MASON, Ohio − The Cincinnati Open , formerly called the Western & Southern Open , heads into the Round of 16 on Friday with some of the top-ranked ATP and WTA players set to take the court.
Friday's revised order of play is finalized as play resumed at the Lindner Family Tennis Center at 12:30 p.m.
Saturday's schedule at the Cincinnati Open
The stage is set for the quarterfinals on Saturday. Here is the order of play , beginning with World No. 1 Iga Swiatek on Center Court against 17-year-old Mirra Andreeva .
Friday's WTA/ATP tennis results from the Cincinnati Open
After falling in a 22-point second-set tiebreaker, Frances Tiafoe rallied to beat Jiri Lehecka in three sets to finish Friday's play. Tiafoe had a 5-2 third-set lead before a Lehecka comeback, but the American pulled through with 7-5 win in the tiebreak. Tiafoe is through to the quarterfinals of an ATP 1000 event for the first time since Indian Wells in 2023.
World No. 28 Jack Draper is enjoying his first trip to Mason. The 22-year-old advanced to the quarterfinals with a hard-fought 5-7, 6-4, 6-4 win over Felix Auger-Aliassime.
World No. 28 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova is into the Cincinnati Open quarterfinals for the fourth time and first since 2015 after a straight-set (7-5, 6-1) win on Center Court over No. 7 seed Qinwen Zheng.
World No. 16 Holger Rune became the first Danish man to advance to the Cincinnati Open quarterfinals after a three-set victory over Gael Monfils, who had knocked out Carlos Alcaraz just hours before.
Jessica Pegula is through to the quarterfinals in Cincinnati after a straight-set take down of Taylor Townsend, who was the only qualifier left in either singles field.
A run that started with a first-round win over Cincinnati native Peyton Stearns , Spain's Paula Badosa has not dropped a set after a 6-4, 6-4 victory over Yulia Putintseva in the Round of 16.
Coming off her upset over World No. 4 Elena Rybakina, 21-year-old Leylah Fernandez (World No. 26) advanced to her third career WTA 1000 quarterfinals with a 6-1, 6-4 win over Diana Shnaider.
World No. 7 Hubert Hurkacz has reached the quarterfinals in Cincinnati in back-to-back years after Friday's 6-3, 3-6, 6-1 victory over Italy's Flavio Cobolli.
After starting the Cincinnati Open with a first-round win over No. 11 seed Emma Navarro, World No. 24 Mirra Andreeva eliminated another seeded player in No. 5 Jasmine Paolini, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2. The Olympic silver medalist (doubles) will play top-seeded Iga Swiatek in the quarterfinals.
A three-time Cincinnati Open semifinalist, World No. 3 Aryna Sabalenka has not dropped a set in Mason so far this week after Friday's 7-5, 6-2 victory in the P&G Grandstand over Ukraine's Elina Svitolina.
Moved to Center Court after Sinner's walkover win, 21-year-old Ben Shelton (World No. 14) became the youngest American to reach the Cincinnati quarterfinals since 2017 with a 6-4, 6-3 victory over Hungarian Fabian Marozsan.
A quick turnaround after a Canada title didn't keep World No. 6 Jessica Pegula from shining on an overcast afternoon in Cincinnati. Originally scheduled to play on Center Court Thursday night, Pegula returned Friday on Court 7 and defeated Karolina Muchova 5-7, 6-4, 6-2 in a match that took 2 hours, 16 minutes.
Pegula will play American qualifier and Wimbledon doubles champion Taylor Townsend in Stadium 3 Friday night.
World No. 19 Felix Auger-Aliassime needed just 66 minutes to take out Casper Rudd Friday, 6-3, 6-1 for a spot in the Round of 16 later tonight.
World No. 46 Gael Monfils secured his biggest victory of the year when the 37-year-old returned Friday and upset World No. 3 Carlos Alcaraz, 4-6, 7-6 (5), 6-4.
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World No. 28 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova defeated wild card Caroline Wozniacki in straight sets, 7-5, 6-4, to advance to the quarterfinals.
In her first match since winning a gold medal in Paris, World No. 7 Qinwen Zheng advanced to the quarterfinals with a 6-1, 7-5 victory over qualifier Magdalena Frech.
Alexander Zverev , the 2021 Cincinnati Open champion and World No. 4, became the 10th player in ATP history to reach 30 Masters 1000 quarterfinals after Friday's 7-5, 7-6 (6) victory over Pablo Carreno Busta.
After dropping the first set, World No. 17 Liudmila Samsonova rallied for a 4-6, 6-0, 6-3 victory over Lucky Loser Elina Avanesyan. Samsonova has now reached the quarterfinals in back-to-back WTA 1000s.
Fans hoping to see both World No. 1s in action on Center Court Friday won't get their wish. ATP No. 1 Jannik Sinner automatically advanced to the Cincinnati Open quarterfinals Saturday after his opponent, Australia's Jordan Thompson, withdrew with a rib injury.
World No. 6 Andrey Rublev is rising to the occasion this season. The 26-year-old is the first member on tour to play in multiple ATP Masters 1000 finals this season (Madrid, Montreal). He's now into the Cincinnati Open quarterfinals after a 7-6 (5), 6-1 win over American wild card Brandon Nakashima Friday.
In the four sets she's won this week in Mason, Iga Swiatek has given up just six total games. The World No. 1 opened play Friday on Center Court with a dominating 6-2, 6-2 victory over No. 15 seed Marta Kostyuk.
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How to watch the Cincinnati Open
Gates at the Lindner Family Tennis Center open at 9:30 a.m. for Thursday's day session with the first matches scheduled for 11 a.m. Gates open at 5 p.m. for the night session and matches will begin at 7 p.m.
Matches can be watched live on the Tennis Channel while select matches throughout the tournament will be available to watch live on Amazon Prime, Roku, Samsung+, YouTube TV and Hulu+Live.
How to get tickets for the Cincinnati Open
Single-session tickets for the remainder of the tournament are still available at CincinnatiOpen.com/tickets/tickets.
Full-series and multi-day ticket packages are sold out.
This article originally appeared on Cincinnati Enquirer: Cincinnati Open 2024 Friday results for ATP, WTA
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