Western & Southern Open, New York City, US - ATP Masters 1000

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DATE: August 22 - 28, 2020
SURFACE: Hard
PRIZE MONEY: $4,222,190
FIELD SIZE: 56
DEFENDING CHAMPION: Daniil Medvedev

Seeds:

1. Novak Djokovic
2. Dominic Thiem
3. Daniil Medvedev
4. Stefanos Tsitsipas
5. Alexander Zverev
6. Matteo Berrettini
7. David Goffin
8. Roberto Bautista Agut
9. Diego Schwartzman
10. Andrey Rublev
11. Karen Khachanov
12. Denis Shapovalov
13. Cristian Garin
14. Grigor Dimitrov
15. Felix Auger-Aliiassime
16. John Isner

The Tournament:

The Cincinnati Flushing Meadows Masters (currently sponsored by the Western & Southern Financial Group and called the Western & Southern Open) is the second largest summer tennis event in the U.S. after the U.S. Open, as its men's portion is one of nine elite Masters 1000 tournaments on the ATP World Tour and its women's event is one of five Premier 5 events on the WTA Tour.

The tournament began in 1899 and is the oldest tennis tournament in the United States.


TV Coverage:

Asia:
Afghanistan - MSM (Sony)
Bangladesh - MSM (Sony)
Bhutan - MSM (Sony)
China - CCTV
China - Iqiyi
Shanghai - Shanghai Media
Hong Kong - PCCW
India - MSM (Sony)
Japan - WOWOW
Japan - NHK
Japan - Gaora Sports Channel
South Korea - Eclat
Malaysia - Measat (Astro Supersport)
Maldives - MSM (Sony)
Nepal - MSM (Sony)
Pakistan - MSM (Sony)
Philippines - Elite Sport
Singapore - Starhub (Supersports)
Sri Lanka - MSM (Sony)
Taiwan - Sino Catch (Sportcast)
Thailand - Cineplex (Truevisions)
Vietnam - Canal+ Overseas


Middle East:
Israel - Charlton/Sport1
MENA - BeIn Sport


Americas:
Brazil - Globosat
Canada - Tennis Canada/Rogers Sportsnet
Canada - TSN
Caribbean - ESPN International
South America - ESPN International
United States - Tennis Channel
United States - ESPN (Indian Wells, Miami, Nitto ATP Finals)
United States - ESPN (Canada, Cincinnati)


Africa:
Africa - Canal+ Overseas/Africa
Africa - Supersport
MENA - BeIn Sport


Australasia:
Australasia - ESPN International


Europe:
Albania - Supersport
Andorra - Sogecable/Telefonica (Movistar)
Andorra - TVE (Siccative)
Austria - Sky Deutschland
Belgium - BeTV
Belgium - Telenet (Play Sports)
Bosnia & Herzegovina - United Media (IKO Sportklub)
Bulgaria - MTEL/A1
Croatia - United Media (IKO Sportklub)
Cyprus - CYTA
Czech Republic - Tolano (Digi Sport)
Denmark - Modern Times Group (TV3)
Finland - MTV3
France - Eurosport
France - Canal+
Georgia - Silk Media
Georgia - Adjara
Germany - Sky Deutschland
Greece - Hellenic (OTE TV)
Hungary - RCS & RDS (Digisport)
Italy, San Marino & Vatican City - Sky Italia
Kosovo - Supersport
Lichtenstein - Sky Deutschland
Luxembourg - BeTV
Luxembourg - Sky Deutschland
Montenegro - United Media (IKO Sportklub)
Netherlands - Fox Sports
North Macedonia - United Media (IKO Sportklub)
Norway - Modern Times Group (Viaplay)
Poland - Polsat
Portugal - Sport TV
Romania - RCS & RDS (Digisport)
Russia - Eurosport
Serbia - RTS
Serbia - United Media (IKO Sportklub)
Slovakia - Tolano (Digi Sport)
Slovenia - United Media (IKO Sportklub)
Spain - Sogecable/Telefonica (Movistar)
Spain - TVE (Siccative)
Switzerland - Sky Deutschland
Switzerland - SRG
Sweden - Modern Times Group (Viaplay)
Turkey - Saran (agent to many channels)


Worldwide:
Worldwide - Tennis TV

 

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[Moxie]

I saw that Felix won his match today over Basilashvili. Medvedev in Djokovic's half, so potential rematch of last year on offer.

 

[Moxie]

Murray beat Tiafoe in 3. His first tour win in quite a while. He'll be my sentimental favorite to win the USO. (Why not?) Movement is not the same, though. Next up for him is Zverev.

 

[Nadalfan2013]

Great to see some tennis back on TV. Of course it’s not the same without the Great Nadal but hopefully a nice fellow like Felix can break through and save humanity from the many savage racket breakers like Djokovic, Zverev, Tsitsipas, etc.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Murray beat Tiafoe in 3. His first tour win in quite a while. He'll be my sentimental favorite to win the USO. (Why not?) Movement is not the same, though. Next up for him is Zverev

Interested to see the effect's of new coach David Ferrer,hopefully the mental aspect of Zverev can improve under David Ferrer.

 

[Moxie]

Right, I forgot...Ferrer now in Zverev's corner. May be too early to tell, but if Zverev could take even a portion of David's discipline and grit, it would serve him well. (And speaking of his serve....)

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Right, I forgot...Ferrer now in Zverev's corner. May be too early to tell, but if Zverev could take even a portion of David's discipline and grit, it would serve him well. (And speaking of his serve....)

There is a list of improvement's in his game, lol! time will tell,David is soo hyper I wonder if he can sit down for long,we shall see.

Also Big Shout out to the Ball Kids who are doing a great job.

 

[Moxie]

Shapo v. Cilic now. Denis still showing his flare and lack of discipline. I'll be rooting for him, but won't be holding my breath. Nice to see the return of competitive tennis, for real.

 

[JesuslookslikeBorg]

shapo wasted washed up cilic 3 n 3. oh yeah.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Novak Djokovic out of his doubles match due to neck pain.He and Filip Krajinovic are replaced with the alternate team of Nikola Cacic and Duscan Lajovic.

 

[Moxie]

Novak Djokovic out of his doubles match due to neck pain.He and Filip Krajinovic are replaced with the alternate team of Nikola Cacic and Duscan Lajovic.

This is a piece from the NYTimes, in which Djokovic does say that he did have mild symptoms when he had Covid. He also wonders if the US Open should have considered playing best-of-3 this year.

Novak Djokovic on Coronavirus, Vaccines and His Ill-Fated Adria Tour (Published 2020)

He’s monitoring his health closely in the run up to the United States Open. He’s not against all vaccines but wouldn’t want to be forced to take one to play. And he says he had good intentions with his tour that became a coronavirus cluster.

www.nytimes.com

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

This is a piece from the NYTimes, in which Djokovic does say that he did have mild symptoms when he had Covid. He also wonders if the US Open should have considered playing best-of-3 this year.

Novak Djokovic on Coronavirus, Vaccines and His Ill-Fated Adria Tour (Published 2020)

He’s monitoring his health closely in the run up to the United States Open. He’s not against all vaccines but wouldn’t want to be forced to take one to play. And he says he had good intentions with his tour that became a coronavirus cluster.

www.nytimes.com

I read that piece yesterday.....he is renting a house in NYC,Serena Williams is doing the same,quite frankly I would prefer to be 'in the bubble'......I also think he has withdrawn from doubles as a precaution.Personally I think GS should be the best of five sets,even in these uncertain times.

 

[Nadalfan2013]

This is a piece from the NYTimes, in which Djokovic does say that he did have mild symptoms when he had Covid. He also wonders if the US Open should have considered playing best-of-3 this year.

Novak Djokovic on Coronavirus, Vaccines and His Ill-Fated Adria Tour (Published 2020)

He’s monitoring his health closely in the run up to the United States Open. He’s not against all vaccines but wouldn’t want to be forced to take one to play. And he says he had good intentions with his tour that became a coronavirus cluster.

www.nytimes.com

Wow so 3 Fast Court slams per year are not enough for Djokovic and Federer they have to now ask for even more, like best of 3-set slams? Meanwhile Nadal with only 1 Slow Court slam per year gets crucified for suggesting a surface “rotation” for the year-end tournament.

 

[Moxie]

I read that piece yesterday.....he is renting a house in NYC,Serena Williams is doing the same,quite frankly I would prefer to be 'in the bubble'......I also think he has withdrawn from doubles as a precaution.Personally I think GS should be the best of five sets,even in these uncertain times.

I agree that he's withdrawn from doubles as a "precaution." We might see tomorrow in singles, but I doubt he's seriously hurting. I don't see the difference between being in a private house with security monitoring and being in the "bubble." I think it's nice if you can afford it. They all still have to stick to protocols.

I also agree about best-of-5...I just thought it was slightly weird that Novak suggested it, and I pointed it out for that reason...in case the forums wanted to discuss. I'm guessing people will find their way back here, now that real tennis is being played.

 

[Moxie]

Very good Tsitsipas over a not great serving Anderson.

 

[Moxie]

 

[Moxie]

Kind of everything going on tomorrow, on the men's side. Medvedev at 11am. Very interested to see how he comes back. Murray v. Zverev. Thiem has to play Krajinovic. Djokovic back in action. Schwartzman v. Opelka for the David v. Goliath.

 

[don_fabio]

It's nice to have tennis back even without spectators. I would still prefer to have some audience like they did in Palermo and in Prague, but it is what it is, at least we have top tennis players competing again.

Hardly any surprises in R1 of men's draw, looks like the season wasn't even stopped.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

It's nice to have tennis back even without spectators. I would still prefer to have some audience like they did in Palermo and in Prague, but it is what it is, at least we have top tennis players competing again.

Hardly any surprises in R1 of men's draw, looks like the season wasn't even stopped.

Nice to see you back Don!