ATP • WTA TENNIS RESULTS, SCORES, DRAWS, ORDER OF PLAY • RAFA RAINED OUT

Dominic Thiem of Austria in action against Adrian Mannarino of France during their match in the Western & Southern Open at the Linder Family Tennis Center in Mason, Ohio, USA, 17 August 2017. EPA/TANNEN MAURY

 

 

RAIN INTERRUPTS THURSDAY ACTION

AT THE WESTERN & SOUTHERN OPEN

Five Round of 16 Matches Still to be Completed;

Quarterfinal Matches to Follow on Friday

 

RAIN REIGNS THURSDAY

Play was interrupted three times during Thursday afternoon and early evening by rain. A fourth band of rain settled in around 9 p.m., which led to play for the day being abandoned shortly after 11 pm. Five Round of 16 matches – two men’s and three women’s – still need to be completed. Two are in the first set, while three more have yet to take the court. Those matches will be played early Friday, with the winners coming back to play the quarterfinals later in the day.

 

RAIN POLICY FOR TICKET HOLDERS

Due to the inclement weather and the lack of a completed match on Center Court during the night session on Thursday, the session is considered incomplete. Further information on the rain policy can be found here.

 

WTA NO. 1 UPDATE

Thursday’s rain added extra intrigue to the chase for the WTA’s No. 1 ranking, with both Karolina Pliskova and Elina Svitolina needing to finish their Round of 16 matches on Friday. Should they both lose those Round of 16 matches, Simona Halep would have the chance to clinch No. 1 with a win in her Friday quarterfinal against Johanna Konta. It will be the third time this season Halep has entered a match with the opportunity to reach No. 1 with a win. She also faced that in the French Open final against Jelena Ostapenko and the Wimbledon quarterfinal against Konta. Both those defeats came in three sets after she had won the first.

 

RESULTS – THURSDAY, AUGUST 17, 2017

ATP SINGLES – ROUND OF 16

[1] Rafael Nadal (ESP) vs Albert Ramos-Viñolas (Spain) ppd.

[3] Dominic Thiem (Austria) d Adrian Mannarino (France) 7-6(4) 7-6(3)

[7] Grigor Dimitrov (Bulgaria) d Juan Martin del Potro (Argentina) 6-3 7-5

David Ferrer (Spain) d [11] Pablo Carreno Busta (Spain) 6-4 6-4

[14] John Isner (USA) d [WC] Frances Tiafoe (USA) 7-6(4) 6-3

Yuichi Sugita (Japan) d Karen Khachanov (Russia) 6-7(0) 6-3 6-3

Nick Kyrgios (Australia) vs Ivo Karlovic (Croatia) 3*-4 susp.

[WC] Jared Donaldson (USA) d Nikolaz Basilashvili (Georgia) 6-4 7-6(4)

 

ATP DOUBLES – QUARTERFINAL ROUND

[1] Henri Kontinen (Finland) / John Peers (Australia) vs Ryan Harrison (USA) / Michael Venus (New Zealand) ppd.

 

ATP DOUBLES – SECOND ROUND

[5] Pierre-Hugues Herbert (France) / Nicolas Mahut (France) d Fabrice Martin (France) / Edouard Roger-Vasselin (France) 3-6 7-6(5) 10-5

Jean-Julien Rojer (Netherlands) / Horia Tecau (Romania) d [6] Raven Klaasen (RSA) / Rajeev Ram (USA) 7-5 6-3

[7] Rohan Bopanna (India) / Ivan Dodig (Croatia) d Juan Sebastian Cabal (Colombia) / Fabio Fognini (Italy) 5-7 7-5 10-8

 

WTA SINGLES – ROUND OF 16

[1] Karolina Pliskova (Czech Republic) vs [Q] Camila Giorgi (Italy) 3-0* susp.

[2] Simona Halep (Romania) d [15] Anastasia Sevastova (Latvia) 6-4 6-3

[4] Garbiñe Muguruza (Spain) d [16] Madison Keys (USA) 6-4 3-6 7-6(3)

[5] Elina Svitolina (Ukraine) vs Julia Goerges (Germany) ppd.

[6] Caroline Wozniacki (Denmark) d [Q] Ashleigh Barty (Australia) 6-4 6-2

[7] Johanna Konta (Great Britain) vs [11] Domininka Cibulkova (Slovakia)

[8] Svetlana Kuznetsova (Russia) d Carla Suárez Navarro (Spain) 6-2 6-4

[WC] Sloane Stephens (USA) vs Ekaterina Makarova (Russia) ppd.

 

WTA DOUBLES – QUARTERFINAL ROUND

[2] Yung-Jan Chan (Chinese Taipei) / Martina Hingis (Switzerland) d [5] Timea Babos (Hungary) / Andrea Hlavackova (Czech Republic) 6-3 6-2

[7] Ashleigh Barty (Australia) / Casey Dellacqua (Australia) vs [3] Lucie Safarova (CZE) / Barbora Strycova (Czech Republic) 3-6 5-5 susp.

[4] Sania Mirza (India) / Shuai Peng (CHN) d Irina-Camelia Begu (Romania) / Raluca Olaru (Romania) 6-3 6-7(1) 10-3

[ALT] Lyudmyla Kichenok (Ukraine) / Lesia Tsurenko (Ukraine) vs Su-Wei Hsieh (Chinese Taipei) / Monica Niculescu (Romania) ppd.

 

ORDER OF PLAY – FRIDAY, AUGUST 18, 2017

CENTER COURT start 11:00 am

WTA – [4] Garbiñe Muguruza (Spain) vs [8] Svetlana Kuznetsova (Russia)

Not Before 1:00 pm

ATP – [1] Rafael Nadal (ESP) vs Albert Ramos-Viñolas (Spain)

ATP – [7] Grigor Dimitrov (Bulgaria) vs Yuichi Sugita (Japan)

ATP – [WC] Jared Donaldson (USA) vs [14] John Isner (USA)

Night Session – start 7:00 pm

WTA – [7] Johanna Konta (Great Britain) vs [2] Simona Halep (Romania)

Not Before 9:00 pm

ATP – [1] Rafael Nadal (Spain) OR Albert Ramos-Viñolas (Spain) vs Nick Kyrgios (Australia) OR Ivo Karlovic (Croatia)

 

GRANDSTAND start 11:00 am

ATP – Jean-Julien Rojer (Netherlands) / Horia Tecau (Romania) vs [3] Jamie Murray (Great Britain) / Bruno Soares (Brazil)

Not Before 1:00 pm

ATP – Nick Kyrgios (Australia) vs Ivo Karlovic (Croatia) to finish 3*-4

Not before 3:30 pm

WTA – [1] Karolina Pliskova (Czech Republic) vs [Q] Camila Giorgi (Italy) vs [6] Caroline Wozniacki (Denmark)

Not Before 7:00 pm

ATP – [3] Dominic Thiem (Austria) vs David Ferrer (Spain)

 

STADIUM 3 start 1:00 pm

WTA – [1] Karolina Pliskova (Czech Republic) vs [Q] Camila Giorgi (Italy) to finish 3-0*

ATP – [1] Henri Kontinen (Finland) / John Peers (Australia) vs Ryan Harrison (USA) / Michael Venus (New Zealand)

Not Before 5:00 pm

WTA – [5] Elina Svitolina (Ukraine) OR Julia Goerges (Germany) vs [WC] Sloane Stephens (USA) OR Ekaterina Makarova (Russia)

ATP – [4] Bob Bryan (USA) / Mike Bryan (USA) vs [5] Pierre-Hugues Herbert (France) / Nicolas Mahut (France)

 

COURT 10 start 1:00 pm

WTA – [5] Elina Svitolina (Ukraine) vs Julia Goerges (Germany)

 

COURT 4 start 1:00 pm

WTA – [WC] Sloane Stephens (USA) vs Ekaterina Makarova (Russia)

ATP – [7] Rohan Bopanna (India) / Ivan Dodig (Croatia) vs Lukasz Kubot (Poland) / Marcelo Melo (Brazil)

WTA – [7] Ashleigh Barty (Australia) / Casey Dellacqua (Australia) OR [3] Lucie Safarova (CZE) / Barbora Strycova (Czech Republic) vs [2] Yung-Jan Chan (Chinese Taipei) / Martina Hingis (Switzerland)

WTA – [ALT] Lyudmyla Kichenok (Ukraine) / Lesia Tsurenko (Ukraine) OR Su-Wei Hsieh (Chinese Taipei) / Monica Niculescu (Romania) vs [4] Sania Mirza (India) / Shuai Peng (CHN)

 

COURT 7 start 1:00 pm

WTA – [7] Ashleigh Barty (Australia) / Casey Dellacqua (Australia) vs [3] Lucie Safarova (CZE) / Barbora Strycova (Czech Republic) to finish 3-6 5*-5

WTA – [ALT] Lyudmyla Kichenok (Ukraine) / Lesia Tsurenko (Ukraine) vs Su-Wei Hsieh (Chinese Taipei) / Monica Niculescu (Romania)

 

DRAWS

Women’s Singles

Men’s Singles

Women’s Doubles

Men’s Doubles

 

Tickets for remaining sessions can be purchased online at WSOpen.com, TicketMaster.com or by calling (513) 651-0303.

 

About the Western & Southern Open

The Western & Southern Open takes place August 12-20, 2017 at the Lindner Family Tennis Center, 20 miles north of Cincinnati in Mason, OH. The tournament is one of the prestigious ATP Masters 1000 events on the men’s tour and a Premier 5 event for the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA), making it one of only five events in the world outside of the grand slams with events of that caliber occurring during the same week at the same venue. The tournament is also one of the last stops on the US Open Series before the US Open in New York. Since 1974, the tournament has contributed more than $10 million directly to its beneficiaries: Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, the Barrett Cancer Center and Tennis for City Youth.

 

About Paul Flory. All tourney directors should help grow the sport the way he did. He dedicated his life and donated his endless invisible hours to the Cincy tennis tourney. Ask Adele Robins. She ran the transport for players for decades with Paul at the helm.

He grew the sport. He was dedicated to the “Cincy” Tournament. He had a passion few mortals possess.

He was one of the worlds best tournament directors as well as promoter. His tourney in CINCY pulls in tennis fans from all over the country. Heavy with about 15 states that are around it. It’s also hugely popular with people from all over the world. The event is fabulous. Paul is gone. But his legacy will last forever. He never paid himself a salary. Nothing for decades. Actually For his whole career.

He grew the sport versus greedy, lazy “undertakers” that lost their tournaments in America. Why do I call them undertakers? Simple. They are killing the sport. Tennis needs its PATRONS.

 

Camila Giorgi of Italy in action against Karolina Pliskova of the Czech Republic during their match at the Western & Southern Open tennis tournament at the Lindner Family Tennis Center in Mason Ohio, USA, 17 August 2017. EPA/MARK LYONS

 

 

Dominika Cibulkova of Slovakia in action against Johanna Konta of Britain during the third round of the Western and Southern Open at the Lindner Family Tennis Center in Mason Ohio, USA on August 17, 2017. EPA/MARK LYONS

 

 

John Isner of the US in action against Frances Tiafoe of the US during their match in the Western & Southern Open at the Linder Family Tennis Center in Mason, Ohio, USA, 17 August 2017. EPA/TANNEN MAURY

 

 

Jared Donaldson of the USA in action against Nikoloz Basilashvili of Georgia during the fourth round of the Western and Southern Open at the Lindner Family Tennis Center in Mason Ohio, USA on August 17, 2017. EPA/MARK LYONS

 

 

Karolina Pliskova of the Czech Republic waits out a rain delay under a towel during her match against Camila Giorgi of Italy during their match at the Western & Southern Open tennis tournament at the Linder Family Tennis Center in Mason, Ohio, USA, 17 August 2017. EPA/MARK LYONS