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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
More: 'Worst match I've ever played.' Carlos Alcaraz upset by Gael Monfils in Cincinnati Open
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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.
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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.
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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.
More: World No. 1 Iga Swiatek needed a 'reset.' The Cincinnati Open is the perfect place for it
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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