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<\/p>\nTennis superstar Coco Gauff makes stop at Graeter\u2019s before Cincinnati Open<\/p>\n
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMOST OF THE BIGGEST NAMES IN TENNIS ARE IN MASON FOR THE CINCINNATI OPEN. AND TODAY WE GOT TO HEAR FROM MANY OF THEM ON WHAT MAKES THIS TOURNAMENT REALLY SO SPECIAL. OUR WLWT NEWS FIVE\u2019S LINDSEY STONE LIVE FOR US. LINDSEY, I KNOW YOU GOT TO TALK WITH A PLAYER WHO\u2019S VERY FAMILIAR WITH THIS TOURNAMENT. YEAH, VENUS WILLIAMS HAS PLAYED HERE IN THE CINCINNATI OPEN 11 TIMES. SHE\u2019S NEVER WON THE TOURNAMENT, BUT OF COURSE, SHE IS NO STRANGER HERE TO CINCINNATI. SHE SAID SHE IS HAPPY TO BE BACK. OF COURSE CONTINUING THAT COMEBACK TOUR TO SHE\u2019S HAD SOME HEALTH STRUGGLES HERE, BUT SHE TALKED VERY CANDIDLY ABOUT THAT TODAY, SAYING THAT SHE WAS READY TO PLAY. AND SHE IS EXCITED. SHE ALSO SPOKE ABOUT WHAT\u2019S NEXT FOR HER IN HER CAREER. SHE JOKED THAT SHE\u2019S JUST LIVING IN THE PRESENT. SHE\u2019S NOT TOO FOCUSED ON, OF COURSE, THE U.S. OPEN TOO. BUT TAKE A LISTEN TO WHAT SHE HAD TO SAY ABOUT 2026. I\u2019M VERY MUCH IN THE MOMENT. I DON\u2019T THINK YOU SHOULD EVER RULE ME OUT. THAT\u2019S ALL I CAN SAY. WELL, I PROBABLY WON\u2019T QUALIFY FOR THE TOUR CHAMPIONSHIPS, SO I WON\u2019T BE THERE. TYPICALLY, I\u2019D NEVER PLAYED MUCH AFTER THE US OPEN, SO YOU PROBABLY WON\u2019T SEE ME PLAY AFTER THE OPEN. SO THE US OPEN SERIES WAS MY FOCUS IN THIS RETURN. AND OF COURSE, SO MANY FANS HAPPY ABOUT THAT. RETURN TO NOW ON THE MEN\u2019S SIDE, WE GOT A CHANCE TO HEAR FROM JANNIK SINNER, NUMBER ONE IN THE WORLD, AS WELL AS NUMBER TWO, CARLOS ALCARAZ. OF COURSE, THE TWO MOST RECENTLY FACED EACH OTHER IN THE WIMBLEDON FINALS. SINNER CAME OUT ON TOP AND TODAY WE GOT TO TALK TO HIM. HE SAID THAT HE\u2019S FEELING VERY READY FOR THIS TOURNAMENT. HE ALSO IS PRAISING ALL OF THE UPGRADES THAT HE\u2019S SEEN HERE AT THE CINCINNATI OPEN, SAYING IT\u2019S NOT JUST BETTER FOR, OF COURSE, THE PLAYERS, BUT EVEN THE FANS TOO. NOW, AS I MENTIONED IN OUR TEASE HERE JUST BEFORE THE BREAK, WEATHER PLAYING A ROLE TODAY, YOU SEE THOSE OMINOUS SKIES OUT HERE, THE COURTS JUST CLEARED ABOUT TEN MINUTES AGO. OFFICIALS HERE MAKING THE ANNOUNCEMENT FOR FANS TO GO INSIDE AND SEEK SHELTER, AS SOME STORMS ARE GOING TO BE MOVING THROUGH. SO THAT COULD POTENTIALLY CAUSE A LITTLE BIT OF DELAYS IN THE NEXT KIND OF HALF HOUR AND MORE OF THE QUALIFYING ROUNDS THAT\u2019S GOING TO BE TAKING PLACE LATER TODAY. BUT OF COURSE, WE ARE EXCITED FOR SOME TENNIS. THOSE BIG NAMES READY TO. SO COMING UP AT 6:00 YOU\u2019RE GOING TO HEAR MORE FROM JANNIK SINNER AND HIS EXCITEMENT TO BE BACK RIGHT HERE IN CINCINNATI. BUT FOR NOW, HERE LIVE I\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
Tennis superstar Coco Gauff makes stop at Graeter\u2019s before Cincinnati Open<\/p>\n
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\n\t\t\tUpdated: 3:48 PM EDT Aug 7, 2025\n\t\t<\/p>\n