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

Painting of a restaurant that still exists today called "Our Daily Bread." Salem means "City of Peace." The artist, Patricia Hobson, said she saw the sun rising behind the Moravian Church in the historical Old Salem Moravian Village in North Carolina and was inspired as she glimpsed through the window one of the ladies preparing the bread to be baked for that day.

Congratulations to last week's champions:

Western & Southern Open 

WTA Singles - Caroline Garcia

WTA Doubles - L. Kichenok / J. Ostapenko

ATP Singles -   Borna Coric

ATP Doubles - J. Salisbury / R. Ram

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Moving forward.....We are getting closer!  One week before the US Open, the final slam of 2022 and players are getting in all the preparation they can.  Let's see what's on tap for this week....

ATP 250 Winston-Salem Open
North Carolina, USA
August 21 - 27, 2022

Downtown dining Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Surface: hard

Draw: Singles 48, Doubles 16

This is the 53^rd edition of the tournament.

Defending champion: Ilya Ivashka (defeated Mikael Ymer)

Unusual for a 250 tournament, this tourney has a draw of 48 with 16 seeds.

Seeds (in order of seeding): Grigor Dimitrov, Botic van de Zandschulp, Holger Rune, Maxime Cressy, Lorenzo Musetti, Nikoloz Basilashvili, Sebastian Baez, Albert Ramos-Vinolas, Emil Ruusuvuori, Benjamin Bonzi, Ilya Ivashka, Pedro Martinez, Jack Draper, Lorenzo Sonego, Jaume Munar, Joao Sousa

Wildcards: Grigor Dimitrov, Dominic Thiem, J.J. Wolf, Mikael Ymer

Although it is not surprising to see several withdrawals the week before the USO, 9 seems like a lot. They include: Bublik (with a good reason – he is a new dad), Carreno Busta, Nakashima, Paul, Tiafoe. Rune and Baez were late withdrawals and were replaced by lucky losers.

Singles/Doubles Draws
OOP

Championnats Banque Nationale de Granby WTA 250
Granby, Quebec, Montreal, Canada
August 21 - 27, 2022

The Red Panda, Granby's International Zoo which is one of the largest and famous zoos in Canada and North Eastern America.  

Surface : Hard

Draw: Singles 32, Doubles 16

This year the tourney was upgraded from an ITF tournament. It is also a mixed event, along with an ATP Challenger.

Seeds (in order of seeding): Daria Kasatkina, Jasmine Paolini, Anna Bondar, Nuria Parrizas Diaz, Lucia Bonzetti, Kaja Juvan, Tereza Martincova, Daria Saville

Wildcards: Canadians Victoria Mboko, Katherine Sebov, plus Daria Kasatkina

Withdrawals: Galfi, Konjuh, Haddad Maia, Rus, Van Uytvanck

Singles/Doubles Draws
OOP

Granby is also known for The Granby International Classic Car show.  It is one of the largest car shows in Canada.  Here is a classic 1959 Buick Electra 225. It was a whopping 18 3/4 feet long!!

Tennis in the Land WTA 250
Jacobs Pavilion
Cleveland, USA
August 21 - 27, 2022

Jacobs Pavilion, Cleveland, Ohio

Surface: Hard

Draw: Singles 32, Doubles 16

Last year was the inaugural edition of this tournament.

Defending champion: Anett Kontaveit (defeated Irina-Camilia Begu)

Seeds (in order of seeding): Barbora Krejcikova, Martina Trevisan, Ekaterina Alexandrova, Elise Mertens, Irina Camelia Begu, Caroline Garcia, Aliaksandra Sasnovich, Alize Cornet

Other notables include: Yulia Putintseva, Liudmila Samsonova, Zhang Shuai

Wildcards: Americans Lauren Davis, Sofia Kenin, Peyton Stearns, plus Barbora Krejcikova

Withdrawals: Giorgi, Kanepi, Li, Rogers

Singles/Doubles Draws
OOP

Saturday night East 4th Street downtown Cleveland

Continued thanks Missy Hartt.....