ATP/WTA Masters 1000 Cincinnati

[Drummond]

Last big hit out before the years final slam.

Men’s draw:



Noticables:

* Djokovic first tournament since Wimbledon. On paper rough draw with ADF, de Minaur, Monfils, all guys who went deep in Montreal, in his section. Will they be fatigued though? Sinner and Rune in his half too. Sinner I think will find it tough to back up Montreal, B2B masters are hard.

* Defending champion is Coric who has Korda first up. Could be a massive point drop upcoming. But Korda hasn’t really fired a shot since his injury.

* Khachanov/Murray and Zverev/Dimitrov are cracking first round matches.

Women’s draw:



* Kudermetova returns from injury, plays Venus first. Should win.

* Svitolina vs Wozniacki, battle of the mums. You’d imagine Elina will be too tough but Caro looked good in Toronto.

* Lots of great R1 matches, pick of the bunch are Krejcikov/Azarenka, Ostapenko/Pliskova. Hopefully Potapova can find some much needed form; plays young WC Naef first.

 

[danstar]

Looking forward to watching some of this, i would say Carlos does better then he did in Toronto, got him as my favourite for tournament on the way to backing up his US open crown

 

[Drummond]

Looking forward to watching some of this, i would say Carlos does better then he did in Toronto, got him as my favourite for tournament on the way to backing up his US open crown

Yeah I think Carlos wins this too. Shaking off the rust in Montreal and has a pretty easy draw here. Djokovic is too focused on the slams these days to really be a favourite. I wonder how many more masters he has in him.

 

[Drummond]

Surprised to see FAA beat Berrettini actually given the Canadians form.

Potapova had an awful start but managed to win. Perhaps I shouldn’t be surprised to see Kudermetova lose to Venus.

 

[danstar]

i found a live shot of Cinci, absolutely hosing down , has been for some time as well. Very highly doubt any more play today

 

[danstar]

Officially called now, going to be a PACKED day 2 schedule

 

[AdelaideGT]

Jordan Thompson the only Aussie to get on court so far and won a tight one against Isner.

His tournament will probably end tomorrow though when he's likely to get a lesson from Alcaraz.

If he's lucky maybe the match won't get on court and give him an extra day to freshen up at least.

 

[JackNah_8]

Surprised Venus won today

 

[danstar]

Surprised Venus won today

Kuder has been injured lately a fair bit, she wasnt playing at her best. Im just finishing catching up from Day 1 , i only watched the previous weeks finals this morning, its coming thick and fast at the moment.

 

[danstar]

Stanimal match in a deciding set, will be interesting whether he can win it or not

 

[danstar]

incredible also how Stan has now gone into 7th all time on Masters 1000 appearances, 120th tournament this week. Lopez holds record with 139 at the moment

 

[Blue Arrow]

incredible also how Stan has now gone into 7th all time on Masters 1000 appearances, 120th tournament this week. Lopez holds record with 139 at the moment

And yet Wawrinka only has two appearances in ATP 1000 finals for a single title.
A little strange considering how many times he took out members of the big three in slams.
Murray has 14 titles as a comparison.

 

[AdelaideGT]

Good win for Poppy. Came in as LL (lost to Purcell I think) but manages to get to R2 of main draw.

 

[matt_897]

Good win for Poppy. Came in as LL (lost to Purcell I think) but manages to get to R2 of main draw.

Gets a walkover from jarry in the 2nd round so he 's in the 3rd now.

Atm, live rankings have Popryin at 47, Thompson at 49, Vukic at 50.

Thansai losing another close match, surprise surprise.

 

[AdelaideGT]

Atm, live rankings have Popryin at 47, Thompson at 49, Vukic at 50.

Would have to do some sums to work out when we last had 4 in top 50 - (and Kyrgios with Protected Ranking) would be one more.

 

[JackNah_8]

Good start by Thompson

 

[AdelaideGT]

A break up - would be nice if he could at least take this set.

 

[matt_897]

I'm guessing Alcaraz still struggling for form. No way he should be struggling to put away Thompson

 

[JackNah_8]

I'm guessing Alcaraz still struggling for form. No way he should be struggling to put away Thompson

Must be, im really surprised with the scoreline

 

[AdelaideGT]

No way he should be struggling to put away Thompson

Who woulda thought?

These stars with all the weapons can't just mail-in the scores. They actually need to show up and fight off the 'journeymen'.

Wow. Sport hey?

 

[AdelaideGT]

Purcell up 4-3 in final set vs Ruud - can he hang on?

 

[AdelaideGT]

Purcell up 4-3 in final set vs Ruud - can he hang on?

Matty comes from behind in that game to break Ruud and take the win. Well done mate!

 

[Drummond]

ADM just lost to Monfils. Frenchman found form out of nowhere really, but both finalists from Toronto now out, put that down to fatigue.

Real concerned about Novak vs ADF. Fokina in terrific form, and really tested him at the French Open.

 

[matt_897]

Yeah, happens more than often when a big run is had, the next eek is tough to come back. Unless you're one of the big 3 it's a struggle.

For some reason I had a funny feeling Max could pull off the upset. What an American hardcourts wing it has been for the men.

 

[AdelaideGT]

ADM just lost to Monfils. Frenchman found form out of nowhere really, but both finalists from Toronto now out, put that down to fatigue.

Demon was always gonna be tired after last week. Hopefully he can rest up and at least get through to US R4 where he belongs.