m.
- Fourth-ranked ATP player Stefanos Tsitsipas (Greece) takes on Hubert Hurkacz (Poland).
- No. 1 Carlos Alcaraz (Spain) takes on No. 14 Tommy Paul (United States).
- Night session (no earlier than 7:00 p.m.).
Western & Southern Open 2023: WT ATB
No earlier than 8:30 p.m.
ATP Gael Monfils (France) will compete against No. 2 Novak Djokovic (Serbia).
Grandstand (beginning at 11:00 a.m.)
No. 16 Alexander Zverev (Germany) versus No. 3 Roger Federer Dmitri Medvedev
No earlier than 1 p.m.
Iga Swiatek (Poland) versus Qinwen Zheng (China) in a WTA match.
No earlier than 2:00 p.m.
WTA – No. 3 Jessica Pegula (USA) versus No. 4 Marie Bouzkova (Czech Republic)
No earlier than 7:00 p.m.
ATP No. 9 Dusan Lajovic (Serbia) vs. Taylor Fritz (United States)
The No. 3 WTA Nicole Melichar-Martinez (United States) and Ellen Perez (Australia) are competing against Miyu Kato (Japan) and Aldila Sutjiadi (Indonesia).
Stadium 3 (beginning at 11:00 a.m.)
ATP Alexei Popyrin (Australia) is competing against Emil Ruusuvuori (Finland).
No earlier than 1 p.m.
ATP match between Mackenzie McDonald (United States) and Adrian Mannarino (France).
No earlier than 3:00 p.m.
ATP Stan Wawrinka (Switzerland) is competing against Max Purcell (Australia).
No earlier than 5:00 p.m.
Western & Southern Open 2023: WT ATB
Porsche Court (beginning at 11:00 a.m.)
Su-wei Hsieh (Chinese Taipei)/Xinyu Wang (China) versus Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova/Luisa Stefani (Brazil), No. 6 in the WTA.
No earlier than 12:00 p.m.
Maria Sakkari (Greece) vs. Karolina Muchova (Czech Republic), No. 8 in the WTA.
No earlier than 2:00 p.m.
Elena Rybakina (Kazakhstan) versus Jasmine Paolini (Italy), No. 4 in the WTA.
No earlier than 5:00 p.m.
WT ATB
WTA following leisure No. 1 Barbora Krejcikova/Katerina Siniakova (Czech Republic) vs. Karolina Pliskova/Donna Vekic (Czech Republic/Croatia).
Court 4 (starting at 11:00 a.m.)
ATP Number One Wesley Koolhof (Netherlands) and Neal Skupski (United Kingdom) versus Jamie Murray (United Kingdom) and Michael Venus (New Zealand)
The ATP No. 4 Rohan Bopanna (India) and Matthew Ebden (Australia) versus Chris Eubanks (United States) and Ben Shelton (United States).
ATP Marcelo Arevalo (El Salvador) and Jean-Julien Rojer (Netherlands) are competing against Lorenzo Musetti and Lorenzo Sonego (Italy).
ATP post-rest Marcelo Melo/Alexander Zverev (Brazil/Germany) versus Hubert Hurkacz/Mate Pavic (Poland/Croatia).
ATP post-rest No. 6 Max Purcell (Australia) vs. Alexander Rublev Santiago Gonzalez (Mexico) and Edouard Roger-Vasselin (France) were the winners.
Court 7 (starting at 11:00 a.m.)
The ATP No. 7 Kevin Krawietz/Tim Puetz (Germany) versus Nikoa Mektic/John Peers (Croatia/Australia).
No earlier than 2:00 p.m.
No. 5 in the WTA Lyudmila Kichenok (Ukraine) and Jelena Ostapenko (Latvia) versus Alycia Parks (United States) and Taylor Townsend (United States).
WTA Irina-Camelia Begu/Sara Sorribes Tormo (Romania/Spain) versus No. 2 Storm Hunter/Elize Mertens (Australia/Belgium)
