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Andy Murray Receives a Western & Southern Open Wild Card

August 3, 2020 by Tennis Panorama News

Andy Murray

Andy Murray Receives a Western & Southern Open Wild Card

 

 

CINCINNATI (AUGUST 3, 2020) – Two-time winner Andy Murray and Americans Tommy Paul, Tennys Sandgren and Frances Tiafoe have been awarded wild cards for the Western & Southern Open.

 

Murray, who claimed the Cincinnati title in 2008 and 2011, is the sixth Western & Southern Open champion entered in this year’s tournament, joining Daniil Medvedev (2019), Novak Djokovic (2018), Grigor Dimitrov (2017), Marin Cilic (2016) and Rafael Nadal (2013) in the field for the ATP Masters 1000 event that will be held Aug. 20-28 at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York.

 

A three-time Major winner, Murray also counts the 2012 Olympic gold medal among his 46 career titles. In January 2019, Murray underwent a hip resurfacing operation. He came back to play doubles in June, then returned to singles competition at last year’s Western & Southern Open before winning the title at Antwerp in October. The Western & Southern Open, where he owns a 31-12 record, will be Murray’s first ATP action in 2020.

 

Paul started the 2020 campaign by reaching his first career ATP semifinal at Adelaide. One month later he was a quarterfinalist in Acapulco. In 2019, he was 30-5 on the ATP Challenger Tour with three titles. In 2015, Paul won the French Open junior title and was runner-up at the US Open. The 23-year-old native of New Jersey will be making his second Western & Southern Open main draw appearance.

 

Sandgren has reached the Australian Open quarterfinals twice in the past three years. In 2019, Sandgren did not drop a set in Auckland where he claimed his first career title. Sandgren played two seasons at the University of Tennessee where he led the Volunteers to the NCAA team final in 2010. He will be making his debut in the main draw of the Western & Southern Open.

 

Tiafoe was a quarterfinalist at the 2019 Australian Open, which came less than a year after he claimed his first career ATP title at Delray Beach in February 2018. In 2017, Tiafoe defeated his highest-ranked opponent when he upset No. 7 Alexander Zverev in Cincinnati to reach the Round of 16. The 22-year-old Maryland native will be making his fourth appearance at the Western & Southern Open, where he has a 3-3 record.

 

Forty of the top 43 players in the ATP Rankings were on the initial entry list for the 2020 Western & Southern Open which was released last week. The complete initial entry list can be found here.

 

Twelve additional players will join the field through a two-round qualifying event.

 

The Western & Southern Open women’s field also includes six former champions: Madison Keys (2019), Kiki Bertens (2018), Garbiñe Muguruza (2017), Karolina Pliskova (2016), Serena Williams (2014-15) and Kim Clijsters (2010). The complete initial entry list for the WTA Premier 5 tournament can be found here.

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CONTACT: media@cincytennis.com

 

MEDIA ALERT – On Tuesday, Rafael Nadal withdrew from the Western & Southern Open main draw field. He has been replaced by American Sam Querrey.

 

 

Two Former Champions Headline

Western & Southern Open Qualifying Fields

Past Winners Azarenka, Zvonareva to Vie for Main Draw

 

CINCINNATI (AUGUST 4, 2020) – Players with past Western & Southern Open success will be among those competing for a spot in the main draw during this year’s two-round qualifying event.

 

Former champions Victoria Azarenka (2013) and Vera Zvonareva (2006), who are both among the active moms on the WTA, headline the women’s field while there are six men competing who have reached at least the quarterfinals at the Western & Southern Open, including 2019 semifinalist Richard Gasquet.

 

Azarenka was ranked No. 2 when she defeated World No. 1 Serena Williams in the 2013 final. It marks the only time the top two players in the WTA rankings have met at the Western & Southern Open. Zvonareva, who has entered with a protected ranking, claimed the Cincinnati title in 2006 with a win over Katerina Srebotnik just two years after falling to Hall of Famer Lindsay Davenport in the 2004 final.

 

Gasquet’s semifinal run in 2019 is the best result among the men’s qualifying field. He also was a quarterfinalist in 2015 and is one of the six qualifying entrants to have reached that round at the Western & Southern Open, joined by Jeremy Chardy (2012), Steve Johnson (2016), Feliciano Lopez (2015), Gilles Simon (2009, 2011) and Yuichi Sugita (2017)

 

Forty-eight players from both the ATP Tour and WTA will battle for 12 main draw berths during qualifying Aug. 20-21 at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York. Main draw action for the ATP Masters 1000 and WTA Premier 5 event will take place Aug. 22-28.

 

There are 11 total former champions entered in the men’s and women’s main draws for the 2020 Western & Southern Open. The ATP field includes defending champion Daniil Medvedev along with Novak Djokovic (2018 winner), Grigor Dimitrov (2017), Marin Cilic (2016) and two-time champion Andy Murray (2008, 11).

 

Two-time champion Serena Williams (2014-15) will join defending champion Madison Keys, and past winners Kiki Bertens (2018), Garbiñe Muguruza (2017), Karolina Pliskova (2016) and Kim Clijsters (2010) in the WTA field.

 

Here are the initial qualifying entrants:

 

ATP Tour

Rank – Name (Age) Nat.

46 – Lorenzo Sonego (25) ITA

50 – Richard Gasquet (34) FRA

51 – Alexander Bublik (23) KAZ

53 – Pablo Andujar (34) ESP

54 – Gilles Simon (35) FRA

56 – Feliciano Lopez (38) ESP

59 – Jeremy Chardy (33) FRA

60 – Pablo Cuevas (34) URU

61 – Aljaz Bedene (31) SLO

62 – Juan Ignacio Londero (26) ARG

63 – Steve Johnson (30) USA

64 – Jordan Thompson (26) AUS

65 – Jiri Vesely (27) CZE

66 – Joao Sousa (31) POR

67 – Radu Albot (30) MDA

68 – Mikael Ymer (21) SWE

69 – Egor Gerasimov (27) BLR

70 – Soonwoo Kwon (22) KOR

72 – Ricardas Berankis (30) LTU

73 – Jannik Sinner (18) ITA

75 – Corentin Moutet (21) FRA

76 – Attila Balazs (31) (HUN)

77 – Cameron Norrie (24) GBR

78 – Federico Delbonis (29) ARG

79 – Gianluca Mager (25) ITA

80 – Laslo Djere (25) SRB

82 – Thiago Monteiro (26) BRA

83 – James Duckworth (28) AUS

84 – Marton Fucsovics (28) HUN

85 – Dennis Novak (26) AUT

86 – Stefano Travaglia (28) ITA

87 – Yuichi Sugita (31) JPN

88 – Andreas Seppi (36) ITA

90 – Yasutaka Uchiyama (27) JPN

91 – Mikhail Kukushkin (32) KAZ

92 – Dominik Koepfer (26) GER

94 – Hugo Dellien (27) BOL

95 – Gregoire Barrere (26) FRA

96 – Andrej Martin (30) SVK

97 – Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (21) ESP

98 – Lloyd Harris (23) RSA

99 – Robertp Carballes Baena (27) ESP

271* – Mackenzie McDonald (25) USA

 

Bold indicates past W&S Open champion

WTA

Rank – Name (Age) Nat.

55 – Su-Wei Hsieh (34) TPE

56 – Alja Tomljanovic (27) AUS

57 – Alison Van Uytvanck (26) BEL

58 – Victoria Azarenka (31) BLR

59 – Alize Cornet (30) FRA

60 – Bernarda Pera (25) USA

61 – Anna Blinkova (21) RUS

62 – Lauren Davisn (26) USA

63 – Jil Teichman (23) SUI

64 – Zarina Diyas (26) KAZ

65 – Laura Siegemund (32) GER

66 – Daria Kasatkina (23) RUS

68 – Carla Suarez-Navarro (31) ESP

69 – Kristyna Pliskova (28) CZE

70 – Arantxa Rus (29) NED

72 – Hibino Nao (25) JPN

73 – Taylor Townsend (24) USA

75 – Sorana Cirstea (30) ROU

76 – Misaki Doi (29) JPN

77 – Kristen Flipkens (34) BEL

79 – Madison Brengle (29) USA

80 – Jessica Pegula (26) USA

81 – Irina Camelia-Begu (29) ROU

82 – Viktoria Kuzmova (22) SVK

85 – Patricia Maria Tig (26) ROU

86 – Nina Stojanovic (24) SRB

88 – Christina McHale (28) USA

89 – Camila Giorgi (28) ITA

90 – Monica Puig (26) PUR

91 – Danka Kovinic (25) MNE

94 – Paula Badosa (22) ESP

95 – Jasmine Paolini (24) ITA

96 – Kristie Ahn (28) USA

98 – Kateryna Kozlova (26) UKR

100 – Timea Babos (27) HUN

101 – Varvara Gracheva (20) RUS

102 – Aliona Bolsova (22) ESP

104 – Greet Minnen (22) BEL

105 – Katarina Zavatska (20) UKR

106 – Anna-Lena Friedsam (26) GER

268* – Vera Zvonareva (35) RUS

350* – Kateryna Bondarenko (33) UKR

 

 

*Using injury protected ranking

Main draw play for the Western & Southern Open will begin on Aug. 22. Both singles finals will be held on Friday, Aug. 28, with the WTA final taking place at 2 p.m., and the ATP Tour’s at 4 p.m.

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