by ti-amieTournament: Cincinnati Open Dates: 7 - 18 August, 2025 Location: Cincinnati, Ohio, United States Tier: ATP M1000 Surface: Hard Prize Money: $9,193,540
Entries
Seed* Name Current Ranking Entry Ranking
1 Jannik Sinner 1 1
2 Carlos Alcaraz 2 2
3 Alexander Zverev 3 3
4 Taylor Fritz 4 5
5 Jack Draper 5 4
6 Novak Djokovic 6 6
7 Lorenzo Musetti 7 7
8 Holger Rune 8 8
9 Ben Shelton 9 10
10 Andrey Rublev 10 14
11 Frances Tiafoe 11 12
12 Alex de Minaur 12 11
13 Casper Ruud 13 15
14 Daniil Medvedev 14 9
15 Arthur Fils 15 16
16 Tommy Paul 16 13
17 Karen Khachanov 17 20
18 Jakub Mensik 18 17
19 Flavio Cobolli 19 24
20 Francisco Cerundolo 20 19
21 Grigor Dimitrov 21 21
22 Tomas Machac 22 23
23 Ugo Humbert 23 18
24 Alexei Popyrin 24 22
25 Jiri Lehecka 25 25
26 Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 26 27
27 Stefanos Tsitsipas 27 26
28 Felix Auger-Aliassime 28 28
29 Tallon Griekspoor 29 29
30 Alex Michelsen 30 32
31 Brandon Nakashima 31 34
32 Sebastian Korda 32 33
Denis Shapovalov 33 30
Alexander Bublik 34 31
Nuno Borges 35 37
Matteo Berrettini 36 35
Sebastian Baez 37 38
Gabriel Diallo 38 40
Jordan Thompson 39 44
Lorenzo Sonego 40 47
Hubert Hurkacz 41 39
Alexandre Muller 42 41
Cameron Norrie 43 61
Matteo Arnaldi 44 43
Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard 45 36
Marcos Giron 46 45
Pedro Martinez 47 52
Joao Fonseca 48 54
Gael Monfils 49 48
Miomir Kecmanovic 50 49
Jaume Munar 51 55
Quentin Halys 52 46
Zizou Bergs 53 50
Roberto Bautista Agut 54 42
Luciano Darderi 55 59
Fabian Marozsan 56 58
Jacob Fearnley 57 51
Tomas Martin Etcheverry 58 53
Camilo Ugo Carabelli 59 56
Laslo Djere 60 60
Daniel Altmaier 61 57
Corentin Moutet 62 69
Mattia Bellucci 63 73
Arthur Rinderknech 64 72
Reilly Opelka 66 70
Learner Tien 67 62
David Goffin 68 63
Benjamin Bonzi 69 64
Damir Dzumhur 70 67
Kei Nishikori 71 66
Hamad Medjedovic 72 68
Yunchaokete Bu 73 71
Francisco Comesana 74 65
Roman Safiullin 78 75
Roberto Carballes Baena 79 74
Jenson Brooksby 99 52 (PR)
Sebastian Ofner 141 74 (PR)
Nick Kyrgios 640 21 (PR)
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by ti-amieTournament: Cincinnati Open Location: Cincinnati, OH,United States Dates: 8/7 - 8/18 2025 Total Financial Commitment: $5,152,599 Surface: Hard
by skatingfan This is a fluff piece, but I think there's something interesting information about the events that led to this event staying in Mason, Ohio.
by ti-amieATP MD - Singles
1 SINNER, Jannik ITA/Bye
Qualifier / Lucky Loser vs KOPRIVA, Vit CZE
BAEZ, Sebastian ARG vs GOFFIN, David BEL
Bye/30 DIALLO, Gabriel CAN
19 MACHAC, Tomas CZE/Bye
THOMPSON, Jordan AUS vs Qualifier / Lucky Loser
MARTINEZ, Pedro ESP vs WC JARRY, Nicolas CHI
Bye/13 PAUL, Tommy USA
11 RUUD, Casper NOR/Bye
RINDERKNECH, Arthur FRA vs BORGES, Nuno POR
ETCHEVERRY, Tomas Martin ARG vs SHANG, Juncheng CHN
Bye/23 AUGER-ALIASSIME, Felix CAN
25 TSITSIPAS, Stefanos GRE/Bye
Qualifier / Lucky Loser vs MAROZSAN, Fabian HUN
BONZI, Benjamin FRA vs ARNALDI, Matteo ITA
Bye/8 MUSETTI, Lorenzo ITA
4 FRITZ, Taylor USA/Bye
CORIC, Borna CRO vs O'CONNELL, Christopher AUS
BERGS, Zizou BEL vs FEARNLEY, Jacob GBR
Bye/31 SONEGO, Lorenzo ITA
17 DAVIDOVICH FOKINA, Al… ESP/Bye
FONSECA, Joao BRA vs BU, Yunchaokete CHN
Qualifier / Lucky Loser vs NISHIOKA, Yoshihito JPN
Bye/15 COBOLLI, Flavio ITA
10 TIAFOE, Frances USA/Bye
CARBALLES BAENA, Rob… ESP vs GASTON, Hugo FRA
MPETSHI PERRICARD, Gi… FRA vs Qualifier / Lucky Loser
Bye/20 HUMBERT, Ugo FRA
28 MICHELSEN, Alex USA/Bye
MOUTET, Corentin FRA vs MCDONALD, Mackenzie USA
SAFIULLIN, Roman vs TABILO, Alejandro CHI
Bye/7 RUNE, Holger DEN
BOTTOM HALF
5 SHELTON, Ben USA/Bye
UGO CARABELLI, Camilo ARG vs NISHIKORI, Kei JPN
ALTMAIER, Daniel GER vs BAUTISTA AGUT, Roberto ESP
Bye/32 NORRIE, Cameron GBR
22 LEHECKA, Jiri CZE/Bye
WC BOYER, Tristan USA vs WC HOLT, Brandon USA
WALTON, Adam AUS vs Qualifier / Lucky Loser
Bye/12 MEDVEDEV, Daniil
14 KHACHANOV, Karen/Bye
PR OFNER, Sebastian AUT vs Qualifier / Lucky Loser
WC BROOKSBY, Jenson USA vs MULLER, Alexandre FRA
Bye/18 FILS, Arthur FRA
27 NAKASHIMA, Brandon USA/Bye
GIRON, Marcos USA vs Qualifier / Lucky Loser
MONFILS, Gael FRA vs WC BASAVAREDDY, Nishesh USA
Bye/3 ZVEREV, Alexander GER
6 DE MINAUR, Alex AUS/Bye
DELLIEN, Hugo BOL vs OPELKA, Reilly USA
COMESANA, Francisco ARG vs MUNAR, Jaume ESP
Bye/29 DARDERI, Luciano ITA
21 POPYRIN, Alexei AUS/Bye
Qualifier / Lucky Loser vs Qualifier / Lucky Loser
TIEN, Learner USA vs Qualifier / Lucky Loser
Bye/9 RUBLEV, Andrey
16 MENSIK, Jakub CZE/Bye
KECMANOVIC, Miomir SRB vs QUINN, Ethan USA
Qualifier / Lucky Loser vs Qualifier / Lucky Loser
Bye/24 SHAPOVALOV, Denis CAN
26 GRIEKSPOOR, Tallon NED/Bye
MEDJEDOVIC, Hamad SRB vs KOVACEVIC, Aleksandar USA
BELLUCCI, Mattia ITA vs DZUMHUR, Damir BIH
Bye/2 ALCARAZ, Carlos ESP
by ti-amieWTA Main Draw Singles (Unofficial)
(1) A. Sabalenka/Bye
(SR) M. Vondrousova vs J. Cristian
O. Danilovic vs K. Boulter (30) E. Raducanu/Bye
(21) L. Fernandez/Bye
(WC) V. Williams vs J. Bouzas Maneiro
D. Collins vs (WC) T. Townsend (13) L. Samsonova/Bye
(9) E. Rybakina/Bye
R. Zarazua vs Putintseva Yulia
H. Baptiste vs (Q) Qualifier (19) E. Mertens/Bye
(27) A. Pavlyuchenkova/Bye
E. Ruse vs (Q) Qualifier
(WC) B. Pera vs E. Lys (6) M. Keys/Bye
(3) I. Swiatek/Bye
A. Potapova vs (Q) Qualifier
T. Maria vs (Q) Qualifier (25) M. Kostyuk/Bye
(22) M. Frech/Bye
(SR) S. Cirstea vs D. Vekic
(SE) V. Mboko vs Performance-Bye Or Qualifier / Luckyloser, 1 (14) D. Shnaider/Bye
(12) E. Alexandrova/Bye
L. Sun vs (Q) Qualifier
M. Joint vs G. Minnen (18) B. Haddad Maia/Bye
(28) A. Kalinskaya/Bye
P. Stearns vs (SR) Y. Wang
Y. Starodubtseva vs (Q) Qualifier (5) A. Anisimova/Bye
Bottom Half
(8) E. Navarro/Bye
P. Kudermetova vs (Q) Qualifier
(WC) C. McNally vs (Q) Qualifier (29) M. Kessler/Bye
(24) S. Kenin/Bye
(WC) K. Volynets vs (Q) Qualifier
S. Kartal vs (WC) C. Garcia (11) K. Muchova/Bye
(16) C. Tauson/Bye
A. Bondar vs A. Tomljanovic
S. Lamens vs V. Kudermetova (17) B. Bencic/Bye
(31) M. Linette/Bye
C. Dolehide vs R. Sramkova
A. Blinkova vs K. Birrell (4) J. Pegula/Bye
(7) J. Paolini/Bye
M. Sakkari vs (Q) Qualifier
(SR) A. Sevastova vs (Q) Qualifier (26) A. Krueger/Bye
(20) L. Noskova/Bye
Performance-Bye Or Qualifier / Luckyloser, 2 vs N. Osaka
A. Parks vs B. Krejcikova (10) E. Svitolina/Bye
(15) D. Kasatkina/Bye
(SR) L. Zhu vs L. Bronzetti
M. Uchijima vs C. Osorio (23) J. Ostapenko/Bye
(32) D. Yastremska/Bye
A. Li vs (Q) Qualifier
Xin. Wang vs E. Arango (2) C. Gauff/Bye
Note: This may come from the Players site since neither the WTA site nor the tournament site has a draw for the WTA posted. Also the "Performance Bye" entry is never seen on tournament or tour sites meant for the public
They should put a Cheesecake Factory right in the middle, and then all the players will want to move in.
For context: Unlike Montreal, they did a player survey awhile back as to their favorite tournament venues, and Cincinnati was one of the top stops, mainly due to its proximity to a Cheesecake Factory.
They should put a Cheesecake Factory right in the middle, and then all the players will want to move in.
For context: Unlike Montreal, they did a player survey awhile back as to their favorite tournament venues, and Cincinnati was one of the top stops, mainly due to its proximity to a Cheesecake Factory.
I remember!
by ti-amieThursday 07 August, 2025 (Day 3)
P&G Center Court
Starts At 11:00 AM
J. Fonseca Vs Y. Bu Followed By
M. Vondrousova Vs J. Cristian Followed By
V. Williams (WC) Vs J. Bouzas Maneiro Not Before 7:00 PM
C. Moutet Vs M. McDonald Followed By
P. Stearns Vs Y. Wang
Grandstand
Starts At 11:00 AM
S. Cirstea Vs D. Vekic Followed By
Z. Bergs Vs J. Fearnley Followed By
T. Etcheverry Vs J. Shang Not Before 7:00 PM
C. Ngounoue (Q) Vs H. Baptiste Followed By
S. Baez Vs D. Goffin
Court 3
Starts At 11:00 AM
B. Bonzi Vs M. Arnaldi Followed By
R. Zarazua Vs Y. Putintseva Followed By
O. Danilovic Vs K. Boulter Followed By
C. Smith (Q) Vs F. Marozsan
Champions' Court
Starts At 11:00 AM
P. Martinez Vs (WC) N. Jarry Followed By
R. Safiullin Vs A. Tabilo Followed By
B. Pera (WC) Vs E. Lys Followed By
W. Osuigwe (Q) Vs T. Maria
Court 10
Starts At 11:00 AM
A. Rinderknech Vs N. Borges Followed By
A. Potapova Vs L.Siegemund (Q) Followed By
A. Ito (Q) Vs E. Ruse Followed By
J. Thompson Vs (Q) A. Mannarino
Court 4
Starts At 11:00 AM
M. Joint Vs G. Minnen Not Before 1:00 PM
G. Mpetshi Perricard Vs (Q) C. Wong Followed By
T. Atmane (Q) Vs Y. Nishioka
Court 6
Starts At 11:00 AM
R. Carballes Baena Vs H. Gaston Not Before 1:00 PM
D. Galan (Q) Vs V. Kopriva
by ashkor87 Based on last year, and reputation, this court is fast, even faster than the USO .expect Pegula, Paolini, Gauff, Bencic to do well.. Those will not like the conditions - Anisimova, Krejcikova, Ostapenko, Kostyuk..they all need a little more time to hit their shots, and arent particularly quick on their feet.
by ashkor87 Among the men, DeMinaur and Paul can do well, maybe Fritz will not..
by ti-amieFriday 08 August, 2025 (Day 4)
P&G Center Court
Starts At 11:00 AM
S. Kartal Vs C. Garcia (WC) Followed By
B. Coric Vs (Q) E. Nava Followed By
J. Brooksby (WC) Vs A. Muller Not Before 7:00 PM
A. Parks Vs B. Krejcikova Followed By
A. Vukic (LL) Vs (WC) N. Basavareddy
Grandstand
Starts At 11:00 AM
C. Ugo Carabelli Vs K. Nishikori Not Before 12:30 PM
D. Collins Vs T. Townsend (WC) Followed By
K. Rakhimova (Q) Vs M. Sakkari Not Before 7:00 PM
L. Tien Vs (Q) L. Riedi Followed By
C. McNally (WC) Vs M.Inglis (Q)
Court 3
Starts At 11:00 AM
T. Boyer (WC) Vs (WC) B. Holt Followed By
M. Giron Vs (Q) A. Blockx Followed By
A. Li Vs V. Tomova (Q) Followed By
A. Sevastova Vs E.Bektas (Q)
Champions' Court
Starts At 11:00 AM
C. Dolehide Vs R. Sramkova Followed By
V. Gracheva (Q) Vs K. Volynets (WC) Followed By
H. Dellien Vs R. Opelka Followed By
M. Landaluce (Q) Vs (Q) P. Kypson Followed By
S. Ofner (PR) Vs (Q) V. Royer
Court 10
Starts At 11:00 AM
L. Zhu Vs L. Bronzetti Followed By
M. Kecmanovic Vs E. Quinn Followed By
H. Medjedovic Vs A. Kovacevic Followed By
S. Lamens Vs V. Kudermetova
Court 4
Starts At 11:00 AM
L. Sun Vs A. Ruzic (Q) Followed By
A. Bondar Vs A. Tomljanovic Followed By
F. Comesana Vs J. Munar Followed By
D. Altmaier Vs R. Bautista Agut
Court 7
Starts At 11:00 AM
L. Nardi (LL) Vs (Q) T. Tirante Followed By
A. Blinkova Vs K. Birrell Followed By
M. Uchijima Vs C. Osorio Followed By
X. Wang Vs E. Arango
Court 9
Starts At 11:00 AM
Y. Starodubtseva Vs L.Jeanjean (Q) Followed By
P. Kudermetova Vs E. Seidel (Q) Followed By
A. Walton Vs (LL) M. Navone Followed By
M. Bellucci Vs D. Dzumhur
by Suliso
ashkor87 wrote: ↑Thu Aug 07, 2025 2:33 pm
Among the men, DeMinaur and Paul can do well, maybe Fritz will not..
ashkor87 wrote: ↑Thu Aug 07, 2025 2:33 pm
Among the men, DeMinaur and Paul can do well, maybe Fritz will not..
I'll still take Sinner for the title
of course, I didnt mean they will win the title.Sinner will win, for sure.
by ashkor87 QF lineup likely: (by my reckoning)
Sabalenka vs Rybakina
Swiatek vs Alexandrova
Kessler vs Bencic/Tauson
Osaka vs Gauff
all look like good matches.. looking forward to them.
Third quarter looks the hardest to call, with Pegula, Tauson and Bencic all present..i certainly think it will be Bencic..simply because her style suits a fast surface..
Sabalenka may not even get there, has to beat Leylah, may not do it.
by ashkor87 Alcaraz is a puzzle...last year he did nothing here, nothing at the USO...complained about the court speed..
by ashkor87 Pegula seems a bit off lately too..since Berlin..wonder what is wrong. I can no longer rely on her as the benchmark...
by jazzyg Osaka predictably withdrew.
by dryrunguy Did anyone else just see the... meltdown?... by Collins after losing the first two points of the second set tiebreaker against Townsend? She had lost the first set and was down 0-2 in the breaker when she just started wailing either at herself or someone in the crowd or something... Really bizarre.
It threw Taylor off for a second.. She immediately threw in a double before getting her head together and winning the breaker 7-2--and thus the match.
Really odd. Really, really odd. I missed everything before that, so perhaps I missed some earlier match history.
After it was over, Collins left the court without her gear.
by ti-amie
dryrunguy wrote: ↑Fri Aug 08, 2025 6:54 pm
Did anyone else just see the... meltdown?... by Collins after losing the first two points of the second set tiebreaker against Townsend? She had lost the first set and was down 0-2 in the breaker when she just started wailing either at herself or someone in the crowd or something... Really bizarre.
It threw Taylor off for a second.. She immediately threw in a double before getting her head together and winning the breaker 7-2--and thus the match.
Really odd. Really, really odd. I missed everything before that, so perhaps I missed some earlier match history.
After it was over, Collins left the court without her gear.
Medvedev did the same thing in Toronto.
by ti-amie “Mboko and Osaka’s withdrawals created two new first round matches between lucky losers from the qualifying tournament: Iva Jovic vs. Solana Sierra and Cristina Buçsa and Yuan Yue.”
*source: Tennis Channel
by ti-amie
(22) M. Frech/Bye
(SR) S. Cirstea vs D. Vekic (SE) V. Mboko vs Performance-Bye Or Qualifier / Luckyloser, 1
(14) D. Shnaider/Bye
(22) M. Frech/Bye
(SR) S. Cirstea vs D. Vekic LL BUCSA, Cristina ESP vs LL YUAN, Yue CHN (14) D. Shnaider/Bye
(20) L. Noskova/Bye Performance-Bye Or Qualifier / Luckyloser, 2 vs N. Osaka
A. Parks vs B. Krejcikova
(10) E. Svitolina/Bye
20 NOSKOVA, Linda CZE/Bye LL JOVIC, Iva USA vs LL SIERRA, Solana ARG
PARKS, Alycia USA vs KREJCIKOVA, Barbora CZE
Bye/10 SVITOLINA, Elina UKR
by ti-amie
by ti-amieSaturday Order of Play
P&G Center Court
Starting at 11:00 AM
Women's Singles POL Iga Swiatek [3] vs RUS Anastasia Potapova Followed By
Men's Singles - Round 2
ESP Pedro Martinez vs USA Tommy Paul [13] Followed By
Men's Singles - Round 2 ITA Jannik Sinner [1] vs COL Daniel Elahi Galan Not before 7:00 pm
Women's Singles - Round 1 BLR Aryna Sabalenka [1] vs CZE Marketa Vondrousova Followed By
Men's Singles USA Taylor Fritz [4] vs USA Emilio Nava
Grandstand Court
Starting at 11:00 AM
Men's Singles NOR Casper Ruud [11] vs FRA Arthur Rinderknech Not before 1:00 pm
Women's Singles Round 1
GER Eva Lys vs USA Madison Keys [6] Followed By
Women's Singles Round 1 KAZ Elena Rybakina [9] vs MEX Renata Zarazua
Not Before
Men's Singles - Round 2 USA Frances Tiafoe [10] vs ESP Roberto Carballes Baena Not before 8:30 pm
Women's Singles - Round 1
FRA Leolia Jeanjean vs Amanda Anisimova [5]
Court 3
Starting at 11:00 AM
Men's Singles - Round 2
RUS Roman Safiullin vs DEN Holger Rune [7] Followed By
Women's Singles - Round 1 CAN Leylah Fernandez [21] vs ESP Jessica Bouzas Maneiro Followed By
Women's Singles - Round 1
USA Taylor Townsend [WC] vs RUS Liudmila Samsonova [13] Followed By
Men's Singles - Round 2 ESP Alejandro Davidovich Fokina [17] vs BRA Joao Fonseca
Champion's Court
Starting at 11:00 AM
Men's Singles - Round 2 USA Alex Michelsen [28] vs FRA Corentin Moutet Followed By
Men's Singles - Round 2 GRE Stefanos Tsitsipas [25] vs HUN Fabian Marozsan Followed By
Women's Singles - Round 1
SRB Olga Danilovic vs GBR Emma Raducanu [30]
Followed By
Women's Singles - Round 1 RUS Anna Kalinskaya [28] vs USA Peyton Stearns
Court 10
Starting at 11:00 AM
Men's Singles - Round 2
FRA Benjamin Bonzi vs ITA Lorenzo Musetti [8] Followed By
Women's Singles - Round 1
AUS Maya Joint vs BRA Beatriz Haddad Maia [18] Followed By
Women's Singles - Round 1
USA Clervie Ngounoue [WC] vs BEL Elise Mertens [19] Followed By
Men's Singles - Round 2
FRA Terence Atmane vs ITA Flavio Cobolli [15]
Court 4
Starting at 11:00 AM
Women's Singles - Round 1
GER Tatjana Maria vs UKR Marta Kostyuk [25] Followed By
Men's Singles - Round 2
ARG Tomas Martin Etcheverry vs CAN Felix Auger-Aliassime [23] Followed By
Men's Singles - Round 2
ARG Sebastian Baez vs CAN Gabriel Diallo [30] Followed By
Women's Singles - Round 1
TBD vs RUS Diana Shnaider [14]
Court 7
Starting at 11:00 AM
Women's Doubles - Round 1
ITA Sara Errani [1] ITA/Jasmine Paolini [1] vs TBD/TBD Followed By
Women's Doubles - Round 1
TPE Su-Wei Hsieh JPN/Ena Shibahara vs CAN Gabriela Dabrowski [2] NZL Erin Routliffe [2] Followed By
Men's Singles - Round 2 CZE Tomas Machac [19] vs FRA Adrian Mannarino Followed By
Women's Singles - Round 1 RUS Ekaterina Alexandrova [12] vs NZL Lulu Sun
Court 8
Starting at 11:00 AM
Women's Doubles - Round 1
POL Magda Linette/DEN Clara Tauson vs SVK Tereza Mihalikova/GBR Olivia Nicholls Followed By
Women's Doubles - Round 1
USA Emma Navarro/USA Margaret Navarro vs MEX Giuliana Olmos/INA Aldila Sutjiadi Followed By
Women's Doubles - Round 1
USA Iva Jovic/USA Ashlyn Krueger vs USA Hailey Baptiste/USA Jessica Pegula Followed By
Women's Doubles - Round 1
CZE Barbora Krejcikova/LAT Jelena Ostapenko vs KAZ Anna Danilina/SRB Aleksandra Krunic
Court 9
Starting at 11:00 AM
Women's Singles - Round 1 RUS Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova [27] vs JPN Aoi Ito Followed By
Women's Singles - Round 1 POL Magdalena Frech [22] vs ROU Sorana Cirstea Followed By
Men's Singles - Round 2
HKG Coleman Wong vs FRA Ugo Humbert [20] Followed By
Men's Singles - Round 2
BEL Zizou Bergs vs ITA Lorenzo Sonego [31]
by ashkor87 Swiatek vs Potapova is a poignant one.. They were together in juniors, and Potapova was always considered better.. oh well..
last time they met, at RG last year, Iga won 0 and 0.
by ashkor87
dryrunguy wrote: ↑Fri Aug 08, 2025 6:54 pm
Did anyone else just see the... meltdown?... by Collins after losing the first two points of the second set tiebreaker against Townsend? She had lost the first set and was down 0-2 in the breaker when she just started wailing either at herself or someone in the crowd or something... Really bizarre.
It threw Taylor off for a second.. She immediately threw in a double before getting her head together and winning the breaker 7-2--and thus the match.
Really odd. Really, really odd. I missed everything before that, so perhaps I missed some earlier match history.
After it was over, Collins left the court without her gear.
I gather Collins began to feel the pain from her arthritis.. she is a chronic sufferer..
by ashkor87 been able to see just a couple of matches on Youtube.. court seems about as fast as Toronto, not much more than that... certainlyy Paris, Turin and Shanghai are faster, visibly.
dryrunguy wrote: ↑Fri Aug 08, 2025 6:54 pm
Did anyone else just see the... meltdown?... by Collins after losing the first two points of the second set tiebreaker against Townsend? She had lost the first set and was down 0-2 in the breaker when she just started wailing either at herself or someone in the crowd or something... Really bizarre.
It threw Taylor off for a second.. She immediately threw in a double before getting her head together and winning the breaker 7-2--and thus the match.
Really odd. Really, really odd. I missed everything before that, so perhaps I missed some earlier match history.
After it was over, Collins left the court without her gear.
I gather Collins began to feel the pain from her arthritis.. she is a chronic sufferer..
I had forgotten that. Thanks!
by ashkor87 There is another Navarro? Margaret..?
by news727Sunday Order of Play
P&G Center Court
Starting at 11:00 AM
Women's Singles - Round 1 ITA Jasmine Paolini [7] vs GRE Maria Sakkari [WC] Followed By
Women's Singles - Round 1
CHN Xinyu Wang vs USA Coco Gauff [2] Followed By
Men's Singles - Round 2
BIH Damir Dzumhur vs ESP Carlos Alcaraz [2] Not before 7:00 pm
Men's Singles - Round 2 USA Ben Shelton [5] vs ARG Camilo Ugo Carabelli Not before 8:30 pm
Women's Singles - Round 1
FRA Caroline Garcia [WC] vs CZE Karolina Muchova [11]
Grandstand
Starting at 11:00 AM
Men's Singles - Round 2 AUS Alex de Minaur [6] vs USA Reilly Opelka Followed By
Men's Singles - Round 2
USA Learner Tien vs RUS Andrey Rublev [9] Not before 3:00 pm
Women's Singles - Round 1
AUS Kimberly Birrell vs USA Jessica Pegula [4] Not before 7:00 pm
Women's Singles - Round 1
CZE Barbora Krejcikova vs UKR Elina Svitolina [10] Followed By
Men's Singles - Round 2
USA Nishesh Basavareddy [WC] vs GER Alexander Zverev [3]
Court 3
Starting at 11:00 AM
Men's Singles - Round 2 CZE Jiri Lehecka [22] vs USA Tristan Boyer [WC] Followed By
Men's Singles - Round 2 CZE Jakub Mensik [16] vs USA Ethan Quinn [WC] Followed By
Women's Singles - Round 1
COL Camila Osorio vs LAT Jelena Ostapenko [23] Followed By
Women's Singles - Round 1
USA Caty McNally [WC] vs USA McCartney Kessler [29]
Champions' Court
Starting at 11:00 AM
Women's Singles - Round 1
RUS Veronika Kudermetova vs SUI Belinda Bencic [17] Followed By
Women's Singles - Round 1 USA Emma Navarro [8] vs GER Ella Seidel Followed By
Men's Singles - Round 2
AUS Adam Walton vs RUS Daniil Medvedev [12] Followed By
Men's Singles - Round 2 RUS Karen Khachanov [14] vs FRA Valentin Royer
Court 10
Starting at 11:00 AM
Women's Singles - Round 1
LAT Anastasija Sevastova vs USA Ashlyn Krueger [26] Followed By
Men's Singles - Round 2
ESP Roberto Bautista Agut vs GBR Cameron Norrie [32] Followed By
Men's Singles - Round 2
USA Jenson Brooksby [WC] vs FRA Arthur Cazaux Followed By
Women's Singles - Round 1 USA Sofia Kenin [24] vs FRA Varvara Gracheva
Court 4
Starting at 11:00 AM
Women's Singles - Round 1 UKR Dayana Yastremska [32] vs BUL Viktoriya Tomova Followed By
Women's Singles - Round 1 DEN Clara Tauson [16] vs AUS Ajla Tomljanovic [WC] Followed By
Men's Singles - Round 2
ITA Luca Nardi vs CAN Denis Shapovalov [24] Followed By
Men's Singles - Round 2 USA Brandon Nakashima [27] [WC] vs BEL Alexander Blockx
Court 7
Starting at 11:00 AM
Men's Singles - Round 2
ARG Francisco Comesana vs ITA Luciano Darderi [29] Followed By
Women's Singles - Round 1 POL Magda Linette [31] vs SVK Rebecca Sramkova Followed By
Men's Singles - Round 2 AUS Alexei Popyrin [21] vs ESP Martin Landaluce Followed By
Men's Singles - Round 2 NED Tallon Griekspoor [26] vs SRB Hamad Medjedovic
Court 8
Starting at 11:00 AM
Women's Doubles - Round 1
AUS Storm Hunter/USA Desirae Krawczyk vs USA Asia Muhammad/NED Demi Schuurs [5] Followed By
Women's Doubles - Round 1
USA Nicole Melichar-Martinez/RUS Liudmila Samsonova vs USA Taylor Townsend/CHN Shuai Zhang [3] Not before 2:30 pm
Women's Doubles - Round 1
USA Peyton Stearns/CZE Marketa Vondrousova vs HUN Fanny Stollar/TPE Fang-Hsien Wu Followed By
Women's Doubles - Round 1 RUS Veronika Kudermetova/BEL Elise Mertens [4] vs ROU Jaqueline Cristian/ROU Elena-Gabriela Ruse
Court 9
Starting at 12:00 PM
Women's Doubles - Round 1 TPE Hao-Ching Chan/CHN Xinyu Jiang [8] vs JPN Shuko Aoyam/ESP Cristina Bucsa Not before 1:30 pm
Women's Doubles - Round 1 UKR Lyudmyla Kichenok/AUS Ellen Perez [6] vs ROU Sorana Cirstea/RUS Anna Kalinskaya Followed By
Women's Singles - Round 1 AUS Daria Kasatkina [15] vs ITA Lucia Bronzetti Followed By
Women's Singles - Round 1 CZE Linda Nosvoka [20] vs USA Iva Jovic
Released 2:29 pm local time
by ti-amie It looks as if Mertens has taken control of her match vs Ngounoue up 3-1 in the third after winning the second set TB 7-6(3).
by ti-amie Mertens defeats Clervie Ngounoue 3-6, 7-6(3) 7-5. I thought Mertens would have an easier time but a win is a win.
by news727 Vondrousova blew 5 break points in the second set's third-to-last game. Then one more in the last game to top it off.
Final score: Sabalenka wins 7-5, 6-1 to advance to round 2.
by ti-amie
by news727Monday Order of Play
P&G Center Court - 11AM
1. Women's Singles - Round 3
ESP Jessica Bouzas Maneiro vs USA Taylor Townsend [WC]
2. Women's Singles - Round 3 BLR Aryna Sabalenka [1] vs GBR Emma Raducanu [30]
3. Men's Singles - Round 3 USA Taylor Fritz [4] vs ITA Lorenzo Sonego [31]
4. Men's Singles - Round 3 (Not before 7PM) ITA Jannik Sinner [1] vs CAN Gabriel Diallo [30]
5. Women's Singles - Round 3 (Not before 8:30PM) KAZ Elina Rybakina [9] vs BEL Elise Mertens [19]
Grandstand - 11AM
1. Men's Singles - Round 3 USA Alex Michelsen [28] vs DEN Holger Rune [7]
2. Men's Singles - Round 3 USA Frances Tiafoe [10] vs FRA Ugo Humbert [20]
3. Women's Singles - Round 3 (Not before 3PM) RUS Anna Kalinskaya [28] vs USA Amanda Anisimova [5]
4. Women's Singles - Round 3 (Not before 7PM)
JPN Aoi Ito vs USA Madison Keys [6]
5. Men's Singles - Round 3
FRA Adrian Mannarino vs USA Tommy Paul [13]
Court 3 - 11AM
1. Women's Singles - Round 3 RUS Ekaterina Alexandrova [12] vs AUS Maya Joint
2. Women's Singles - Round 3
ROU Sorana Cirstea vs CHN Yue Yuan
3. Men's Singles - Round 3 GRE Stefanos Tsitsipas [25] vs FRA Benjamin Bonzi
4. Men's Singles - Round 3
BRA Joao Fonseca vs FRA Terence Atmane
Champions' Court - 11AM
1. Men's Singles - Round 3
FRA Arthur Rinderknech vs CAN Felix Auger-Aliassime [23]
2. Men's Doubles - Round 2
USA Robert Cash/USA JJ Tracy vs ESP Pedro Martinez/NOR Casper Ruud
3. Women's Singles - Round 3 (Not before 2PM)
USA Caty McNally/CZE Linda Noskova vs NOR Ulrikke Eikeri/JPN Eri Hozumi
4. Women's Doubles - Round 2 (After suitable rest)
RUS Eketerina Alexandrova/AUS Daria Kasatkina vs RUS Irina Khromacheva/RUS Kamilla Rakhimova
5. Women's Doubles - Round 2
CHN Hanyu Guo/RUS Alexandra Panova vs JPN Miyu Kato/KAZ Galina Vosbokoeva
Court 10 - 11AM
1. Men's Doubles - Round 2
CRO Nikola Mektic/USA Rajeev Ram vs CZE Adam Pavlasek/POL Jan Zielinski
2. Women's Doubles - Round 2 (Not before noon) ITA Sara Errani/ITA Jasmine Paolini [1] vs CRO Olga Danilovic/RUS Anastasia Potapova
3. Men's Doubles - Round 2 (Not before 2:30PM)
IND Rohan Bopanna/USA Ethan Quinn vs BRA Marcelo Melo/GER Alexander Zverev
4. Women's Doubles - Round 2
CHN Yifan Xu/CHN Zhaoxuan Yang vs HUN Timea Babos/BRA Luisa Stefani [7]
Court 4 - 11AM
1. Men's Doubles - Round 2 FIN Harri Heliovara/GBR Henry Patten [3] vs CZE Jiri Lehecka/CZE Jakub Mensik
2. Men's Doubles - Round 2
AUS John Peers/USA Jackson Withrow vs GER Kevin Krawietz/GER Tim Puetz [4]
3. Men's Doubles - Round 2 ESA Marcelo Arevalo/CRO Mate Pavic [1] vs RUS Karen Khachanov/RUS Andrey Rublev
4. Men's Doubles - Round 2
USA Austin Krajicek/USA Mackenzie McDonald vs FRA Sadio Doumbia/USA Brandon Nakashima
5. Men's Doubles - Round 2
ARG Guidi Andreozzi/NED Sander Arends vs AUS Matthew Ebden/AUS Jordan Thompson
Released 2:10PM local time
by ti-amie
by ponchi101 It is not that Walton beat him. It was the quality of the game that Medvedev brought.
I said it in the Toronto topic: Medvedev is done. He is suffering in every match, the moment it gets a bit tough. I really would not be surprised if he retires in a couple of years.
by ashkor87
ashkor87 wrote: ↑Fri Aug 08, 2025 8:06 am
QF lineup likely: (by my reckoning)
Sabalenka vs Rybakina
Swiatek vs Alexandrova
Kessler vs Bencic/Tauson
Osaka vs Gauff
all look like good matches.. looking forward to them.
Third quarter looks the hardest to call, with Pegula, Tauson and Bencic all present..i certainly think it will be Bencic..simply because her style suits a fast surface..
Sabalenka may not even get there, has to beat Leylah, may not do it.
From what I have seen thus far, court doesn't seem very fast...just above medium..they must have redone the courts as well..
by ashkor87
ponchi101 wrote: ↑Sun Aug 10, 2025 10:56 pm
It is not that Walton beat him. It was the quality of the game that Medvedev brought.
I said it in the Toronto topic: Medvedev is done. He is suffering in every match, the moment it gets a bit tough. I really would not be surprised if he retires in a couple of years.
Wonder what is wrong with him...anyone know?
by JTContinental I don't think his athleticism is up there with the top players. It used to be normal to decline around 30 in the pro tennis world, which I imagine he has to be pushing.
by JTContinental
ashkor87 wrote: ↑Sat Aug 09, 2025 5:02 pm
There is another Navarro? Margaret..?
I did a quick Google search and it looks like she goes by Meggie, will be a senior at Virginia this fall, and will be Emma's doubles partner for the forseeable future.
by ti-amie
by ti-amie
by ashkor87 must have gotten demoralized !
by ponchi101
ashkor87 wrote: ↑Mon Aug 11, 2025 4:30 am
must have gotten demoralized !
Must have also been left thinking "How do I get to THAT level?!"
by ponchi101
JTContinental wrote: ↑Mon Aug 11, 2025 1:03 am
I don't think his athleticism is up there with the top players. It used to be normal to decline around 30 in the pro tennis world, which I imagine he has to be pushing.
Could be. I also say that when you have such weird strokes, starting to miss the precision of hitting the ball may come earlier in life.
But the way I saw the match, it was totally mental. Sure, you had the expected whining and exploding towards the coaches' box, but he also seemed unable to accept that it was a tough match, and that Walton was not going away. So HE went away.
by ponchi101 Sabalenka has got to be the most brainless player in a long time. She makes Mary Pierce look downright cerebral.
by martini4me Raducanu just evened the third set at 4-all by holding serve in a game with 13 deuces.
Sabalenka held, now 5-4. TV shows the third set has already been 67 minutes long. Was there an injury timeout (or maybe it was a heat break before the set). That seems very long, even if that one game was 15 minutes.
by ashkor87 Saw a couple more matches on YouTube...highlights..the courts do seem fast..Alcaraz mentioned it too
by news727Tuesday Order of Play
P&G Center Court - 11AM
1. Men's Singles - Round 3
USA Reilly Opelka vs ARG Francisco Comesana
2. Men's Singles - Round 3
SER Hamad Medjedovic vs ESP Carlos Alcaraz [2]
3. Women's Singles - Round 3 (Not before 3PM) UKR Dayana Yastremska [32] vs USA Coco Gauff [2]
4. Women's Singles - Round 3 (Not before 7PM) POL Magda Linette [31] vs USA Jessica Pegula [4]
5. Men's Singles - Round 3 USA Ben Shelton [5] vs ESP Roberto Bautista Agut
Grandstand - 11AM
1. Women's Singles - Round 3
USA Iva Jović vs CZE Barbora Krejčíková
2. Women's Singles - Round 3 ITA Jasmine Paolini [7] vs USA Ashlyn Krueger [26]
3. Men's Singles - Round 3 RUS Karen Khachanov [14] vs USA Jenson Brooksby
4. Men's Singles - Round 3 (Not before 7PM) USA Brandon Nakashima [27] vs GER Alexander Zverev [3]
5. Women's Singles - Round 3 (Not before 8:30PM) DEN Clara Tauson [16] vs RUS Veronika Kudermetova
Court 3 - 11AM
1. Men's Singles - Round 3 AUS Alexei Popyrin [21] vs RUS Andrey Rublev [9]
2. Men's Singles - Round 3 CZE Jakub Menšík [16] vs ITA Luca Nardi
3. Women's Singles - Round 3
FRA Varvara Gracheva vs CZE Karolína Muchová [11]
4. Women's Singles - Round 3
ITA Lucia Bronzetti vs LAT Jeļena Ostapenko [23]
Champions' Court - 11AM
1. Women's Singles - Round 3
GER Ella Seidel vs USA McCartney Kessler [29]
2. Men's Doubles - Round 1
MON Roman Arneodo/USA Robert Galloway vs USA Alex Michelsen/NED Tallon Griekspoor
3. Men's Doubles - Round 1 USA Evan King/USA Christian Harrison [7] vs UKR André Göransson/NED Sem Verbeek
4. Men's Singles - Round 3 (Not before 5PM) CZE Jiri Lehecka [22] vs AUS Adam Walton
5. Women's Doubles - Round of 16
USA Peyton Stearns/CZE Marketa Vondrousova vs HUN Timea Babos/BRA Luisa Stefani [7]
Court 10 - 11AM
1. Men's Doubles - Round 1 ITA Andrea Vavassori/ITA Simone Bolelli [6] vs USA Nathaniel Lammons/NED David Pel
2. Women's Doubles - Round of 16
MEX Giuliana Olmos/INA Aldila Sutjiadi vs CAN Gabriela Dabrowski/NZL Erin Routliffe [2]
3. Women's Doubles - Round of 16 (Not before 1:30PM)
RUS Irina Khromacheva/RUS Kamilla Rakhimova vs USA Nicole Melichar-Martinez/RUS Liudmila Samsonova
4. Women's Doubles - Round of 16
JPN Shuko Aoyama/ESP Cristina Bucsa vs USA Caty McNally/CZE Linda Noskova
5. Women's Doubles - Round of 16
CHN Hanyu Guo/RUS Alexandra Panova vs USA Asia Muhammad/NED Demi Schuurs [5]
Court 4 - 11AM
1. Men's Doubles - Round 1
POR Nuni Borges/CZE Tomáš Macháč vs GBR Julian Cash/GBR Lloyd Glasspool [2]
2. Men's Doubles - Round 1
ITA Lorenzo Sonego/ITA Lorenzo Musetti vs ARG Andrés Molteni/ARG Maximo Gonzalez
3. Men's Doubles - Round 1
GRE Stefanos Tsitsipas/ITA Luciano Darderi vs MON Hugo Nys/FRA Édouard Roger-Vasselin [8]
4. Men's Doubles - Round 1
BRA Fernando Romboli/AUS John-Patrick Smith vs GBR Neal Skupski/GBR Joe Salisbury [5]
5. Men's Doubles - Round 1
IND Yuki Bhambri/AUS Michael Venus vs POR Francisco Cabral/AUT Lucas Miedler
Released 1:46PM local time (finalized 9:20PM due to women's doubles)
by ti-amie The Raducanu vs Sabalenka match was horrific. Sabalenka played brain dead tennis gifting Raducanu points while making horrible decisions when it came to returns or serving. Yes she won 7-6(3), 4-6, 7-6(5) but she obviously came out with no coherent strategy. If Raducanu was a different player she would've won the match.
by news727 There is power outage taking place in either the region or the broadcast facilities.
We currently have no live feeds of any courts.
by ponchi101
martini4me wrote: ↑Mon Aug 11, 2025 7:44 pm
Raducanu just evened the third set at 4-all by holding serve in a game with 13 deuces.
Sabalenka held, now 5-4. TV shows the third set has already been 67 minutes long. Was there an injury timeout (or maybe it was a heat break before the set). That seems very long, even if that one game was 15 minutes.
Not a single break in continuity. No MTO's. It ended up being 90 minutes.
See Ti's comments. If Aryna could THINK for one point, it would have been a different match.
by ponchi101 Rinderknech retired due to the heat. You can see that the courts are scorching.
It is ridiculous. Do not get players on court before 4PM. They just can't handle the heat.
by ti-amie
news727 wrote: ↑Mon Aug 11, 2025 9:15 pm
There is power outage taking place in either the region or the broadcast facilities.
We currently have no live feeds of any courts.
Thanks for this. Tennis Channel didn't give a reason but TennisTV did.
by ti-amie
ponchi101 wrote: ↑Mon Aug 11, 2025 9:31 pm
Rinderknech retired due to the heat. You can see that the courts are scorching.
It is ridiculous. Do not get players on court before 4PM. They just can't handle the heat.
The comms mentioned that there was no wind, no relief from the heat before everything went dark.
martini4me wrote: ↑Mon Aug 11, 2025 7:44 pm
Raducanu just evened the third set at 4-all by holding serve in a game with 13 deuces.
Sabalenka held, now 5-4. TV shows the third set has already been 67 minutes long. Was there an injury timeout (or maybe it was a heat break before the set). That seems very long, even if that one game was 15 minutes.
Not a single break in continuity. No MTO's. It ended up being 90 minutes.
See Ti's comments. If Aryna could THINK for one point, it would have been a different match.
No MTOs, but Sabalenka took a 15-20 minute fake bathroom break after the second set.
by news727 Just cross-checking the latest power outage data in Ohio.
The most outages are currently reported by Duke Energy, which also covers Warren County, where the tournament is located (Mason).
There are 4 active outages currently reported in the county. (Does not get any more granular than that, though).
Estimated time of restoration is tonight 11pm ET. So we are likely looking at a "wrap for the day" scenario.
We have 11 MLB games on tap tonight if you're still after live sport.
UPDATE: About 5:50pm ET, play has been interrupted on all courts.
We have also found the culprit.
So that really is the day ending. All matches ongoing and still to come will unlikely be televised. I'm frankly even worried about tomorrow as well.
UPDATE 2: We are back in time for the night session. Center Court resumes 6:35pm ET, ending a 2:20 power outage. Other courts are set to gradually resume. Play will begin not before 6:45pm.
But now there is no way the night's doubleheaders on two main courts will finish tonight.
by ti-amie This all happened because Fritz is playing a day match...
by ti-amie
by news727 A fire alarm is underway in Sinner/Diallo, as a follow-up after an LED screen failure half an hour prior in the same match.
I really love this tournament. /s
by dryrunguy Diallo just won a long rally!!! Turn me upside-down and paint my toenails blue!!!
by ashkor87 Very interested to see the Rybakina-Mertens match..on a fast court, Mertens is very good, can expose Rybakina's poor movement (note the early defeat of powerful but slow people like Anisimova and Pavs .) but Rybakina's serve is a thunderbolt, if she lands it often enough, there is not much anyone can do ..
by ashkor87 Coco really should win this tournament- conditions are made for her- heat included...
by ashkor87 just saw the highlights of Saba-Raducanu match on Youtube. some very strange shot selection from Raducanu - when she should have punched the ball into the open court, she goes for a drop shot- which Sabalenka reaches and puts away. Roig should focus on this one thing, apart from her serve, which is greatly improved already.. Her returning and movement were always top notch.
by news727
news727 wrote: ↑Mon Aug 11, 2025 10:04 pmBut now there is no way the night's doubleheaders on two main courts will finish tonight.
True if enforced. But we are way past the deadline and the matches are still going.
That can only mean the curfew has been overridden and 1am finishes will be coming.
UPDATE: Rybakina defeats Mertens at 12:16AM local time. And that is it for the day.
by jazzyg Thr Sabalenka-Raducanu match was high quality to my eyes, as well as to Davenport's and Rubin's as the commentators.
The fact that Sabalenka has won 16 consecutive tiebreaks is one of the most incredible stats I have ever seen. Has to be an all-time record for both tours. Yet no mention of it here.
by ashkor87 Actually incredible because tiebreak success is a sign of mental strength..which is not what one credits Sabalenka with...
by ashkor87 loved the way Kalinskaya took Anisimova's serve from inside the baseline, to hurry her - a good ploy given that anisimova is not greased lightning on the court..
by ponchi101 About Sabalenka-Radaucanu.
Sabalenka went out and, once again, played another three set match in which she hit over 70 UE's (she hit 72). This time, she was lucky and won. but it seems to me she has not learned one bit from the RG final, which she lost.
I have said that coaches get praised too much, or blamed too much. But I wonder if anybody in her box can explain to her that if the ball does not land on the other player's side, you don't win the point. But also, it makes no difference if you hit a screaming winner at 100MPH that clips the line, or a 75MPH cross court that lands two feet inside of it.
Last: stop with the drop shots; you simply do not have the shot.
by news727 Coverage advisory for today (Has this ever been done before? Feels like this is something new.)
Tennis Channel 2 does Women's Day every Tuesday, and so it's a real mix of cross-court coverage.
On Grandstand:
USA Iva Jović vs CZE Barbora Krejčíková ITA Jasmine Paolini [7] vs USA Ashlyn Krueger [26]
Followed by Court 3:
FRA Varvara Gracheva vs CZE Karolína Muchová [11]
ITA Lucia Bronzetti vs LAT Jeļena Ostapenko [23]
Followed by: POL Magda Linette [31] vs USA Jessica Pegula [4] (Center Court night opener)* DEN Clara Tauson [16] vs RUS Veronika Kudermetova (Grandstand closing - NB 8:30)
*Main TC carries Center Court live, except Nakashima vs Zverev (Grandstand night opener) will air here
by JTContinental
jazzyg wrote: ↑Tue Aug 12, 2025 4:39 am
Thr Sabalenka-Raducanu match was high quality to my eyes, as well as to Davenport's and Rubin's as the commentators.
The fact that Sabalenka has won 16 consecutive tiebreaks is one of the most incredible stats I have ever seen. Has to be an all-time record for both tours. Yet no mention of it here.
This is the first I've heard of this, but very impressive
by news727Wednesday Order of Play (REVISED)
P&G Center Court - 11AM
1. Men's Singles - Round of 16 USA Frances Tiafoe [10] vs DEN Holger Rune [7]
EXTRA. Women's Singles - Round 3 (Deciding set) POL Magda Linette [31] vs USA Jessica Pegula [4]
2. Men's Singles - Round of 16 ITA Jannik Sinner [1] vs FRA Adrian Mannarino
3. Women's Singles - Round of 16 (Not before 3PM) RUS Aryna Sabalenka [1] vs ESP Jessica Bouzas Maneiro
4. Men's Singles - Round of 16 (Not before 7PM)
ITA Luca Nardi vs ESP Carlos Alcaraz [2]
5. Women's Singles - Round of 16 (Not before 8:30PM) RUS Ekaterina Alexandrova [12] vs RUS Anna Kalinskaya [28]
Grandstand - 11AM
1. Women's Singles - Round of 16 POL Iga Świątek [3] vs ROM Sorana Cîrstea
EXTRA. Men's Singles - Round 3 (Continuation from 4-6, 4-5) USA Brandon Nakashima [27] vs GER Alexander Zverev [3]
EXTRA. Men's Singles - Round 3 USA Ben Shelton [5] vs ESP Roberto Bautista Agut
2. Women's Singles - Round of 16 KAZ Elena Rybakina [9] vs USA Madison Keys [6]
3. Men's Singles - Round of 16 (Not before 5PM) RUS Karen Khachanov [14] vs Nakashima OR Zverev
Court 3 - Noon
EXTRA. Women's Singles - Round 3 DEN Clara Tauson [16] vs RUS Veronika Kudermetova
EXTRA. Women's Doubles - Round of 16 (Continuation from 6-3, 4-3)
USA Peyton Stearns/CZE Marketa Vondrousova vs HUN Timea Babos/BRA Luisa Stefani [7]
1. Men's Singles - Round of 16 CAN Felix Auger-Aliassime [22] vs FRA Benjamin Bonzi
2. Men's Singles - Round of 16 USA Taylor Fritz [4] vs FRA Terence Atmane
3. Men's Singles - Round of 16
ARG Francisco Comesana vs RUS Andrey Rublev [9]
Champions' Court - 11AM
1. Men's Doubles - Round of 16
USA Rajeev Ram/CRO Nikola Mektić vs GER Kevin Krawietz/GER Tim Pütz [4]
2. Men's Doubles - Round of 16
AUS Matthew Ebden/AUS Jordan Thompson vs GBR Julian Cash/GBR Lloyd Glasspool [2]
3. Men's Doubles - Round of 16 ITA Andrea Vavassori/ITA Simone Bolelli [6] vs USA Robert Cash/USA JJ Tracy
4. Men's Doubles - Round of 16 (Not before 3PM) USA Evan King/USA Christian Harrison [7] vs MON Roman Arneodo/USA Robert Galloway
Court 10 - Noon
EXTRA. Women's Doubles - Round of 16 (Continuation from 6-1, 0-3)
CHN Hanyu Guo/RUS Alexandra Panova vs USA Asia Muhammad/NED Demi Schuurs [5]
3 further R16 women's doubles matches still awaiting court allocation & will play after rest
Released 10:30PM local time
by ti-amie It's raining in Cincy.
by news727 ALERT: The rain is heavy enough that a rain delay has been issued.
As of now, the delay was only 15 min long and matches resume shortly after. Beware of more bands later tonight though, about 9:25PM and 10:25PM per AccuWeather MinuteCast.
Update: And we have it. Play resumes not before 10:25PM.
by ti-amie Play delayed due to lightning.
by ti-amie
by news727 BREAKING: Play will NOT resume tonight, per a statement from tournament on X at 9:37PM local time.
6 matches will become second-day matches. The new revised OOP is up there.
by ashkor87 not surprised Paolini is doing well, this court is fast and she is one of the best movers in the game - up there with Coco and Swiatek...
by mick1303
ponchi101 wrote: ↑Tue Aug 12, 2025 3:02 pm
About Sabalenka-Radaucanu.
Sabalenka went out and, once again, played another three set match in which she hit over 70 UE's (she hit 72). This time, she was lucky and won. but it seems to me she has not learned one bit from the RG final, which she lost.
I have said that coaches get praised too much, or blamed too much. But I wonder if anybody in her box can explain to her that if the ball does not land on the other player's side, you don't win the point. But also, it makes no difference if you hit a screaming winner at 100MPH that clips the line, or a 75MPH cross court that lands two feet inside of it.
Last: stop with the drop shots; you simply do not have the shot.
I do not agree about the drop-shot. Yes, at times it is a pure cringe. But given that with her weight of shots she frequently pushes an opponent deep behind the baseline, even mediocre ds may win a point. Also - it breaks opponent's rhythm and makes them vary of the possibility. Also sometimes she wins a point with a subsequent volley even if an opponent gets to the drop-shot. In any case she shall try again and again. But keeping a balance, without overdoing it.
by ponchi101 In the Raducanu match, she did not win a single one. Either by not even getting them over the net, or by Emma reaching them with ease.
It is not in her arsenal. She needs to practice it a lot before it will become what you are saying it should be.
by news727 Today's order of play on:
Tennis Channel:
1. POL Iga Świątek [3] vs ROM Sorana Cîrstea (Grandstand opening match)
2. Center Court for remainder of the day
Tennis Channel 2:
1. USA Frances Tiafoe [10] vs DEN Holger Rune [7] (Center Court opening match)
2. Grandstand until conclusion of Rybakina/Keys
3. ARG Francisco Comesana vs RUS Andrey Rublev [9] (Court 3 closing match)
Update: Play has been halted since 1:55PM. Matches are going to pile up tomorrow.
by ashkor87
ponchi101 wrote: ↑Wed Aug 13, 2025 1:57 pm
In the Raducanu match, she did not win a single one. Either by not even getting them over the net, or by Emma reaching them with ease.
It is not in her arsenal. She needs to practice it a lot before it will become what you are saying it should be.
Yes, folks like Raducanu, Paolini, Gauff, Swiatek, are too quick, reach a lot of balls..drop shots don't work well against them unless they are very well disguised and really short..
by news727 Action will now resume in Cincinnati following the longest interruption in this tournament so far.
One more match after the one on Center Court, night session expected to begin shortly after 8:15pm ET.
by ti-amie
I'm actually surprised at the support Atmane is getting from the fans. Interesting.
by ti-amie GSM Atmane 3-6, 7-5, 6-3 over Fritz. A good strategic loss for Fritz? Anyway the crowd is ecstatic.
by news727Thursday Order of Play
P&G Center Court - 11AM
1. Women's Singles - Round of 16
ITA Lucia Bronzetti vs USA Coco Gauff [2]
2. Women's Singles - Round of 16 (Not before 1PM) ITA Jasmine Paolini [7] vs CZE Barbora Krejčíková
3. Men's Singles - Quarterfinals (Not before 3PM) ITA Jannik Sinner [1] vs CAN Felix Auger-Aliassime [23]
4. Women's Singles - Round of 16 (Not before 7PM)
RUS Veronika Kudermetova vs POL Magda Linette [31]
5. Men's Singles - Quarterfinals (Not before 8:30PM)
FRA Terence Atmane vs DEN Holger Rune
Grandstand - 11AM
1. Men's Doubles - Round of 16
FRA Sadio Doumbia/USA Brandon Nakashima vs GBR Joe Salisbury/GBR Neal Skupski [5]
2. Women's Doubles - Quarterfinals
USA Caty McNally/CZE Linda Noskova vs CAN Gabriela Dabrowski/NZL Erin Routliffe [2]
3. Women's Singles - Round of 16 (Not before 3PM)
GER Ella Seidel vs FRA Varvara Gracheva
EXTRA. Men's Singles - Round of 16 (Not before 4:30PM) USA Ben Shelton [5] vs CZE Jiri Lehecka [22]
4. Women's Doubles - Quarterfinals (After rest) ITA Sara Errani/ITA Jasmine Paolini [1] vs USA Peyton Stearns/CZE Marketa Vondrousova
Court 3 - 11AM
1. Men's Doubles - Round of 16
POR Francisco Cabral/AUT Lucas Miedler vs MON Hugo Nys/FRA Édouard Roger-Vasselin [8]
2. Women's Doubles - Quarterfinals (Not before 1PM) UKR Lyudmyla Kichenok/AUS Ellen Perez [6] vs USA Nicole Melichar-Martinez/RUS Liudmila Samsonova
3. Men's Doubles - Round of 16 (Not before 3PM) ESA Marcelo Arevalo/CRO Mate Pavic [1] vs BRA Marcelo Melo/GER Alexander Zverev
4. Women's Doubles - Quarterfinals (Time & court TBD)
CZE Barbora Krejčíková/LAT Jelena Ostapenko vs CHN Hanyu Guo/RUS Alexandra Panova
jazzyg wrote: ↑Tue Aug 12, 2025 4:39 am
Thr Sabalenka-Raducanu match was high quality to my eyes, as well as to Davenport's and Rubin's as the commentators.
The fact that Sabalenka has won 16 consecutive tiebreaks is one of the most incredible stats I have ever seen. Has to be an all-time record for both tours. Yet no mention of it here.
This is the first I've heard of this, but very impressive
I had not heard of it until they said she had won 15 in a row right before the deciding tiebreak. She is 17-1 for the year.
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by ti-amie Carlos through in straight sets 6 -1, 6-4 over Nardi.
by ashkor87 Anyone know what is wrong with Pegula? Losing to all kinds of people nowadays..hasnt won a title since Berlin .? Suddenly talking about retiring at 35...
by ashkor87 Not that I am a fan of Pegula's but she was my benchmark...always to be relied on to beat lesser players..now I can't rely on her any more!
by ti-amie What's that cliche statement about the tour catching up with her? She hasn't played badly from what I've seen but like many of you have said she doesn't have a "kill" shot that she can use during crunch time. I agree that she was (is?) a benchmark a player had to defeat to make a deep run but now she's just one of the pack.
by ti-amie Rublev is through 6-2, 6-3.
by jazzyg Great win for Kalinskaya over Alexandrova, who led their head-to-head 6-0 and was three points from winning in straights at 5-6 in the second-set tiebreak. Kalinskaya was outstanding for the final two sets.
I really believe she has slam-winning potential if she can stay healthy, which I understand is a stretch based on her history. Her game is so smooth, and her backhand is elite. She also apparently is in the top seven on tour this year in second-serve points won and second-serve return points won. She won seven straight matches against top-10 players last year, including beating Swiatek, who will be her quarterfinal opponent on Friday.
Mental toughness and fitness have held her back--she crumbled in an Aussie Open quarterfinal against Zheng last year after winning the first set and again in a pair of matches against Paolini and again in the Washington final against Fernandez a few weeks ago--but she showed that strength tonight.
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ashkor87 wrote: ↑Thu Aug 14, 2025 2:07 am
Not that I am a fan of Pegula's but she was my benchmark...always to be relied on to beat lesser players..now I can't rely on her any more!
She's 31 and has a game that reiies heavily on court coverage. I think she's just a bit slower these days or maybe she's nursing a small injury.
by ashkor87 The interesting matches today are Krejcikova-Paolini and Sinner-FAA..
FAA certainly has a chance, his serve will be hard to deal with on this fast court..40% FAA i would say..I would bet on Paoljni to beat K ..65%,..I don't expect K to enjoy the conditions here. But the real revelation has been Kudermetova..I never thought she could do well here.
by news727 Today's order of play on:
Tennis Channel:
As widely expected, all Center all day, with Shelton/Lehecka as a convenient filler to bridge between the day and night sessions.
Tennis Channel 2 (Final day of involvement):
Grandstand until the conclusion of Seidel/Gracheva.
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ashkor87 wrote: ↑Thu Aug 14, 2025 10:48 am
The interesting matches today are Krejcikova-Paolini and Sinner-FAA..
FAA certainly has a chance, his serve will be hard to deal with on this fast court..40% FAA i would say..I would bet on Paoljni to beat K ..65%,..I don't expect K to enjoy the conditions here. But the real revelation has been Kudermetova..I never thought she could do well here.
FAA at 40% is way too high. He will hit his inside out FH again and again into Jannik's BH, and that will lead to Jannik getting used to it by the 2nd game. FAA's big problem is his lack of variety, and that is nothing more than a plate of cannoli's for Jannick. He will eat those with relish.
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jazzyg wrote: ↑Thu Aug 14, 2025 4:46 am
Great win for Kalinskaya over Alexandrova, who led their head-to-head 6-0 and was three points from winning in straights at 5-6 in the second-set tiebreak. Kalinskaya was outstanding for the final two sets.
I really believe she has slam-winning potential if she can stay healthy, which I understand is a stretch based on her history. Her game is so smooth, and her backhand is elite. She also apparently is in the top seven on tour this year in second-serve points won and second-serve return points won. She won seven straight matches against top-10 players last year, including beating Swiatek, who will be her quarterfinal opponent on Friday.
Mental toughness and fitness have held her back--she crumbled in an Aussie Open quarterfinal against Zheng last year after winning the first set and again in a pair of matches against Paolini and again in the Washington final against Fernandez a few weeks ago--but she showed that strength tonight.
It was late and I turned off, but I am surprised by this win. Alexandrova was playing not that great and was still clearly ahead.
That Kalinskaya turned it around is indeed a very good win; she was not doing much last night.
by Suliso "40% FAA" is struggling to win a game..
by ponchi101 "Inside out forehand? Here is a BH down the line"
"Inside out forehand? Here is an even more angled cross court back hand"
"Inside out forehand? How about if I run around my BH because I have so much space I can blast MY inside out forehand for a winner?"
"Inside out... Dude, do you have anything else other than an inside out forehand?"
by news727Friday Order of Play
P&G Center Court - 11AM
1. Women's Singles - Quarterfinals POL Iga Świątek [3] vs RUS Anna Kalinskaya [28]
2. Women's Singles - Quarterfinals RUS Aryna Sabalenka [1] vs KAZ Elena Rybakina [9]
3. Men's Singles - Quarterfinals (Not before 3PM) RUS Andrey Rublev [9] vs ESP Carlos Alcaraz [2]
4. Men's Singles - Quarterfinals (Not before 7PM) USA Ben Shelton [5] vs GER Alexander Zverev [3]
5. Women's Singles - Quarterfinals (Not before 8:30PM) ITA Jasmine Paolini [7] vs USA Coco Gauff [2]
Grandstand - 11AM
1. Men's Doubles - Quarterfinals USA Evan King/USA Christian Harrison [7] vs USA Rajeev Ram/CRO Nikola Mektić
2. Men's Doubles - Quarterfinals
ITA Lorenzo Musetti/ITA Lorenzo Sonego vs POR Francisco Cabral/AUT Lucas Miedler
3. Women's Doubles - Semifinals UKR Lyudmyla Kichenok/AUS Ellen Perez [6] vs CAN Gabriela Dabrowski/NZL Erin Routliffe [2]
4. Women's Singles - Quarterfinals (Not before 4:30PM)
FRA Varvara Gracheva vs RUS Veronika Kudermetova
Court 3 - 11AM
1. Men's Doubles - Quarterfinals ITA Andrea Vavassori/ITA Simone Bolelli [6] vs GBR Julian Cash/GBR Lloyd Glasspool [2]
2. Men's Doubles - Quarterfinals ESA Marcelo Arevalo/CRO Mate Pavic [1] vs GBR Joe Salisbury/GBR Neal Skupski [5]
Released 5PM local time
Tennis Channel will provide live coverage of all singles matches. TC2 moving to ATP Challenger Semter from tomorrow, if you're interested in that.
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He won the first set 6-2.
by skatingfan Atmane with his 2nd consecutive top 10 win, this time over Holger Rune. Before this event he had one tour level win this year. He has now doubled his career tour level wins this week with 5 (plus two more wins in qualifying) to reach the semifinals.
by ashkor87 What accounts for this awesome play by Kudermetova? She even half-smiled at the end of the Linette match.
Her serve was always good but I thought her defense would notice stand up on fast courts...
by ashkor87 Sinner and Alcaraz have taken the game to a new level ..out of reach of everyone else..Sinner's current form is simply frightrning
by Suliso Shelton vs Zverev. I think Shelton will win and establish himself as #3 player. Not yet in rankings, but very soon that too.
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Suliso wrote: ↑Fri Aug 15, 2025 10:55 am
Shelton vs Zverev. I think Shelton will win and establish himself as #3 player. Not yet in rankings, but very soon that too.
Agree. He's got the fire, and he seems to be improving. Zverev and Fritz seem to have reached their peaks (or, in Fritz's case, only very slight, minuscule improvements). Draper doesn't seem to have the mental and physical consistency to maintain his ranking.
by ponchi101 Agree.
And agree. Shelton will move further up. He is one or two tweaks to his game from becoming a top player and take a set from J/C in their matches.
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Atmane continues the recent tradition of players coming out of nowhere and having really good tournaments. Last year, Popyrin took Montreal. This year, Eala had that really good run at Miami, Sierra had that run at Wimby, Mboko won Montreal, and now Atmane has been playing majestic tennis.
Unless you are a top 3 player (top 2 in the ATP), nobody is scared of you. Nobody.
And, BTW. Atmane has weapons. Only a matter of time to see if he can tame them on a routine basis.
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ponchi101 wrote: ↑Fri Aug 15, 2025 2:55 pm
Only a matter of time to see if he can tame them on a routine basis.
ponchi, he's French.
by Suliso Sabalenka not playing well recently. This loss might have some implications for year end #1 if Swiatek stays steady. Aryna really needs to win USO now.
ponchi101 wrote: ↑Fri Aug 15, 2025 2:55 pm
Only a matter of time to see if he can tame them on a routine basis.
ponchi, he's French.
I know. That is the reason I am not declaring him the second coming of Mats Wilander. Heck, I will not even declare him the second coming of Laconte until he can reach 3R with consistency.
I would put some money that he will not survive the qualies at the USO.
ponchi101 wrote: ↑Fri Aug 15, 2025 2:55 pm
Only a matter of time to see if he can tame them on a routine basis.
ponchi, he's French.
I know. That is the reason I am not declaring him the second coming of Mats Wilander. Heck, I will not even declare him the second coming of Laconte until he can reach 3R with consistency.
I would put some money that he will not survive the qualies at the USO.
Nonetheless now Fonseca's loss looks much less worrying.
by mick1303 In a meantime Rybakina earned win #6 over Number One . 4 against Iga and 2 against Saba.
by mick1303 Out of active players only Svitolina has more - 7 wins
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Suliso wrote: ↑Fri Aug 15, 2025 6:20 pm
Sabalenka not playing well recently. This loss might have some implications for year end #1 if Swiatek stays steady. Aryna really needs to win USO now.
She won't win the USO. The errors count is exorbitant. Her motto after the RG loss was "hit harder". No matter the consequences.
ponchi101 wrote: ↑Fri Aug 15, 2025 2:55 pm
Only a matter of time to see if he can tame them on a routine basis.
ponchi, he's French.
by news727Saturday Order of Play
P&G Center Court - 11AM
1. Men's Doubles - Semifinals
USA Rajeev Ram/CRO Nikola Mektić vs GBR Julian Cash/GBR Lloyd Glasspool [2]
2. Men's Doubles - Semifinals GBR Joe Salisbury/GBR Neal Salipski [5] vs ITA Lorenzo Musetti/ITA Lorenzo Sonego
3. Men's Singles - Semifinals (Not before 3PM) ITA Jannik Sinner [1] vs FRA Terence Atmane
4. Men's Singles - Semifinals (Not before 6PM) GER Alexander Zverev [3] vs ESP Carlos Alcaraz [2]
5. Women's Doubles - Semifinals (Not before 7:30PM) ITA Sara Errani/ITA Jasmine Paolini [1] vs CHN Hanyu Guo/RUS Alexandra Panova
Released 2:39PM local time
Tennis Channel will broadcast all matches live.
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by ashkor87 Gauff is the best player here, she should win.. Sinner appeared to hurt his ankle in the second set against FAA..hope he is ok
Suliso wrote: ↑Sat Aug 16, 2025 2:56 am
Coco out in style - 16 double faults!
So she beat herself!
Alternative answer: Paolini put pressure on her weak second serve forcing Coco to take too much risk
yes, could be so
by ashkor87 watched the longer version of the highights just to see what caused the doublt faults.. 3 of them when she was down 2-3 in the second set, thereby going down a break in the second set. - certainly a crucial phase, to my eye, it looked like Coco just lost her nerve. .. just scoreboard pressure, it looked like. There was nothing to suggest anything else. Not good. Double faults are primarily a sign of mental fragility.
by mick1303 Defending the titles. Alcaraz - IW 23,24; Barcelona - 22,23; Madrid - 22,23; Wimbledon - 23,24; French - 24,25
Sinner - Sofia 20,21; Australian - 24,25. end of list.
Alcaraz leads 5:2 in defending the titles. Sinner has a chance to make it 5:3.
by dryrunguy One thing that bothered Coco last night (and shouldn't have, but it points to a larger problem I have noticed in Cincinnati)... With her attempting to serve at 3-all, deuce (first set, I think), she noticed a group of 3 or 4 people trying to find those perfect, most ideal seats in the lowest level of the stands. Those people took their sweet time as she prepared to serve, twice, until the chair finally said something and the spectators settled on seats that were only marginally appropriate for their personal greatness and overdeveloped sense of entitlement... At which point Coco got broken by serving two doubles. In my book, that's still Coco's fault.
That said, there doesn't appear to be anyone or anything inhibiting free movement among the spectators in the lowest level of the stands. This is Cincinnati, a Masters 1000 event. Someone should be monitoring the entrances and exits to prevent this from happening, especially at crucial stages of a match. Perhaps this happens all the time at this level of events, and I just didn't notice it. But I've noticed it more than a few times in Cincinnati. That's not right.
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ashkor87 wrote: ↑Sat Aug 16, 2025 3:03 am
Alcaraz not impressive ..struggled to beat Rublev..
Not that fast. Rublev played a very good match on a surface that he really likes. He served particularly well.
I mean. It is not as if Carlos was playing your or I. He is not going to beat players like this 0 & 2.
Let's see what he has for the semis. Zverev will be a real test.
by Suliso My best guess is Sinner and Rybakina as winners this week.
by ponchi101 I took Swiatek in Predictions. Thinking she would down Sabalenka and her 70 UE's per match in the semis.
But if Rybakina wins, I will not be happier.
by mick1303 Rybakina's matchups vs Saba and vs Swiatek are kind of moving in the opposite directions. Vs Saba she started 0:4 and now it is 4:6, meaning that out of last 6 she won 4. Vs Swiatek she started 3:1 and after that Swiatek won 4 out of the last 5. Including last 3.
by Suliso True, but one would think this surface would favor Rybakina. Not for sure of course.
by news727 Full order of play for two remaining days at P&G Center Court.
Sunday (1PM start)
1. Women's Singles - Semifinals KAZ Elena Rybakina [9] vs POL Iga Świątek [3]
2. Women's Singles - Semifinals (Not before 3PM)
RUS Veronika Kudermetova vs ITA Jasmine Paolini [7]
3. Men's Doubles - Championship (Not before 6PM)
USA Rajeev Ram/CRO Nikola Mektić vs ITA Lorenzo Musetti/ITA Lorenzo Sonego
4. Women's Doubles - Championship (Not before 7:30PM)
Errani/Paolini OR Guo/Panova vs CAN Gabriela Dabrowski/NZL Erin Routliffe [2]
Championship Monday (3PM start)
1. Women's Singles
Rybakina OR Świątek vs Kudermetova OR Paolini
2. Men's Singles (Not before 6PM) ITA Jannik Sinner [1] vs Zverev OR Alcaraz
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dryrunguy wrote: ↑Sat Aug 16, 2025 3:40 pm
That said, there doesn't appear to be anyone or anything inhibiting free movement among the spectators in the lowest level of the stands. This is Cincinnati, a Masters 1000 event. Someone should be monitoring the entrances and exits to prevent this from happening, especially at crucial stages of a match. Perhaps this happens all the time at this level of events, and I just didn't notice it. But I've noticed it more than a few times in Cincinnati. That's not right.
The rules have changed in the past few years, and it varies from event to event. For Toronto this year they weren't checking tickets once you were inside the stadium so people could sit wherever, and as long as you moved when the seat holders came along there was no issue. They were also allowing fans in between games on the side of the courts, and only holding the ends for the changeovers.
by jazzyg Gauff's issues are a real problem in my opinion, and I'll keep pointing it out until I am proven wrong, if it happens.
They keep making excuses for her and pointing our her toughness, but she wilted at the end of that match yesterday under the weight of all those double faults. It's not natural, what is going on with her. It wasn't with Sabalenka a few years ago, either, but she was the rare player who overcame her mental block. Gauff absolutely has the athletic ability to recover, too, but right now she is a contender only on clay.
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by ti-amie Not to worry. Carlos won 6-4, 6-3.
by news727 Monday schedule update:
Men's Singles - Championship (Not before 6PM) ITA Jannik Sinner [1] vs ESP Carlos Alcaraz [2]
by skatingfan Sincaraz 2025 Part 4
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by news727 Sunday schedule update:
Women's Doubles - Championship (Not before 7:30PM)
CHN Hanyu Guo/RUS Alexandra Panova vs CAN Gabriela Dabrowski/NZL Erin Routliffe [2]
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by ti-amie Swiatek changes tactics and comes back from 3-5 down to take the first set 7-5. Rybakina seemed genuinely confused about what to do.
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ti-amie wrote: ↑Sun Aug 17, 2025 6:03 pm
Swiatek changes tactics and comes back from 3-5 down to take the first set 7-5. Rybakina seemed genuinely confused about what to do.
Something Swiantek uses better than most, changing tactics. Now she's running away with it.
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ti-amie wrote: ↑Sun Aug 17, 2025 6:03 pm
Swiatek changes tactics and comes back from 3-5 down to take the first set 7-5. Rybakina seemed genuinely confused about what to do.
My love for her stops me from saying that that is basically her motto. It should be her coat of arms.
"Genuinely confused about what to do".
Yes. It fits.
by news727Championship Monday (3PM start)
1. Men's Singles ITA Jannik Sinner [1] vs ESP Carlos Alcaraz [2]
2. Women's Singles (Not before 6PM) POL Iga Świątek [3] vs ITA Jasmine Paolini [7]
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by ashkor87 Swiatek had a throw-away comment after the match - the court is a bit slower than last year.
by ashkor87 I dont think Paolini has any chance at all, Sinner-Alcaraz would be 60-40 by my reckoning.
by mick1303 Now I have a feeling that Sinner will crumble under the weight of the massive jinx from all involved parties...
by ponchi101 Because of the time of day, I give Alcaraz the edge. I think he will be able to handle the heat better.
As Ashkor says, Iga in a walk in the park. And will be the heavy favorite for the USO.
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ponchi101 wrote: ↑Mon Aug 18, 2025 4:42 pm
Because of the time of day, I give Alcaraz the edge. I think he will be able to handle the heat better.
As Ashkor says, Iga in a walk in the park. And will be the heavy favorite for the USO.
Do not agree with Swiatek being the heavy favorite. For some reason, Sabalenka will revert to Slam playing Sabalenka. With this being a Slam that is not on grass and won this two years ago, Gauff will find a way to reduce DFs to a manageable number (under 10).
by ponchi101 I hope you will be right. But I expect to see "8 DF's per set" Coco and "20 UE's per set" Aryna coming into NYC. Did not see either one of those two doing anything different at Cincy.
Iga, on the other hand, has recovered her aggressiveness and penchant for bullying people once they go down a break.
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ponchi101 wrote: ↑Mon Aug 18, 2025 4:42 pm
Because of the time of day, I give Alcaraz the edge. I think he will be able to handle the heat better.
As Ashkor says, Iga in a walk in the park. And will be the heavy favorite for the USO.
I think Iga, too. Kudermatova kind of collapsed in the third vs. Paolini. She grinded that one out. It won't be enough vs. Iga. Iga will be on a plane to NY by 11 pm.
I wish he had made the volley. It would have been the Shot of the Year.
by ponchi101 Just as we were talking about changes to the sport, this final happens.
And nothing to do about it.
by jazzyg The new two-week Master's series events have become a horrible embarrassment to the sport.
Playing in the heat of the day in Cincinnati on a Monday is criminal, and that would have been true even if Sinner had no issues, which probably are not related to the weather. They are killing the sport in the U.S. with this new format, getting rid of tournaments left and right to accommodate the bloated events and having players indicate their disdain for them all over the place.
Alcaraz essentially had walk-overs against the No. 1 and 3 players in the world in the semis and final. Not a good look for the sport.
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by led14pa2 Swiatek’s season is really reminding me of Djokovic’s 2018 year. Both entered Wimbledon having gone over a year without a title but had lost in the final of a grass court warmup. They then won Wimbledon and backed it up with a title in Cincy.
This really started Novak’s 2nd era of dominance. It’ll be interesting to see if Iga follows a similar path.
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jazzyg wrote: ↑Mon Aug 18, 2025 7:48 pm
The new two-week Master's series events have become a horrible embarrassment to the sport.
Playing in the heat of the day in Cincinnati on a Monday is criminal, and that would have been true even if Sinner had no issues, which probably are not related to the weather. They are killing the sport in the U.S. with this new format, getting rid of tournaments left and right to accommodate the bloated events and having players indicate their disdain for them all over the place.
Alcaraz essentially had walk-overs against the No. 1 and 3 players in the world in the semis and final. Not a good look for the sport.
yes, so many things wrong with it..
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by ponchi101 Let's share the private jet.
Yep, must be nice
by ashkor87 Iga is working on making her serve a weapon, she says..Fisette has convinced her she can serve at 180 kmph consistently...against Paolini, she did just that ..if she carries on like this, she will win the USO (again)
by jazzyg She played fantastic, better than I imagined, and she needed to because Paolini played much better than she had in reaching the final.
Probably because I am just stubborn, but I still don't think Swiatek will win the US Open. To be right, though, I will need one of the top players to raise her level significantly because no one is playing well enough at the moment to make Swiatek get tense.
