CINCINNATI 2021, ATP500, 15-22 Aug. Main Thread.

[Sallydaisy]

Cincinnati ... and Andy Murray has a Wildcard.
:yahoo:

Also in the mix are Dan Evans and Cameron Norrie.

And a doubles contingent so I'll set up a separate thread ...
Joe/Rajeev
Jamie/Max Purcell
Neal/Dan
Cam/De Minaur

[Sallydaisy]

Djokovic has withdrawn from Cinci per press release:
"Novak Djokovic has withdrawn from the Western & Southern Open. A two-time tournament champion, Djokovic won last year’s staging of the event that took place in New York."

[Sallydaisy]

Rafa has also withdrawn from Cincinnati.
(source Twitter)

[themass15]

Sad, next will probably be US Open. Only Andy of the Fab Four playing next week.

[Sallydaisy]

The draw is out, I don't have a full link yet but here's the British news:

In Round 1:
Dan Evans will play Diego Schwartzman
Cameron Norrie faces John Isner
Andy Murray will play a qualifier
;)

[banskogirl]

The draw is out, I don't have a full link yet but here's the British news:

In Round 1:
Dan Evans will play Diego Schwartzman
Cameron Norrie faces John Isner
Andy Murray will play a qualifier
;)

I'm not going to get excited.............:jitterbug::yahoo:

oops!

[cazza99]

It is a Sunday start.

oop for Sunday - https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/current/cincinnati/422/daily-schedule?day=2

Cameron playing doubles approx 7.30 pm.

draw - https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/current/cincinnati/422/draws

[Sallydaisy]

Draw with Qualifiers placed:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E83OFjDXEAkd1qX?format=jpg&name=medium

[Silverdee]

Andy plays today, not before 7 pm local time

[cazza99]

oop for Monday

https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/current/cincinnati/422/daily-schedule

[Jane]

Looks like it is raining in Cinci.!!:rain: :sad:

[exislander]

While waiting for matches to start Prime Video showing Andy v Zverev replay.

[Jane]

Dan and Schwartzman due on court - previous match ended about five miutes ago

[Jane]

Dan down 0-3, but will serve next. Good luck Dan :thumbup:

[Jane]

Schwartzman takes the first set 6-2

[JAMES4578]

Schwartzman with a strong start and he takes the first 6-2, hopefully Dan gets going and can put him under some pressure though.

[Jane]

:rain: :rain:

Absolutely chucking it down!!:sad:

[JAMES4578]

Looks like no play for a while!

[Jane]

Yipee - the squee-gee brigade has arrived!!

[Jane]

Dan takes the second set 6 - 4 :cheer:

[exislander]

Diego wins 6-3 but Dan did play some great shots.

[david1610]

Hello everybody I tried to join Amazon Prime to watch Andy (for a month) but it does not seem to like the fact I am not in the UK. Are there any other streams apart from Prime?

OK Joined Tennis TV for a month! C'mon Andy!

[exislander]

On court now but not sure sure I can stay awake!

[RosieBear]

Really great match from Dan considering he's still on the road to recovery.

Andy time now, come on! Fingers crossed for a high level and healthy performance from our guy :peace:

[Jan]

Pleased to hear the positives from Dan's match.

[JAMES4578]

Was good to see the fightIng spirit from Dan and had early break in 3rd though Diego prevailed in the end.

[cazza99]

oop for Tuesday - https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/current/cincinnati/422/daily-schedule

Cameron Norrie vs John Isner - 2nd on Grandstand (play starts 4.00 pm UK time)

Ashleigh Barty vs Heather Watson -Grandstand not before 8.00 pm

Karoline Muchovs vs Jo Konta - Court 4 - 4.00 pm

Dan Evans/ Neil Skupski vs Jannik Sinner/Hubert Hurkacz - 4th on Court 8 (play starts 4.00 pm)

[Jane]

Raining again in Cincy!!:rain::sad:

[cazza99]

Raining again. No play before 9.30 pm.

[RosieBear]

Interview with Andy. He sounded upbeat - nothing new, still question marks and unknowns but said that so long as his body holds up he's happy with his level of tennis. Nice to see him cheerful.

[cazza99]

They keep on doing rain updates on twitter. The latest is no play before 11.30 pm.

[exislander]

Still showing Andy v Djokovic

[Jane]

On Grandstand Court the brollies are down and the wiper-uppers are getting busy!!

[JAMES4578]

Watched other stuff but seen 2nd set of 2008 final-certainly was big win! Anyway play getting under way again but some matches cancelled. Isner won 2nd 7-5 on breaker and now up 2-0 in 3rd, come on Cameron! Unfortunately Isner's power game proved more decisive in the end taking it 6-4 but the long break may well have benefited the American.

[cazza99]

oop for Wednesday - https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/current/cincinnati/422/daily-schedule

Andy second on Grandstand (matches start at 3 pm)

[HoopGirl]

Any of you watch the interview with Andy last night - so lovely as he was really relaxed and some banter between him and Marcus!

[Gary D]

Any of you watch the interview with Andy last night - so lovely as he was really relaxed and some banter between him and Marcus!

Was this on Sky? Looking for it on youtube, but not seeing it.

[RosieBear]

Was this on Sky? Looking for it on youtube, but not seeing it.

No, it was on Prime.

[jackie55]

No, it was on Prime.

Does that mean there is no way we can see it:crying:

[Sallydaisy]

Rain again in Cincinnati ... no play before noon (17.00 UK)

British interest is in Mens Doubles R16, only on Court 7, starting at 17.00 UK (if no rain!)
3rd: Norrie/De Minaur v [6]Peers/Polasek
4th: [4]Salisbury/Ram v Monroe/Tiafoe

OOP: https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/current/cincinnati/422/daily-schedule

[Sallydaisy]

Cincy Semi-Finals
Rublev d Medvedev (for the first time!!!) and Meddy Bear smashed his racquet big time!
Zverev d Tsitsipas

FINALS
WTA @ 2pm (7pm UK): [1] Barty v Teichmann
ATP @ 4.30 (9.30pm UK): [4] Rublev v [3] Zverev

[RosieBear]

Great performance by Sascha, a bit nervy servey when serving for it but other than that pretty flawless. Gold medal bounce. Rublev never got going - had an emotionally draining win yesterday but ultimately credit Sascha who was stupendous.

[JAMES4578]

Sascha dominant in a strong performance, Rublev just could not test him really and possibly a bit jaded, could not extend the match after Zverev after being given an opportunty. Bit of a contrast to the semi with Tsitsipas but Olympics looks to have given him a boost.