MASON, Ohio — The Cincinnati Open began Sunday at the Lindner Family Tennis Center. This year’s field includes seven former winners of the tournament and more than 100 players who competed in the Paris Olympics, but many will not be on the court until the main draw begins.
However, the Cincinnati Open is an ATP Masters 1000 and WTA Tour 1000 level event, meaning the qualifying rounds that began on Sunday morning still featured some of the best players in professional tennis. Borna Coric, ranked 94th in the world, won the Cincinnati Open two years ago and will face Italy’s Lorenzo Sonego in the opening qualifying round on Sunday.
Former world number one Naomi Osaka is back in Cincinnati and, after a brief travel delay, will face Russian Anna Blinkova at the P&G Grandstand on Sunday afternoon.
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There will be eight qualifiers from the men’s and women’s fields who will win two matches over the next two days to advance to the singles main draw. The qualifying rounds will be completed and the men’s main draw will begin during the evening session on Monday. The women’s main draw will begin on Tuesday.
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Results of Sunday’s qualification
ATP
WC Brandon Holt died No. 4 Dusan Lajovic 2-6, 6-3, 7-5; No. 11 Corentin Moutet d. Daniel Altmaier 6-1, 6-4; Marton Fucsovics d. No. 7 Alexander Shevchenko 6-2, 6-4; No. 3 Yoshihito Nishioka d. Taro Daniel 6-3, 6-1; WC Zachary Svajda d. Facundo Diaz Acosta 2-6, 6-4, 6-3; No. 5 Alex Michelsen d. Zizou Bergs 6-3, 4-6, 6-4
WTA
No. 1 Magdalena Frech d. Hailey Baptiste 6-2, 2-1 (retired); No. 14 Jessica Bouzas Maneiro d. Lesia Tsurenko 6-2, 6-2; Aliaksandra Sasnovich d. No. 2 Xiyu Wang 6-3, 1-6, 6-1; Varvara Gracheva d. Bernarda Pera 6-3, 6-1; No. 3 Lulu Sun d. Shelby Rogers 6-3, 6-0; No. 15 Harriet Dart d. Kamilla Rakhimova 6-4, 2-6, 6-0; Elina Avanesyan d. WC Lauren Davis 6-3, 6-1
Schedule for Monday
Qualifying rounds
ATP To be determined
WTA To be determined
Main draw Monday (ATP)
To be determined
The Enquirer will update this story
This article originally appeared in the Cincinnati Enquirer: Cincinnati Open tennis tournament: Qualifying rounds underway in Mason
