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Tennis fans will be turning out for today’s action at the Western and Southern Open 2022, also known as the ATP Masters 1000 and WTA 1000 in Cincinnati.
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It’s Day 5 of the Western and Southern Open, and tennis fans will be looking for the excitement brought about by the big names who are playing today at the oldest professional tennis tournament in the United States.
Rafael Nadal will be competing at the event for the first time since 2017, while other big names such as Emma Raducanu, Andy Murray, Iga Swiatek, Stefanos Tsitsipas, Nick Kyrgios, and the US’ own Taylor Fritz and John Isner will also be seeing action on the courts today.
Here are the matches scheduled for the day, and the order of play.
Center Court
| TIME (ET) | PLAYERS |
|---|---|
| 11 a.m. | Andy Murray (GBR) vs Cameron Norrie (GBR) |
| Not before 1 p.m. | Victoria Azarenka (BLR) vs Emma Raducanu (GBR) |
| (Followed by) | Taylor Fritz (USA) vs Nick Kyrgios (AUS) |
| Not before 7 p.m. | Borna Coric (CRO) vs Rafael Nadal (ESP) |
| Not before 8:30 p.m. | Paula Badosa (ESP) vs Ajla Tomljanovic (AUS) |
Grand Stand
| TIME (ET) | PLAYERS |
|---|---|
| 11 a.m. | Catherine McNally (USA) vs Ons Jabeur (TUN) |
| (Followed by) | Tommy Paul (USA) vs Denis Shapovalov (CAN) |
| Not before 3 p.m. | Iga Swiatek (POL) vs Sloane Stephens (USA) |
| Not before 7 p.m. | Aryna Sabalenka vs Anna Kalinskaya |
| (Followed by) | Frances Tiafoe (USA) vs Sebastian Korda (USA) |
Stadium 3
| TIME (ET) | PLAYERS |
|---|---|
| 11 a.m. | Felix Auger-Aliassime (CAN) vs Alex de Minaur (AUS) |
| (Followed by) | John Isner (USA) vs Hubert Hurkacz (POL) |
| (Followed by) | Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE) vs Filip Krajinovic (SRB) |
| Not before 5 p.m. | Madison Keys (USA) vs Jelena Ostapenko (LET) |
| (Followed by) | Veronika Kudermetova vs Simona Halep (RUM) |
Porsche Court
| TIME (ET) | PLAYERS |
|---|---|
| 11 a.m. | Sorana Cirstea (RUM) vs Petra Kvitova (RCH) |
| (Followed by) | Jessica Pegula (USA) vs Marta Kostyuk (UCR) |
| (Followed by) | Casper Ruud (NOR) vs Ben Shelton (USA) |
| (Followed by) | Roberto Bautista (ESP) vs Marcos Giron (USA) |
Court 4
| TIME (ET) | PLAYERS |
|---|---|
| 11 a.m. | Fabio Fognini (ITA) vs Andrey Rublev |
| (Followed by) | Miomir Kecmanovic (SRB) vs Jannik Sinner (ITA) |
| (Followed by) | Elena Rybakina (KAZ) vs Garbiñe Muguruza (ESP) |
Court 7
| TIME (ET) | PLAYERS |
|---|---|
| 11 a.m. | Ekaterina Alexandrova vs Shuai Zhang (CHN) |
| Not before 12:30 p.m. | Marie Bouzkova (RCH) vs Alison Riske-Amritraj (USA) |
| (Followed by) | Karolina Pliskova (RCH) vs Elise Mertens |