Cincinnati Open News
Ash Barty came out of the Tokyo Olympics with a doubles bronze medal and a tinge of disappointment after her quest for singles gold ended with a first-up loss to Sara Sorribes Tormo.
Naomi Osaka twice asked the reporter to clarify his question and turned down an offer from the moderator to ”move on to the next question” before giving a full reply.
It was recently announced that the last Grand Slam of the year will be held according to its original schedule from August 31 with the Cincinnati Open being held at the Flushing Meadows before that from August 22.
Following a third-round exit at the US Open, Kyrgios had said that he had no idea how to perform well in Grand Slams after going five years since making it to the quarter-final of a major.
20-time Grand Slam champion Roger Federer and Austria's Dominic Thiem retained their third and fourth place, respectively.
It was the Russian tennis star's second ATP Masters 1000 final appearance in as many weeks and third straight tour-level final appearance following the Citi Open and the Rogers Cup.
Madison Keys will now square off with Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia in the final.
Djokovic, on the other hand, will now shift his focus to the US Open where he will enter as the three-time champion and look to seal his 17th Grand Slam title.
Osaka, who made back-to-back quarter-final finish in Toronto and Cincinnati, will now shift her focus on the US Open, which is slated to take place from August 26 in New York.
By registering her first win over seven-time major champion Williams in three years, Madison has now set up a semi-final clash against 20-year-old Sofia Kenin of America for the second time in this year.
Djokovic, who is just two win away from lifting his 34th Masters 1000 trophy, will look to cement his spot in the summit showdown of the tournament when he locks horns with red-hot Russian Daniil Medvedev.
Osaka will now square off with the winner of another last-16 clash between No.7 seed Elina Svitolina and Sofia Kenin of America for a place in the last-four.
Murray lost 6-4 6-4 to Richard Gasquet in Cincinnati on Monday in his first singles match since January.
Djokovic will now lock horns with Frenchman Lucas Pouille for a place in the semi-final of Cincinnati Open.
Kyrgios clashed with umpire Fergus Murphy in the second set of the night match against Russian Karen Khachanov.
Williams will now lock horns with defending champion Kiki Bertens of the Netherlands in the second round of the tournament.
Gasquet will now lock horns with Austria's Dominic Thiem, who is bidding to clinch his second ATP Masters 1000 title of the year after clinching victory at the BNP Paribas Open in March.
After clinching a record-extending 35th ATP Masters 1000 title by winning Rogers Cup in Montreal on Monday, world number two Rafael Nadal has pulled out of this week's Cincinnati Open for the second year in a row.
British tennis maestro Andy Murray is all set to make singles return with this week's Cincinnati Open after accepting a wildcard entry for the tournament.
Sixth-seeded Spaniard Muguruza needed only 56 minutes to capture her second title of the year and her first in a US event, taking the $522,450 top prize in the last major US Open tuneup.
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