Who plays today, August 20 at the Cincinnati Open? Match times for the semifinals

Men’s singles

Stefanos Tsitsipas made it through to the semis after a tough test as he defeated big-serving American John Isner 7-6 (7-5) 5-7 6-3 in the Western & Southern Open quarter-final on Friday.

The Greek star will play world number one Daniil Medvedev in a gripping semi-final after the top-ranked Russian was too strong for American Taylor Fritz.

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The other semi-final will feature rank outside Borna Coric’s as his incredible week continued as the world number 152 defeated his third consecutive top-20 opponent, facing zero break point opportunities in his 6-4 6-4 triumph against world number nine Felix Auger-Aliassime.

The win comes after victories over Spaniards Rafael Nadal and Roberto Bautista-Agut in the previous two rounds, and he will now play Cameron Norrie for a place in his second career ATP Masters 1000 final, and his first since 2018. Coric will jump at least 86 spots when the next world rankings are released.

In the final match of the night, Norrie needed more than three hours to defeat world number four and one of the U.S. Open favourites Carlos Alcaraz 7-6 (7-4) 6-7 (4-7) 6-4.

Women’s singles

Fresh off her straight sets victory over world number one Iga Swiatek, unseeded American Madison Keys cruised through her quarter-final matchup against Elena Rybakina 6-2 6-4 at the Western & Southern Open on Friday.

Keys was too good in every area, landing 72 per cent of her first serves fair compared to just 47 per cent for Rybakina, leading to a 65 per cent (35-of-54) success rate on her service points.

She also created 13 break point opportunities, and won 50 per cent of her return points in a one-sided battle.

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Keys will play Petra Kvitova in the semi-final in an all-unseeded showdown after the world number 28 defeated in-form Australian Ajla Tomljanovic 6-2 6-3.

Later in the night, Caroline Garcia’s exceptional form continued as she needed just 74 minutes to beat world number seven Jessica Pegula after the American stylishly handled Emma Raducanu yesterday.

France’s Garcia – who also collected a win over Swiatek last month – has now won 11 of her past 12 matches, and she will play the only seeded competitor remaining in the semi-final after Aryna Sabalenka had no issues with the challenge of Shuai Zhang 6-4 7-6 (7-1).

Sabalenka, the world number seven, won despite committing 12 double faults, as she was too powerful in her return game, winning 56 per cent of the points against Zhang’s serve.

Games and order of play in each court for August 19

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