The North American Swing leading up to next week's USO flew by in a short six weeks. Although there are few top players contending this week in either Winston-Salem or Cleveland, some higher-ranked who didn't fare well up to this point are competing this week hoping to get in some quality match play. And, there were a fair share of top players who retired or withdrew from Cincinnati likely hoping to heal by or be fresh for the USO.
Congratulations to this week's Cincinnati Masters 1000 Champions:
Men's Singles: Novak Djokovic d. Carlos Alcaraz
Doubles: Gonzalez/Molteni d, Murray/Venus
Women's Singles: Cori Gauff d .Karolina Muchova
Doubles: Townsend/Parks d. Melichar-Martinez/Perez
Let's play ball👇
WINSTON-SALEM OPEN ATP 250WAKE FOREST TENNIS COMPLEXWINSTON-SALEM, NC, USAAUG. 20-26, 2023
Surface: Hard
Draw: Singles 48, Doubles 16
The tournament was established in 2011.
2022 champion: Adrian Mannarino defeated Laslo Djere.
Seeds (in order of seeding): Borna Coric, Tallon Griekspoor, Sebastian Korda, Laslo Djere, Jiri Lehecka, Sebastian Baez, Arthur Fils, Botic van de Zandschulp, Alexander Vukic, Yannick Hanfmann, Daniel Altmaier, Richard Gasquet, Marcos Giron, Marton Fucsovics, Sebastian Offner, Emil Ruusuvuori
All 16 seeds receive a first-round bye.
Wildcards: All American players – Sebastian Korda, Alex Michelsen, Michael Mmoh
Entry as alternates: Juan Manuel Cerundolo, Rinky Hijikata, Dominic Thiem
Withdrawals: Perhaps not a surprise the week before the USO there were 9 withdrawals, including Roberto Bautista Agut, Pablo Carreno Busta, Dan Evans, Adrian Mannarino, Jan-Lennard Struff
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| The Last Shell 'Clamshell Station' remains standing in Winston-Salem |
Seeds (in order of seeding): Borna Coric, Tallon Griekspoor, Sebastian Korda, Laslo Djere, Jiri Lehecka, Sebastian Baez, Arthur Fils, Botic van de Zandschulp, Alexander Vukic, Yannick Hanfmann, Daniel Altmaier, Richard Gasquet, Marcos Giron, Marton Fucsovics, Sebastian Offner, Emil Ruusuvuori
All 16 seeds receive a first-round bye.
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| Wake Forest Tennis Center |
Wildcards: All American players – Sebastian Korda, Alex Michelsen, Michael Mmoh
Entry as alternates: Juan Manuel Cerundolo, Rinky Hijikata, Dominic Thiem
Withdrawals: Perhaps not a surprise the week before the USO there were 9 withdrawals, including Roberto Bautista Agut, Pablo Carreno Busta, Dan Evans, Adrian Mannarino, Jan-Lennard Struff
TENNIS IN THE LAND WTA 250JACOBS PAVILLIONCLEVELAND, OH, USAAugust 20-26, 2023
Surface: Hard
Draws: Singles 32, Doubles 16
This is the third edition of the tourney.
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| Jacobs Pavilion |
2022 champion: Liudmila Samsonova who defeated Aliaksandra Sasnovich.
An interesting aspect of this tournament is that 43-year-old Venus Williams will face 16-year-old Mirra Andreeva in the first round, with an age difference of 27 years!
Seeds (in order of seeding): Caroline Garcia, Barbora Krejcikova, Veronika Kudermetova, Ekaterina Alexandrova, Anhelina Kalinina, Elisabetta Cocciaretto, Mayar Sherif, Anna Blinkova
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| The Cleveland Free Stamp has an interesting history - originally meant to be displayed near the Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument, its design actually mimics the shape of the monument’s spire. It was meant to be displayed near the BP America Building, but management despised it, so it was eventually donated to Cleveland where it's now "FREE" standing on its side near a municipal bldg.😎 |
Wildcards: American player Venus Williams, plus Leylah Fernandez, Veronika Kudermetova
Withdrawals: Paula Badosa. Liudmila Samsonova, Zhang Shuai
Team Shirley Hartt☝
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