MASON, OH − The sixth day of the Cincinnati Open is in the books and the Round of 32 set.
The second rounds of the Cincinnati Open Aug. 10 featured some of the top names in tennis at the Lindner Family Tennis Center. Carlos Alcaraz, playing in his first match since falling in the Wimbledon final, survived a scare from Damir Dzumhur 6-1, 2-6, 6-3.
WTA No. 2 Coco Gauff, who won the Cincinnati Open in 2023, made quick work of Xinyu Wang 6-3, 6-3 to advance to the Round of 32.
Madeira native Caty McNally, coming off a win in her first appearance at her hometown tournament in three years, saw her singles run come to an end after a straight-set loss to McCartney Kessler.
Aug. 11 schedule at the Cincinnati Open
The field is slowly dwindling and more of the game’s biggest stars will be in action to open up the second week of the Cincinnati Open Aug. 11.
World No. 1 and reigning Cincinnati Open champion Aryna Sabalenka will face off in the second match of the day session on Center Court against Emma Raducanu. Sabalenka is 2-0 all-time against Raducanu, with the most recent meeting in Wimbledon.
The men’s No. 1 in action, too, as Jannik Sinner meets Gabriel Diallo. Top-ranked American Taylor Fritz faces Lorenzo Sonego of Italy.
The full Order of Play can be found here.
Replay: Full Cincinnati Open 2nd-round ATP, WTA results
In the final match of the Cincinnati Open Aug. 10, No. 11 seed Karolina Muchova prevailed in a competitive straight-set clash against former Cincinnati Open champion Caroline Garcia, who is retiring at the end of the year.
Muchova won both sets via tiebreak, finishing the 7-6 (3), 7-6 (0) victory with seven aces.
Former Cincinnati Open champion Alexander Zverev had 12 aces and won 78% on the first serve in a 6-3, 6-3 win over Nishesh Basavareddy.
World No. 80 Barbora Krejcikova, the 2024 Wimbledon champion, survived 12 double faults in a 2-6, 6-4, 6-3 win over No. 10 seed Elina Svitolina.
Qualifier Varvara Gracheva won in straight sets to enter the main draw and has now won back-to-back three-set affairs to reach the Round of 32.
Gracheva lost in a tiebreak in the opening set to American Sofia Kenin, the No. 24 seed, but recovered with back-to-back 6-3 wins to advance.
Karen Khachanov, the No. 14 seed, is through to the Round of 32 after a 6-4, 7-6 (6) win over French qualifier Valentin Royer.
American Brandon Nakashima, the No. 27 seed, went a full three sets against qualifier Alexander Blockx and prevailed in a third-set tiebreak, 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (5).
Opening the night session, Ben Shelton was sharp as ever coming off a Canadian Open title, his first at the ATP 1000 level.
Shelton won the first set over Camilo Ugo Carabelli, 6-3, before the Argentinian retired from the match in the second set with Shelton leading 3-1.
Madeira native Caty McNally’s Cincinnati Open is over. The WTA No. 104, who won Aug. 8 in her first appearance at her hometown tournament in three seasons due to an elbow injury, fell to No. 29 seed McCartney Kessler, 6-4, 6-3.
Serbia’s Hamad Medjedovic will play Carlos Alcaraz for a spot in the Round of 32. The ATP No. 72 defeated No. 26 seed Tallon Griekspoor, 6-4, 7-6 (3).
There’s a Lucky Loser moving on in the ATP main draw, too. Italian Luca Nardi, who lost his qualifying match Aug. 6, defeated No. 24 seed Denis Shapovalov, 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-4, taking advantage of eight double faults from his seeded opponent.
Playing in a packed Grandstand court, Australian Adam Walton eliminated No. 12 seed and former Cincinnati Open champion Daniil Medvedev 6-7 (0), 6-4, 6-1.
Walton won 12 of the final 17 games after getting bageled in the opening set tiebreak.
Four days after being eliminated in the final round of qualifying, Lucky Loser Iva Jovic is now in the Round of 32.
The 17-year-old California native cruised past No. 20 seed Linda Noskova 6-3, 6-0, in just over an hour.
Jenson Brooksby, the ATP No. 101, now has four ATP 1000 wins this year after a 7-5, 6-1 victory over Lucky Loser Arthur Cazaux.
Lucia Bronzetti notched an upset with a 6-3, 1-6, 6-4 victory over No. 15 seed Daria Kasatkina. Bronzetti won 68% of points on the first serve and 5-of-9 break points in the victory.
ATP No. 2 Carlos Alcaraz got a key break, then held serve in the third set to avoid an upset against No. 56 Damir Dzumhur 6-1, 2-6, 6-3 on Center Court.
Coming off a three-set loss in the singles draw, Mason native Peyton Stearns kicked off her doubles campaign Aug. 10. Stearns and partner Marketa Vondrousova defeated the duo of Fanny Stollar-Fang-Hsien WU 6-4, 7-5.
ATP No. 19 Alexei Popyrin is through to the Round of 32 after a 7-6 (4), 6-0 win over qualifier Martin Landaluce.
Popyrin reached the Cincinnati Open quarterfinals in 2023.
Playing in her first match in Mason since falling in last year’s final, Jessica Pegula handled Kimberly Birrell 6-4, 6-3.
ATP No. 2 Carlos Alcaraz looked untouchable in a 6-1 first-set win, but Damir Dzumhur responded with a dominant 6-2 second-set win to move the Center Court match into a third.
No. 16 seed Clara Tauson advanced in the longest match of the day so far, defeating Ajla Tomljanovic 6-3, 6-7 (5), 6-4 in a match that took 2 hours, 30 minutes.
German qualifier Ella Seidel has now won four matches over the last six days to reach the Round of 32 at the Cincinnati Open.
Seidel’s win over Polina Kudermetova Aug. 8 was her first WTA 1000 victory. Now, the 20-year-old has a win over a top 10 seed and will face either Cincinnati native Caty McNally or McCartney Kessler in the Round of 32.
Roberto Bautista Agut is through the Round of 32 after recording nine aces in a 6-4, 6-3 win over Cameron Norrie.
Bautista Agut took advantage of six double faults from Norrie, who won just 1-of-7 break points.
ATP No. 17 and No. 16 seed Jakub Mensik is through to the Round of 16 after an efficient 6-4, 6-2 win over American Ethan Quinn.
Mensik notched 10 aces (against just one double fault) and won 82% of points on the first serve.
After winning three times in Canada, Andrey Rublev started the Cincinnati Open on the right foot with a 7-6 (4), 6-3 win over 19-year-old Learner Tien.
Tien had beaten Rublev in the Round of 32 of the DC Open last month.
Coco Gauff made quick work of Xinyu Wang, winning 5-of-5 break points and 74% of points on the first serve in a 6-3, 6-2 victory that took just 1 hour, 9 minutes.
Gauff will look for revenge in the Round of 32 against Dayana Yastremska, who beat her in the first round at Wimbledon last month.
One day after her dominate 6-1, 6-4 win over Anastasia Potapova, WTA No. 3 Iga Swiatek has reached the Round of 16 after her second-round opponent, Marta Kostyuk, withdrew from the singles main draw with a right wrist injury, the tournament announced.
WTA No. 40 Magda Linette won 4-of-6 break points and tallied seven aces in her 7-6 (4), 6-0 win over Rebecca Sramkova.
WTA No. 2 Coco Gauff, the 2023 Cincinnati Open champion, is now on Center Court against Xinyu Wang. Gauff leads, 2-1, in the first set.
In a competitive Center Court clash, WTA No. 9 and No. 7 seed Jasmine Paolini defeated Maria Sakkari, 7-6 (2), 7-6 (5), in a match that took 2 hours, 12 minutes.
Sakkari survived a pair of match points in the second-set tiebreak by breaking Paolini’s serve, but a double fault sent Paolini to the Round of 32.
No. 32 seed Dayana Yastremska survived a scare against qualifier Viktoriya Tomova in the second round, 6-4, 2-6, 6-2, in just over two hours. She awaits the winner of the Coco Gauff-Xinyu Wang match on Center Court later this afternoon.
American wild card Tristan Boyer won his first set against Jiri Lehecka, but eventually fell to the ATP No. 26, 4-6, 6-1, 6-4.
Lihecka dished out nine aces and won 87% of first-serve points to punch his Round of 32 ticket for the second consecutive year in Mason.
American Ashlyn Krueger did not win a game during the second set, but bounced back for a 6-4, 0-6, 6-3 win over Anastasija Sevastova in the second round.
On the Champions’ Court, Veronika Kudermetova upset No. 17 Belinda Bencic in straight sets, 6-4, 7-6 (0).
Jelena Ostapenko is through to the Round of 32 for the fifth consecutive year in the Cincinnati Open. The 28-year-old advanced after her opponent, Camila Osorio, withdrew due to an abdominal injury.
Ostapenko reached the Round of 16 at the Cincinnati Open in 2021.
American Reilly Opelka is through to the Round of 32 at the Cincinnati Open after a straight-set upset of No. 6 seed and ATP No. 8 Alex de Minaur, 7-6 (6), 6-4.
Opelka was previously 0-5 against de Minaur and this is his ninth career win over a top 10 opponent.
Francisco Comesana is through to the Round of 32 after his opponent, No. 29 seed Luciano Darderi, retired during the second set.
Day 6 of the Cincinnati Open has begun on a sun-splashed Mason morning. On Center Court, No. 7 seed Jasmine Paolini is facing Maria Sakkari, the WTA No. 65. Paolini is 15-5 this year against opponents ranked outside the top 50, though she lost to Sakkari in Madrid earlier this year.
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Both Aug. 10 sessions are sold out, the tournament announced. Single-session tickets are available for Monday, Aug. 11.
Former Cincinnati Open champion Caroline Garcia ends the night on Center Court against 2023 runner-up Karolina Muchova.
Last year’s runner-up Jessica Pegula, the No. 4 seed, is on the Grandstand Court against Australian Kimberly Birrell. ATP No. 6 Ben Shelton, a 22-year-old American, is on Center Court to open the night session against Camilo Ugo Carabelli.
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