Friday, 21 August 2020

Cincinnati - WTA Premier 5

This week, the Western & Southern Open will be held, incorporating both WTA Premier 5 and ATP Masters 1000 tournaments.
It would normally be held in Cincinnati, Ohio. However this year, because of the COVID-19 situation, Flushing Meadows, the site of the US Open, will be the host.

2020 Western & Southern Open - a WTA Premier 5 category tournament, on Hard, Laykold, in New York City, 22-28 August 2020.

Defending champion:

Madison Keys (16) who defeated wildcard Sveta Kuznetsova 7-5 7-6(5)


The following players withdrew after entering but before the main draw was published:


- Belinda Bencic replaced by Alice Cornet 

- Kiki Bertens replaced by Alison Van Uytvanck 

- Fiona Ferro replaced by Victoria Azarenka 

- Sveta Kuznetsova replaced by Ajla Tomljanović 

- Garbiñe Muguruza replaced by Bernarda Pera

- Barbora Strycova replaced by Katerina Siniakova 


Karolina Pliskova, world number 3, is top seed.

The other seeds are all in the top 15

The top 7 seeds have first round byes

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