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THREE THINGS TO KNOW
1) A pair of local players headline opening day at the Western & Southern Open on Saturday with both seeking to win a pair of matches this weekend to advance into the main draw. Mason native Peyton Stearns, the 2021 NCAA Women’s Tournament Most Outstanding Player and All-American, will face 2021 Wimbledon doubles champion Su-Wei Hsieh on Porsche Court 10. Cincinnati resident and former Ohio State Buckeye JJ Wolf, a four-time champion on the ATP Challenger Tour, faces Marcus Giron, a former NCAA Champion while playing at UCLA on Grandstand. Next week, Cincinnati's Caty McNally will be in main draw action against Dayana Yastremska.
2) The Western & Southern Open is welcoming more than 100 players who participated in the Tokyo Olympics, a roster that features 20 medal winners, including all six players who took home medals in singles. A pair of players - Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic and Jelena Ostapenko of Latvia - had the honor of carrying their nations' flag in the Opening Ceremony. Naomi Osaka capped the event by lighting the Olympic cauldron to open the Games.
3) The 2021 Western & Southern Open will be the 120th anniversary of the tournament. First played in 1899 on the site of current day Xavier University, the Western & Southern Open has been a fixture in the Queen City for more than a century. More than 100 International Tennis Hall of Famers having played in Cincinnati over the years.
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FUN FACT
Ten of the 28 players from the ATP Tour in action in the qualifying tournament are over 30 years old. There will only be two teens on the court: 18-year-old Carlos Alcaraz and 19-year-old Lorenzo Musetti.
MUST WATCH
The Western & Southern Open revealed the main singles draws Friday night. Watch the full draw reveal show here.
ORDER OF PLAY - SATURDAY, AUGUST 14, 2021
CENTER COURT start 10:00 am
ATP - Qualifying - [7] Lorenzo Musetti (Italy) vs Kevin Anderson (South Africa)
WTA - Qualifying - [WC] Alycia Parks (USA) vs [9] Caroline Garcia (France)
ATP - Qualifying - [1] Richard Gasquet (France) vs [WC] Fernando Verdasco (Spain)
WTA - Qualifying - [8] Donna Vekic (Croatia) vs Christina McHale (USA)
WTA - Qualifying - [5] Katerina Siniakova (Czech Republic) vs Lauren Davis (USA)
GRANDSTAND start 10:00 am
WTA - Qualifying - [1] Viktorija Golubic (Switzerland) vs Fiona Ferro (France)
ATP - Qualifying - Steve Johnson (USA) vs [13] Emil Ruusuvuori (Finland)
WTA - Qualifying - [WC] Katie Volynets (USA) vs [11] Heather Watson (Great Britain)
ATP - Qualifying - [WC] J.J. Wolf (USA) vs [8] Marcos Giron (USA)
ATP - Qualifying - [WC] Jack Sock (USA) vs [14] [Alt] Alexei Popyrin (Australia)
STADIUM 3 start 10:00 am
ATP - Qualifying - Tennys Sandgren (USA) vs [11] Jeremy Chardy (France)
ATP - Qualifying - [3] Tommy Paul (USA) vs Soonwoo Kwon (South Korea)
ATP - Qualifying - [6] Vasek Pospisil (Canada) vs Corentin Moutet (France)
STADIUM 4 start 10:00 am
WTA - Qualifying - [2] Shuai Zhang (China) vs Yaroslava Shvedova (Kazakhstan)
WTA - Qualifying - [7] Kristina Mladenovic (France) vs Aliaksandra Sasnovich (Belarus)
WTA - Qualifying - [4] Rebecca Peterson (Sweden) vs Astra Sharma (Australia)
WTA - Qualifying - Irina-Camelia Begu (Romania) vs [13] Lelyah Fernandez (Canada)
PORSCHE COURT 10 start 10:00 am
WTA - Qualifying - Polona Hercog (Slovenia) vs [15] Marie Bouzkova (Czech Republic)
WTA - Qualifying - [WC] Emma Navarro (USA) vs [12] Andrea Petkovic (Germany)
WTA - Qualifying - [WC] Peyton Stearns (USA) vs [14] Su-Wei Hsieh (Chinese Taipei)
WTA - Qualifying - [8] Tereza Martincova (Czech Republic) vs Elena-Gabriela Ruse (Romania)
COURT 7 start 10:00 am
ATP - Qualifying - [4] Yoshihito Nishioka (Japan) vs Egor Gerasimov (Belarus)
ATP - Qualifying - [2] Carlos Alcaraz (Spain) vs Thiago Monteiro (Brazil)
ATP - Qualifying - [5] Dominik Koepfer (Germany) vs Andreas Seppi (Italy)
COURT 8 start 10:00 am
WTA - Qualifying - Anna Blinkova (Russia) vs [16] Maria Camila Osorio Serrano (Colombia)
WTA - Qualifying - [3] Liudmila Samsonova (Russia) vs Vera Zvonareva (Russia)
WTA - Qualifying - Jasmine Paolini (Italy) vs Anastasija Sevastova (Latvia)
COURT 11 start 10:00 am
ATP - Qualifying - Ricardas Berankis (Lithuania) vs [12] Gianluca Mager (Italy)
ATP - Qualifying - [WC] MitchellKrueger (USA) vs [9] Ilya Ivashka (Belarus)
ATP - Qualifying - Norbert Gombos (Slovakia) vs [10] Jaume Munar (Spain)
Draws
Women's Doubles
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