Countdown To Tour Resumption With Release Of Cincy Entry List

  • Posted: Jul 29, 2020

Countdown To Tour Resumption With Release Of Cincy Entry List

16 Top 20 players are on the acceptance list

Defending champion Daniil Medvedev is one of 16 Top 20 players on the entry list of next month’s 2020 Western & Southern Open, the first tournament to be played since the ATP Tour was suspended in early March. The ATP Masters 1000 tournament will take place from 20-28 August at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The 24-year-old Russian won his first Masters 1000 title in Cincinnati last year, rallying past World No. 1 Novak Djokovic in the semi-finals before defeating Belgian David Goffin for the trophy.

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Four more former Western & Southern Open champions are on the singles entry list: Djokovic (2018), World No. 2 Rafael Nadal (2013), Grigor Dimitrov (2017) and Marin Cilic (2016).

The list also includes World No. 3 Dominic Thiem, reigning Nitto ATP Finals champion Stefanos Tsitsipas, #NextGenATP stars Felix Auger Aliassime, Denis Shapovalov and Alex de Minaur, three-time Masters 1000 champion Alexander Zverev and 2019 breakthrough star Matteo Berrettini.

The top eight seeds will receive a first-round bye. Twelve players will be added to the field through a two-round qualifying event that will be held from 20-21 August. The entry deadline for qualifying is 3 August. Four men will be awarded wild cards in the coming weeks.

Two-time champion Serena Williams (2014-15) will join Madison Keys (2019), Kiki Bertens (2018), Garbiñe Muguruza (2017) and Karolina Pliskova (2016) as past WTA champions in the Premier 5 field.

The US Open (31 August-13 September) will begin three days after the conclusion of the Western & Southern Open.

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