Cincinnati Open

2022 - 8 - 16

Emma Raducanu Emma Raducanu

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Fan asked to leave Cincinnati Open after displaying Ukrainian flag ... (The Independent)

A woman was asked to leave a match between Russian players Anna Kalinskaya and Anastasia Potapova at the Western & Southern Open due to wearing the flag ...

Start your Independent Premium subscription today. By clicking ‘Register’ you confirm that your data has been entered correctly and you have read and agree to our Terms of use, Cookie policy and Privacy notice. I said, ‘I’m not putting it away.’ They kept playing for a minute or two.

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Western & Southern Open fan asked to remove Ukrainian flag ... (Cincinnati.com)

Video surfaced on Twitter Sunday of an interaction between an audience member and a chair umpire. The woman was reportedly asked to remove her flag.

She was then allowed to return to the tournament. The woman was asked to remove the flag from the grounds, according to a Western & Southern Open spokesman. A woman was asked to remove a Ukrainian flag she was wearing Sunday at the Western & Southern Open tennis tournament due to its size, according to tournament officials.

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Cincinnati Open: Naomi Osaka crashes out in Cincinnati opener (InsideSport)

Cincinnati Open: Naomi Osaka's summer form slump deepened on Tuesday as the four-time Grand Slam winner lost 6-4, 7-5 to Zhang Shuai - Check out.

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Naomi Osaka loses to Zhang Shuai at Cincinnati Open in first round ... (Eurosport.com)

Naomi Osaka has been eliminated from the Cincinnati Open after a first round 6-4 7-5 defeat to Zhang Shuai.

Zhang will take on 27th-ranked Ekaterina Alexandrova on Wednesday in the next round, as she looks to reach the third round in Cincinnati for the first time. She's maybe not really feeling good today. The former world No.1 has been eliminated from back-to-back tournaments at the first-round stage for the first time since 2018, and when that happened she went on to win the US Open in the next event.

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Naomi Osaka makes 2nd straight early exit at Cincinnati Open | CBC ... (CBC.ca)

Naomi Osaka's U.S. Open preparations suffered another setback when the former world No. 1 was swept aside 6-4, 7-5 by China's Zhang Shuai in the Cincinnati ...

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Nick Kyrgios booed by Cincinnati Open crowd for swearing at his ... (Daily Express)

NICK KYRGIOS lost his cool after being broken in the second set of his Cincinnati Open clash.

The Wimbledon finalist earned himself a warning when he smashed the ball out of the stadium in Montreal last week after dropping the first set to world No 1 Daniil Medvedev 7-6(3). Kyrgios was leading Davidovich Fokina by a set-and-a-break when the world No 37 managed to set up three break points on the Aussie's serve at 1-2 in the second set. [Nick Kyrgios](/latest/nick-kyrgios) was booed by the crowd at the Cincinnati Open after he hit a ball into the stands when getting broken in the second set, receiving a code violation.

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Serena Williams beaten by Raducanu at WTA Cincinnati Masters (The Sun Daily)

CINCINNATI: Serena Williams bowed out of the WTA/ATP Cincinnati Masters at the first hurdle on Tuesday, losing in straight sets to US Open champion Em...

“Serena is dangerous and can come back from any situation. “I was nervous from the first point to the last,“ Raducanu said. Raducanu broke Williams at the start of both sets to claim victory in what was her first and likely last meeting with the 23-time Grand Slam singles champion.

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Raducanu ousts Serena in opening round in Cincinnati (WTA Tennis)

In a highly anticipated opening-round match at the Western & Southern Open, Emma Raducanu took down 23-time Grand Slam winner in straight sets.

"I hadn't played tennis in like two, three months, and I was kind of just dreaming that one day I'm going to play on Ashe, and one day I'm going to be at that level and playing these great players myself. Raducanu readies for Azarenka: "I remember more recently when she was playing in the US Open and made the final in 2020 during the bubble, I was studying for my exams," Raducanu said. Stat of the match: Raducanu hit just one unforced error in the match while striking 14 winners. Everything that she's achieved is so inspirational and it was a true honor to share the court with her." "I think from the beginning to the end, I maybe looked calm, but I just knew how important every single point was, because you let up a little bit and she's going to be all over you," Raducanu told reporters. Raducanu fired just one unforced error to go with eight winners in the first set, while Williams misfired on 12 unforced errors to go with 11 winners.

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Naomi Osaka eliminated by Shuai Zhang in first round of Western ... (ESPN)

Four-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka was eliminated by Shuai Zhang, 6-4, 7-5, in the first round of the Western & Southern Open Tuesday, ...

Bencic fell to [Sorana Cirstea](https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=1774), 6-2, 6-7 (3), 6-4. [Rafael Nadal](https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=261), sidelined since withdrawing from Wimbledon with an abdominal tear, practiced before a large crowd. [Coco Gauff](https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3626), when she retired from her match against qualifier [Marie Bouzkova](https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2392) with a left ankle injury. [Karolina Pliskova](https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=740) advanced with a 7-5, 6-1 win over Williams' older sister, Venus. [Nick Kyrgios](https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=1984) beat [Alejandro Davidovich Fokina](https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3212) 7-5, 6-4. [Naomi Osaka](https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2789) was eliminated by [Shuai Zhang](https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=707), 6-4, 7-5, on Tuesday during the Western & Southern Open.

Tennis-Fan asked to remove Ukraine flag because it was too big ... (The Star Online)

(Reuters) - The size of the Ukraine flag that a fan had draped around her during a match at the Cincinnati Open on Monday was the reason she was asked to ...

Video of the incident posted online showed Lara come down from her chair to speak to the fan, who ultimately left the court. Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24, calling it a "special military operation" aimed at pre-emptively safeguarding its security against NATO expansion. (Reuters) - The size of the Ukraine flag that a fan had draped around her during a match at the Cincinnati Open on Monday was the reason she was asked to remove it from the grounds, tournament officials told Reuters on Tuesday.

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Medvedev gets US Open prep back on track with win in Cincinnati (The Sun Daily)

DANIIL MEDVEDEV looked like he had a point to prove as the Russian got preparations for his U.S. Open title defence back on track with a 6-4 7-5 win o...

But Kyrgios quickly regained his cool, holding to love in the next game and sealing the victory with another massive serve to set up a meeting with American Fritz in the last tune-up event before the U.S. He likes to play on the front foot, similar to myself. “Two breaks on these fast courts is enough to win and I should have done a little bit better on my serve. “The second set was going not that bad,“ Medvedev said in an on-court interview. DANIIL MEDVEDEV looked like he had a point to prove as the Russian got preparations for his U.S. “He was not serving especially well today, doing a lot of double faults.

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Russian tennis star gets fan draped in Ukraine flag kicked out by ... (Daily Express)

A FAN at the Western & Southern Open was threatened after bringing a Ukrainian flag to a qualifying match.

Lola was also wearing a Ukrainian floral wreath crown known as a vinok and was watching the match silently, making no disruption. The fan in question - Lola - was confronted by a WTA umpire and Cincinnati tournament security on two separate occasions. The spectator in question was later forced to put the flag in her car or be removed from the grounds following “aggressive” encounters with security officials, as she received threats that the police would be called.

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'Can't believe I just played Serena Williams': Emma Raducanu after ... (The Indian Express)

The 40-year-old Williams fell to 0-2 in matches since announcing "the countdown has begun" on her career, losing 6-4, 6-0 to U.S. Open champion Emma ...

Fans cheered heartily when Williams was introduced, and again when she won her first point on a Raducanu error in the second game. But she double-faulted on the next point on the way to being broken. Williams is a 23-time Grand Slam champion, most recently in 2017 at the Australian Open, when she was pregnant with daughter Olympia. Williams said last week in a Vogue magazine essay and an Instagram post that her career was winding down, although she did not explicitly say the U.S. The Cincinnati event was the second U.S. Open champion Emma Raducanu in the Western & Southern Open on Tuesday night.

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