WTA - Cincinnati 2R start

Second round commenced in Cincinnati.

Including remaining first round matches.

2023 Western & Southern Open, a WTA 1000 tournament, on Hard Outdoor, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, 13-20 August 2023.

Defending champion:

Qualifier Caroline Garcia who defeated Petra Kvitova 6-2 6-4

Elina Svitolina withdrew after the main draw was published, and was replaced by lucky loser Varvara Gracheva.

First round results:

- Karolina Muchova defeated Beatriz Haddad Maia (12) 6-7(3) 6-1 6-4 after play resumed from previous day 

- Wildcard Danielle Collins defeated Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-3 6-1

- Zheng Qinwen defeated qualifier Aliaksandra Sasnovich 6-1 6-4

- Marketa Vondrousova (10) defeated Katerina Siniakova 7-5 6-4

- Jelena Ostapenko defeated Karolina Pliskova 1-6 6-3 6-4

- Qualifier Cristina Bucsa defeated Belinda Bencic (13) 4-6 6-3 6-2

- Petra Kvitova (9) defeated Anna Blinkova 7-6(2) 6-0

- Qualifier Linda Noskova defeated Liudmila Samsonova 2-6 6-3 6-1

- Mayar Sherif defeated qualifier Wang Xiyu 7-6(3) 4-6 7-6(5)

- Sorana Cirstea defeated Ekaterina Alexandrova 6-0 6-2

- Petra Martic defeated qualifier Emma Navarro 6-2 3-6 6-3

- Elise Mertens defeated Madison Keys (15) 6-3 3-6 6-3

- Marie Bouzkova defeated Irina-Camelia Begu 6-2 6-2

- Qualifier Martina Trevisan defeated Bernarda Pera 3-6 6-1 6-2

- Donna Vekic defeated Jennifer Brady 7-6(5) 7-5

- Victoria Azarenka defeated Barbora Krejcikova (11) 6-3 7-5

- Daria Kasatkina (14) defeated wildcard Peyton Stearns 6-2 6-1

- Lucky loser Varvara Gracheva defeated wildcard Caroline Wozniacki 6-4 6-4

- Qualifier Ann Li defeated Magda Linette 0-6 7-6(5) 6-2

Second round results:

- Sloane Stephens defeated Caroline Garcia (6) 4-6 6-4 6-4

- Ons Jabeur (5) defeated Anhelina Kalinina 6-3 6-7(2) 7-6(2)