US Open 2022 - Week 1

Serena Williams - A career in pictures

It starts with "The Serve"

Final USO Warm Up - Winston-Salem ATP 250, Championnats Granby WTA 250, Tennis in the Land WTA 250

Winston-Salem Open ATP 250

Wake Forest Tennis Center

North Carolina, USA

August 21 - 27, 2022

Championnats WTA 250

Banque Nationale De Granby

Granby, Canada

August 21 - 27, 2022

Tennis in the Land WTA 250

Presented by Motorola Edge

Cleveland, Ohio, USA

August 21 - 27, 2022

Western & Southern Open - ATP/WTA Masters 1000 - Cincinnati, Ohio USA

Western & Southern Open
ATP 1000, WTA 1000
August 14 - 21, 2022

Hot off the heels of the National Bank Open (Montreal and Toronto, Canada) we're into the 2nd month of the North American Swing leading to the USO at the end of August.  I'm sure we'll see some withdrawals since we had an unexpected - but worthy - final four in both Montreal and Toronto.  

Congratulations to this week's champions:

NBO Montreal 

Singles Champion: Pablo Carreno Busta d. Hubert Hurkacz

Doubles Champions: W. Koolhof/N. Skupski d. D. Evans/J. Peers

NBO Toronto

Singles Champion: SIMONA HALEP (d. Beatriz Haddad Maia)

Doubles Champions: Cori Gauff/Jessica Pegula d. N. Melichar Martinez/E. Perez

"When the end of the world comes, I want to be in Cincinnati because it's always twenty years behind the times." ~ Mark Twain (debatable but it's stuck with Cincinnati)!

Hopefully, it's not too hot or humid this coming week, since the players had little rest from Canada but not far to travel. Perhaps, too, there's more stamina in the top seeds in Cincinnati since most on both tours got rest they didn't expect with their early knockouts north of the border. In any event, it'll be another grueling week with a small breather before the USO.  

This week's visuals visit some whimsical, off-the-beaten paths in Cincinnati and Ohio and one of the utmost historically significant memorials in American History👇

National Bank Open - ATP 1000 Montreal - WTA 1000 Toronto, Canada

 

Congratulations to this week's Champions of the the first leg of the North American Swing: 

Citi Open ATP 500 - WTA 250 Washington, DC

Men's Champion: Nick Kyrgios

Doubles Champions: Nick Kyrgios/Jack Sock

Women's Champion: Liudmila Samsonova

Doubles Champions: J. Pegula/E. Routliffe

Mubadala Silicon Valley Classic WTA 500 San Jose, California

Women's Champion: Daria Kasatkina

Doubles Champions: Y. Xu/Z. Yang

Abierto de Tenis Mifel ATP 250 Los Cabos, Mexico

Men's Singles Champion: Daniil Medvedev

Doubles Champions M. Kecmanovic/W. Blumberg

The Canadian Open in the provinces of Quebec and Ontario is one of the oldest tournaments in tennis, beginning in 1881 for the men and 1892 for the women. It has had many different titles over the years, often depending on the main sponsor. It became the National Bank Open in February 2021, with a 10-year agreement, so at least we won’t have to learn a new name for the next few years.

Beginning in 2011, the men’s and women’s tournaments alternate between Toronto and Montreal. This makes it easier for the venues to handle a big tournament, with the added advantage that if it is raining in one city it's usually fine in the other, so TV coverage can continue.

Both cities have family weekends for the qualifying rounds, with lots of activities geared to families and free admission, a terrific way to gain new fans, especially youngsters.

The DC weather was miserable - hot and humid - and took its toll on more than one player. The heat was less taxing in San Jose and Los Cabos and hopefully Canada's weather is more forgiving - so let's see who's game👇