MASON, Ohio – Defending Western and Southern Open champion Rafael Nadal announced today he will be forced to sit out this year’s even due to a wrist injury he suffered yesterday. Nadal, 28, said in a statement that he was disappointed not to be able to defend his title....
The first men’s semifinal pitted seventh-seeded Juan Martin Del Potro against American John Isner in a match that featured two big servers. Predictably, the first set went straight to a tiebreak. Both men’s serves were superb throughout the tiebreak, neither facing a minibreak until Del Potro broke for the...
The first men’s quarterfinal saw the seventh-seeded Juan Martin Del Potro advance past qualifier Dimitry Tursunov 6-4, 3-6, 6-1. Del Potro cruised through the first set after breaking Tursunov’s second service game. Tursunov won the second set on a Del Potro double fault and forehand volley into the net....
A jam packed Day 6 saw Round of 16 action across the grounds of the Lindner Tennis Family Center all day. First up on Center Court was No. 2 seed Victoria Azarenka and Magdalena Rybarikova in a match that featured thirteen breaks of serve in only nineteen service games....
Up first on Center Court was two-time Western & Southern Open champion and defending Wimbledon champion Andy Murray taking on Russian veteran Mikhail Youzhny in a matchup that was never in question. Murray broke Youzhny on his first two service games to take the first set 6-2. Just like...
Day 4 featured several big names taking the stage across the grounds at the Lindner Tennis Family Center. Up first on Court 3 was crowd-favorite No 11 German Tommy Haas taking on South African Kevin Anderson. The German was all business, breaking Anderson early in both sets while not...
On Monday, organizers for the Western & Southern Open announced the player field for both the men’s and women’s field with the 2013 tournament looking to be another great one with all the top players committing to make their way to Cincinnati. The entirety of the ATP Top 40...
15 PLAYERS RANKED IN TOP 50 HEADLINE QUALIFYING AT 2013 WESTERN & SOUTHERN OPEN Main Draw Players Expected to Practice Alongside Qualifying Matches Opening Weekend, August 10-11 CINCINNATI (July 24, 2013) — A fast and furious opening weekend will jumpstart the 2013 Western & Southern Open at...