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On Wednesday, 10 Grand Slam singles champions with 45 titles, five previous tournament champions and five NCAA singles titlists will take the court looking to advance to the third round. No. 2 Novak Djokovic will play his first singles match on American soil in two years when he faces Alejandro Davidovich Fokina on center court. No. 3 Daniil Medvedev and No. 4 Stefanos Tsitsipas won their opening matches after the No. 1 that Carlos Alcaraz advanced on Tuesday night.
As for women, No. 3 Jessica Pegulafrom the Canadian Open title, opened Wednesday’s action on center court with a hard-fought win over Martina Trevisan. World no. 1 is Iga Swiatek in Poland defeated American wild card Danielle Collins. Venus Williams, who pulled off a first-round upset, fell to China’s Qinwen Zheng in three sets at the Grandstand this afternoon. American Coco Gauffthe place of No. 5, opens the singles tournament in the center court nightcap.
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Cincinnati natives Peyton Stearns and JJ Wolf fell in the first round of Tuesday’s singles main draw. Stearns and partner Emma Navarro won the first round of the doubles draw on Tuesday. The American tandem fell to the team of Desirae Krawczyk/Demi Schurrs in the second round Wednesday afternoon.
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Here’s how things went on Wednesday.
ATP results
Singles
No. 2 Novak Djokovic d. Alejandro Davidovich Fakino 6-4, 0-0 (retired)
Mackenzie McDonald d. 6 Holger Rune 6-4, 2-0 (retired)
Gael Monfils d. Alex de Minaur 7-5, 6-4
Hubert Hurkacz d. 15 Borna Coric 5-7, 6-3, 6-3
No. 4 Stefanos Tsitsipas d. Ben Shelton 7-6 (3), 7-6 (2)
Max Purcell d. 5 Casper Rudd 6-4, 3-6, 6-4
No. 9 Taylor Fritz d. Lorenzo Sonego 6-4, 7-6 (1)
Dusan Lajovic d. 8 Jannik Skinner 6-4, 7-6 (4)
No. 16 Alexander Zverev d. Yoshihito Nishioka 7-5, 6-4
No. 3 Daniel Medvedev d. Lorenzo Musetti 6-3, 6-2
No. 14 Tommy Paul d. Ugo Humbert 6-1, 7-6 (4)
Stan Wawrinka d. No. 10 Frances Tiafoe 6-3, 6-4
double
Max Purcell/Andrey Rublev d. Lloyd Glasspool/Harry Heliovarra 7-6 (10), 7-5
No. 2 Ivan Dodig/Austin Karjicek d. Robin Haase/Karen Khachanov 6-1, 6-4
Maximo Gonzalez/Andres Molteni d. Rajeev Ram/Joe Salisbury 7-6 (4), 5-7 (10-7)
No. 7 Kevin Krawietz/Tim Puetz d. Felix Auger-Aliassime/Adrian Mannarino 6-1, 6-4
Lorenzo Sonego/Lorenzo Musetti d. 8 Marcel Granollers/Horacio Zeballos 3-6, 7-5 (10-3)
Hubert Hurkacz/Mate Pavic d. Rinky Hijikata/Jason Kubler 7-5, 4-6 (10-4)
WTA results
Singles
Linda Noskova d. Petra Kvitova 3-6, 6-2, 6-4
Jasmine Paolini d. Cristina Bucsa 6-1, 6-3
Qinwen Zheng d. Venus Williams 1-6, 6-2, 6-1
Karolina Muchova d. Petra Martic 6-3, 3-6, 6-3
No. 8 Maria Sakkari d. Sorona Cirstea 2-6, 6-3, 7-5
No. 1 Iga Swiatek d. Danielle Collins 6-1, 6-0
No. 10 Marketa Vondrousova d. Anastasia Potapova 6-4, 6-2
No. 3 Jessica Pegula d. Martina Trevisan 6-7 (2), 6-2, 6-3
No. 14 Daria Kasatkina d. Varvara Gracheva 6-3, 6-1
No. 4 Elena Rybakina d. Jelena Ostapenko 6-7, 6-2, 6-4
Marie Bouzkova d. Elise Mertens 6-2, 4-6, 6-1
No. 2 Aryna Sabalenka d. Ann Li 7-5, 2-6, 6-4
No. 7 Coco Gauff d. Mayor Sheriff 6-2, 6-2
Donna Vekic d. Victoria Azarenka 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
double
No. 6 Su-Wei Hsieh/Xinyu Wang d. Anna Blinkova/Varvara Gracheva 6-0, 6-1
Desirae Krawczyk/Demi Schuurs d. Peyton Stearns/Emma Navarro 6-7 (4), 6-3, 10-4
Alycia Parks/Taylor Townsend d. Latisha Chan/Zhaoxuan Yang 6-3, 6-3
No. 3 Nicole Melichar-Martinez/Ellen Perez d. Tereza Mihalikova/Yifan Xu 6-3, 6-4
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova/Luisa Stefani d. Ekatarina Alexandrova/Aliaksandra Sasnovich 6-2, 6-0
No. 7 Hao-Ching Chan/Giuliana Olmos d. Jennifer Brady/Asia Muhammad 7-5, 6-2
Miyu Kato/Aldila Sutijadi d. Gabriela Dabrowski/Erin Routliffe 7-6, 4-6 (10-1)
Thursday’s schedule
Center Court (11:00 am start)
WTA No. 10 Marketa Vondrousova (Czech Republic) vs. Sloane Stephens (USA)
Not at 1:00 pm
ATP No. 4 Stefanos Tsitsipas (Greece) vs. Hubert Hurkacz (Poland)
ATP No. 1 Carlos Alcaraz (Spain) against No. 14 Tommy Paul (USA)
Evening session (not before 7:00 pm)
WTA TBA
Not at 8:30 p.m
ATP Gael Monfils (France) vs. No. 2 Novak Djokovic (Serbia)
Grandstand (11:00 am start)
ATP No. 16 Alexander Zverev (Germany) vs. No. 3 Daniil Medvedev
Not at 1:00 pm
WTA No. 1 Iga Swiatek (Poland) vs. Qinwen Zheng (China)
Not before 2:00 pm
WTA – Marie Bouzkova (Czech Republic) vs. No. 3 Jessica Pegula (USA)
Not at 7:00 pm
ATP Dusan Lajovic (Serbia) vs. No. 9 Taylor Fritz (USA)
WTA No. 3 Nicole Melichar-Martinez (USA)/Ellen Perez (Australia) vs. Miyu Kato (Japan)/Aldila Sutjiadi (Indonesia)
Stadium 3 (11:00 am start)
ATP Alexei Popyrin (Australia) vs. Emil Ruusuvuori (Finland)
Not at 1:00 pm
ATP Mackenzie McDonald (USA) vs. Adrian Mannarino (France)
Not before 3:00 pm
ATP Stan Wawrinka (Switzerland) vs. Max Purcell (Australia)
Not before 5:00 pm
WTA TBA
Porsche Court (11:00 am start)
WTA No. 6 Su-wei Hsieh (Chinese Tapei)/Xinyu Wang (China) vs. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova/Luisa Stefani (Brazil)
Not before 12:00 pm
WTA No. 8 Maria Sakkari (Greece) vs. Karolina Muchova (Czech Republic)
Not before 2:00 pm
WTA No. 4 Elena Rybakina (Kazakhstan) vs. Jasmine Paolini (Italy)
Not before 5:00 pm
WTA TBA
WTA after resting No. 1 Barbora Krejcikova (Czech Republic)/Katerina Siniakova (Czech Republic) vs Karolina Pliskova (Czech Republic)/Donna Vekic (Croatia)
Court 4 (11:00 am start)
ATP No. 1 Wesley Koolhof (Netherlands)/Neal Skupski (Great Britain) vs. Jamie Murray (Great Britain)/Michael Venus (New Zealand)
ATP No. 4 Rohan Bopanna (India)/Matthew Ebden (Australia) vs. Chris Eubanks (USA)/Ben Shelton (USA)
ATP Marcelo Arevalo (El Salvador)/Jean-Julien Rojer (Netherlands) vs. Lorenzo Musetti (Italy)/Lorenzo Sonego (Italy)
ATP after resting Marcelo Melo (Brazil)/Alexander Zverev (Germany) vs. Hubert Hurkacz (Poland)/Mate Pavic (Croatia)
ATP after resting Max Purcell (Australia)/Alexander Rublev vs. No. 6 Santiago Gonzalez (Mexico)/Eduoard Roger-Vasselin (France)
Court 7 (11:00 am start)
ATP No. 7 Kevin Krawietz (Germany)/Tim Puetz (Germany) vs. Nikoa Mektic (Croatia)/John Peers (Australia)
Not before 2:00 pm
WTA No. 5 Lyudmila Kichenok (Ukraine)/Jelena Ostapenko (Latvia) vs. Alycia Parks (USA)/Taylor Townsend (USA)
WTA Irina-Camelia Begu (Romania)/Sara Sorribes Tormo (Spain) vs. No. 2 Storm Hunter (Australia)/Elize Mertens (Belgium)