[Jorn]

Main Draw see below:

 

[Jorn]

Main Draw Entry List:

1 Simona Halep ROU
2 Serena Williams (USA) SR
3 Caroline Wozniacki DEN
4 Garbine Muguruza ESP
5 Sloane Stephens USA
6 Elina Svitolina UKR
7 Caroline Garcia FRA
8 Petra Kvitova CZE
9 Karolina Pliskova CZE
10 Venus Williams USA
11 Madison Keys USA
12 Angelique Kerber GER
13 Julia Goerges GER
14 Daria Kasatkina RUS
15 Jelena Ostapenko LAT
16 Elise Mertens BEL
17 Coco Vandeweghe USA
18 Ashleigh Barty AUS
19 Naomi Osaka JPN
20 Magdalena Rybarikova SVK
21 Kiki Bertens NED
22 Maria Sharapova RUS
23 Anastasija Sevastova LAT
24 Barbora Strycova CZE
25 Daria Gavrilova AUS
26 Johanna Konta GBR
27 Carla Suarez Navarro ESP
28 Mihaela Buzarnescu ROU (Out injured…)
29 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova RUS
30 Anett Kontaveit EST
31 Agnieszka Radwanska POL
32 Shuai Zhang CHN
33 Aryna Sabalenka BLR
34 Dominika Cibulkova SVK
35 Lesia Tsurenko UKR
36 Ekaterina Makarova RUS
37 Irina-Camelia Begu ROU
38 Maria Sakkari GRE
39 Kristina Mladenovic FRA
40 Timea Babos HUN
41 Aleksandra Krunic SRB
42 Danielle Rose Collins USA

 

[CrossCourt~Rally]

Thanks @Jorn :yeah:

 

[Poltergeist]

Azarenka's PR expired?

 

[KCatty]

Azarenka's PR expired?

Yes. It is good for one year. She came back last year in Mallorca.

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[EkVraNaamEnVan]

The first wild cards for the 2018 Western & Southern Open have been awarded to a pair of former tournament champions – Victoria Azarenka and Andy Murray.

These former World No. 1s will join the previously announced initial entrants in the 56-player ATP World Tour and WTA fields for the W&S Open which will take place August 11-19 at the Lindner Family Tennis Center in Mason, Ohio.

Azarenka was ranked No. 2 when she won the 2013 W&S Open title, defeating No. 1 Serena Williams for the title in what was the first WTA match in tournament history to pit No. 1 vs No. 2. She counts two Majors among her 20 career titles. A former World No. 1, Azarenka will return to Cincinnati for the first time since giving birth to her son, Leo, in 2016. This season Azarenka has reached the Miami semifinals and was the mixed doubles runner-up at Wimbledon where she played with Murray’s older brother Jamie.

https://www.wsopen.com/news/first_wild_cards_for_the_2018_western__southern_open/

 

[Cyclo]

Qualifying list is now available: https://www.wsopen.com/Players/Entry_List

 

[guichard]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1026855758997192705

 

[Ballbasher]

So happy Sveta even got a MD WC, as her ranking wouldn't have been sufficient for Qualifying at this Point.

Great choices overall with a mix of youth and comebacks. Wasn't Vondrousova supposed to get one last year already?

 

[asMischa]

Yas Marky :cheer: Hopefully the draw will be at least a bit favorable

 

[guichard]

So happy Sveta even got a MD WC, as her ranking wouldn't have been sufficient for Qualifying at this Point.

Great choices overall with a mix of youth and comebacks. Wasn't Vondrousova supposed to get one last year already?

yes, she did

 

[LCagliari]

What’s the Cincy connection to Maky?!
Surely more in form players to choose from...

 

[guichard]

What’s the Cincy connection to Maky?!
Surely more in form players to choose from...

Octagon Octagon Tennis | Talent + Properties | Octagon

 

[Stefano1986]

No update, no withdrawal?

 

[Allez-Alejo]

Assuming Collins will get in due to a few withdrawals but if she somehow does not that will be crazy that she was passed over for a WC. Also, Townsend was snubbed IMO...has worked her ranking close to 60 and is fresh off an undefeated WTT season. BMS has not yet shown she is ready compete at this high a level and Vondrousova, even with the connections, is puzzling.

 

[gerard24]

Mattek-Sands ! This girl have more WC than Bouchard and Sharapova together...

 

[SAISAI-GOAT]

how far is SAISAI out from the QD :hysteric:

 

[gold fangs]

Assuming Collins will get in due to a few withdrawals but if she somehow does not that will be crazy that she was passed over for a WC. Also, Townsend was snubbed IMO...has worked her ranking close to 60 and is fresh off an undefeated WTT season. BMS has not yet shown she is ready compete at this high a level and Vondrousova, even with the connections, is puzzling.

I can't believe anyone out there thinks Townsend isn't getting ENOUGH wild cards. She's had them coming out of her ears for her whole ITF career. And WTT should count for nothing.

Vondrousova isn't in top form but she's had so few opportunities in her career for a player of her talent that I wouldn't begrudge her this one.

Mattek-Sands is just a waste of a WC at this point.

 

[Poltergeist]

Yes. It is good for one year. She came back last year in Mallorca.

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I assumed she froze it, being that she did not play from WB to IW

I am not sure if that was possible being that she kept entering tournaments and withdrawing last minute, anyone to clear it up @spiceboy ? @Meelis ?:worship

 

[Jorn]

No update, no withdrawal?

None, has withdrawn yet...