LAST CALL TO USO in USA - WTA Chicago, WTA Cleveland, ATP Winston-Salem

Winston-Salem ATP 250
North Carolina, USA

Tennis in the Land WTA 250

Cleveland, OH USA

Chicago Women's Open WTA 250

Chicago, IL, USA

 

Ladies and Gents this is it until the USO. This week are the last three warm-up 250s before USO starts Aug. 28 - are we happy?  Yes I am!  Two of this week's WTA events are firsts.

Since the Asian Fall swing is/was in upheaval due to Covid, the WTA had room to fit in two new tourneys in Cleveland and Chicago.  All three tournaments (Winston-Salem, Cleveland, Chicago) are all within a map's stone throw from 1) Cincinnati and 2) NYC - East of the Mississippi .  

Let's see what's happening this week and who's playing. No surprise there are some named names. 

"WSOP in Cincinnati"** - Cincinnati Masters 2021

Western & Southern Open
ATP/WTA Masters 1000
Cincinnati, Ohio August 15-22, 2021

**For those who don't immediately recall the reference, "WSOP in Cincinnati" in  the Title is the W&S Open in Cincinnati, and is a throwback to "WKRP in Cincinnati" - the eponymous, fictional radio station sitcom running on TV from 1978-1982. I can't imagine anyone in 2021 who hasn't heard reference to the sitcom or hasn't seen reruns.

After a one-time stint in New York City last year, the tourney has returned to Cincy. It is played in 

Mason, a suburb of Cincinnati.

O Canada - the Road to the USO