RAIN INTERRUPTS THURSDAY ACTION
AT THE WESTERN & SOUTHERN OPEN
Five Round of 16 Matches Still to be Completed;
Quarterfinal Matches to Follow on Friday
RAIN REIGNS THURSDAY
Play was interrupted three times during Thursday afternoon and early evening by rain. A fourth band of rain settled in around 9 p.m., which led to play for the day being abandoned shortly after 11 pm. Five Round of 16 matches – two men’s and three women’s – still need to be completed. Two are in the first set, while three more have yet to take the court. Those matches will be played early Friday, with the winners coming back to play the quarterfinals later in the day.
RAIN POLICY FOR TICKET HOLDERS
Due to the inclement weather and the lack of a completed match on Center Court during the night session on Thursday, the session is considered incomplete. Further information on the rain policy can be found here.
WTA NO. 1 UPDATE
Thursday’s rain added extra intrigue to the chase for the WTA’s No. 1 ranking, with both Karolina Pliskova and Elina Svitolina needing to finish their Round of 16 matches on Friday. Should they both lose those Round of 16 matches, Simona Halep would have the chance to clinch No. 1 with a win in her Friday quarterfinal against Johanna Konta. It will be the third time this season Halep has entered a match with the opportunity to reach No. 1 with a win. She also faced that in the French Open final against Jelena Ostapenko and the Wimbledon quarterfinal against Konta. Both those defeats came in three sets after she had won the first.
RESULTS – THURSDAY, AUGUST 17, 2017
ATP SINGLES – ROUND OF 16
[1] Rafael Nadal (ESP) vs Albert Ramos-Viñolas (Spain) ppd.
[3] Dominic Thiem (Austria) d Adrian Mannarino (France) 7-6(4) 7-6(3)
[7] Grigor Dimitrov (Bulgaria) d Juan Martin del Potro (Argentina) 6-3 7-5
David Ferrer (Spain) d [11] Pablo Carreno Busta (Spain) 6-4 6-4
[14] John Isner (USA) d [WC] Frances Tiafoe (USA) 7-6(4) 6-3
Yuichi Sugita (Japan) d Karen Khachanov (Russia) 6-7(0) 6-3 6-3
Nick Kyrgios (Australia) vs Ivo Karlovic (Croatia) 3*-4 susp.
[WC] Jared Donaldson (USA) d Nikolaz Basilashvili (Georgia) 6-4 7-6(4)
ATP DOUBLES – QUARTERFINAL ROUND
[1] Henri Kontinen (Finland) / John Peers (Australia) vs Ryan Harrison (USA) / Michael Venus (New Zealand) ppd.
ATP DOUBLES – SECOND ROUND
[5] Pierre-Hugues Herbert (France) / Nicolas Mahut (France) d Fabrice Martin (France) / Edouard Roger-Vasselin (France) 3-6 7-6(5) 10-5
Jean-Julien Rojer (Netherlands) / Horia Tecau (Romania) d [6] Raven Klaasen (RSA) / Rajeev Ram (USA) 7-5 6-3
[7] Rohan Bopanna (India) / Ivan Dodig (Croatia) d Juan Sebastian Cabal (Colombia) / Fabio Fognini (Italy) 5-7 7-5 10-8
WTA SINGLES – ROUND OF 16
[1] Karolina Pliskova (Czech Republic) vs [Q] Camila Giorgi (Italy) 3-0* susp.
[2] Simona Halep (Romania) d [15] Anastasia Sevastova (Latvia) 6-4 6-3
[4] Garbiñe Muguruza (Spain) d [16] Madison Keys (USA) 6-4 3-6 7-6(3)
[5] Elina Svitolina (Ukraine) vs Julia Goerges (Germany) ppd.
[6] Caroline Wozniacki (Denmark) d [Q] Ashleigh Barty (Australia) 6-4 6-2
[7] Johanna Konta (Great Britain) vs [11] Domininka Cibulkova (Slovakia)
[8] Svetlana Kuznetsova (Russia) d Carla Suárez Navarro (Spain) 6-2 6-4
[WC] Sloane Stephens (USA) vs Ekaterina Makarova (Russia) ppd.
WTA DOUBLES – QUARTERFINAL ROUND
[2] Yung-Jan Chan (Chinese Taipei) / Martina Hingis (Switzerland) d [5] Timea Babos (Hungary) / Andrea Hlavackova (Czech Republic) 6-3 6-2
[7] Ashleigh Barty (Australia) / Casey Dellacqua (Australia) vs [3] Lucie Safarova (CZE) / Barbora Strycova (Czech Republic) 3-6 5-5 susp.
[4] Sania Mirza (India) / Shuai Peng (CHN) d Irina-Camelia Begu (Romania) / Raluca Olaru (Romania) 6-3 6-7(1) 10-3
[ALT] Lyudmyla Kichenok (Ukraine) / Lesia Tsurenko (Ukraine) vs Su-Wei Hsieh (Chinese Taipei) / Monica Niculescu (Romania) ppd.
ORDER OF PLAY – FRIDAY, AUGUST 18, 2017
CENTER COURT start 11:00 am
WTA – [4] Garbiñe Muguruza (Spain) vs [8] Svetlana Kuznetsova (Russia)
Not Before 1:00 pm
ATP – [1] Rafael Nadal (ESP) vs Albert Ramos-Viñolas (Spain)
ATP – [7] Grigor Dimitrov (Bulgaria) vs Yuichi Sugita (Japan)
ATP – [WC] Jared Donaldson (USA) vs [14] John Isner (USA)
Night Session – start 7:00 pm
WTA – [7] Johanna Konta (Great Britain) vs [2] Simona Halep (Romania)
Not Before 9:00 pm
ATP – [1] Rafael Nadal (Spain) OR Albert Ramos-Viñolas (Spain) vs Nick Kyrgios (Australia) OR Ivo Karlovic (Croatia)
GRANDSTAND start 11:00 am
ATP – Jean-Julien Rojer (Netherlands) / Horia Tecau (Romania) vs [3] Jamie Murray (Great Britain) / Bruno Soares (Brazil)
Not Before 1:00 pm
ATP – Nick Kyrgios (Australia) vs Ivo Karlovic (Croatia) to finish 3*-4
Not before 3:30 pm
WTA – [1] Karolina Pliskova (Czech Republic) vs [Q] Camila Giorgi (Italy) vs [6] Caroline Wozniacki (Denmark)
Not Before 7:00 pm
ATP – [3] Dominic Thiem (Austria) vs David Ferrer (Spain)
STADIUM 3 start 1:00 pm
WTA – [1] Karolina Pliskova (Czech Republic) vs [Q] Camila Giorgi (Italy) to finish 3-0*
ATP – [1] Henri Kontinen (Finland) / John Peers (Australia) vs Ryan Harrison (USA) / Michael Venus (New Zealand)
Not Before 5:00 pm
WTA – [5] Elina Svitolina (Ukraine) OR Julia Goerges (Germany) vs [WC] Sloane Stephens (USA) OR Ekaterina Makarova (Russia)
ATP – [4] Bob Bryan (USA) / Mike Bryan (USA) vs [5] Pierre-Hugues Herbert (France) / Nicolas Mahut (France)
COURT 10 start 1:00 pm
WTA – [5] Elina Svitolina (Ukraine) vs Julia Goerges (Germany)
COURT 4 start 1:00 pm
WTA – [WC] Sloane Stephens (USA) vs Ekaterina Makarova (Russia)
ATP – [7] Rohan Bopanna (India) / Ivan Dodig (Croatia) vs Lukasz Kubot (Poland) / Marcelo Melo (Brazil)
WTA – [7] Ashleigh Barty (Australia) / Casey Dellacqua (Australia) OR [3] Lucie Safarova (CZE) / Barbora Strycova (Czech Republic) vs [2] Yung-Jan Chan (Chinese Taipei) / Martina Hingis (Switzerland)
WTA – [ALT] Lyudmyla Kichenok (Ukraine) / Lesia Tsurenko (Ukraine) OR Su-Wei Hsieh (Chinese Taipei) / Monica Niculescu (Romania) vs [4] Sania Mirza (India) / Shuai Peng (CHN)
COURT 7 start 1:00 pm
WTA – [7] Ashleigh Barty (Australia) / Casey Dellacqua (Australia) vs [3] Lucie Safarova (CZE) / Barbora Strycova (Czech Republic) to finish 3-6 5*-5
WTA – [ALT] Lyudmyla Kichenok (Ukraine) / Lesia Tsurenko (Ukraine) vs Su-Wei Hsieh (Chinese Taipei) / Monica Niculescu (Romania)
DRAWS
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About the Western & Southern Open
The Western & Southern Open takes place August 12-20, 2017 at the Lindner Family Tennis Center, 20 miles north of Cincinnati in Mason, OH. The tournament is one of the prestigious ATP Masters 1000 events on the men’s tour and a Premier 5 event for the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA), making it one of only five events in the world outside of the grand slams with events of that caliber occurring during the same week at the same venue. The tournament is also one of the last stops on the US Open Series before the US Open in New York. Since 1974, the tournament has contributed more than $10 million directly to its beneficiaries: Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, the Barrett Cancer Center and Tennis for City Youth.
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