A trio of American Grand Slam champions are joining the Cincinnati field.
Sloane Stephens, Sofia Kenin and Venus Williams have been awarded main-draw wild cards for the Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati.
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The trio join Wimbledon finalist Nick Kyrgios as wild-card recipients.
Together with the WTA 1000 women’s tournament, the Western & Southern Open player fields feature the world’s top-ranked 41 men and 39 women, 11 past champions and 19 Grand Slam major winners including Serena Williams and 2021 U.S. Open champions Daniil Medvedev and Emma Raducanu.
Stephens, who reached the Cincinnati semifinals in 2017, is aiming to snap a three-match losing streak at the tournament, including successive losses to Caroline Garcia in 2020 and 2021.
The tournament’s first serve will take place at 10 a.m. on Saturday, August 13th for the qualifying rounds. The men’s and women’s singles finals will be played on Sunday, August 21st.
Reigning women’s champion Ash Barty retired and reigning men’s champion Alexander Zverev is recovering from torn ligaments in his foot.
Individual daily tickets for all sessions are on sale now. Multi-day ticket packages are sold out. Information about available tickets can be found at wsopen.com/tickets.
The Western & Southern Open, an ATP Masters 1000 and a WTA 1000 tournament, is part of the US Open Series and is held at the Lindner Family Tennis Center in Mason, Ohio.
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