If the upsets on the women’s side were … a alot, they were nothing compared to the seed carnage in the first round of the men’s singles qualifying.

Of the 24 seeds in action, 16 went down to defeat.

Perhaps the most surprising was up-and-coming star Jannik Sinner, who lost in three sets to his countryman Salvatore Caruso.

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Western & Southern Open
Location: Mason, Ohio New York
Category: Masters 1000
Dates: Aug. 20 – 28, 2020
Prize money: $4,674,780
Draws: S56 – D32

Thursday, Aug. 20, 2020
Final results
Qualifying, first round

Upsets

Emil Ruusuvuori (FIN) def [2] Jérémy Chardy (FRA) 60 64
Yasutaka Uchiyama (JPN) def [3] Pablo Cuevas (URU) 64 76 (5)
Dominik Koepfer (GER) def [5] Juan Ignacio Londero (ARG) 64 76 (0)
Pedro Martinez (ESP) def [6] Steve Johnson (USA) 63 67 (4) 62
[PR] Kamil Majchrzak (POL) def [8] Joao Sousa (POR) 63 63
Grégoire Barrere (FRA) def [9] Radu Albot (MDA) 63 62
Lloyd Harris (RSA) def [10] Mikael Ymer (SWE) 75 75
[WC] J.J. Wolf (USA) def [11] Egor Gerasimov (BLR) 63 61
Andreas Seppi (ITA) def [12] Soonwoo Kwon (KOR) 46 63 64
Salvatore Caruso (ITA) def. [14] Jannik Sinner (ITA) 57 64 62
[WC] Sebastian Korda (USA) def. [15] Attila Balazs (HUN) 64 46 63
Jaume Munar (ESP) def [17] Federico Delbonis (ARG) 61 76 (3)
Andrej Martin (SVK) def [18] Gianluca Mager (ITA) 62 75
Marcos Giron (USA) def [19] Laslo Djere (SRB) 62 62
[ALT] Norbert Gombos (SVK) def [23] Stefano Travaglia (ITA) 76 (6) 46 64
[WC] Mackenzie McDonald (USA) def [24] Yuichi Sugita (JPN) 76 (3) 63

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Seeds advancing

[1] Gilles Simon (FRA) def. [ALT] Taro Daniel (JPN) 63 63
[4] Aljaz Bedene (SLO) def [ALT] Denis Kudla (USA) 64 75
[7] Jordan Thompson (AUS) def [WC] Michael Mmoh (USA) 62 76 (2)
[13] Ricardas Berankis (LTU) def Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (ESP) 63 64
[16] Cameron Norrie (GBR) def Mikhail Kukushkin (KAZ) 76 (3) 62
[20] Thiago Monteiro (BRA) def Federico Coria (ARG) 63 64
[21] Marton Fucsovics (HUN) def. [WC] Brandon Nakashima (USA) 62 64
[22] Dennis Novak (AUT) def [ALT] Damir Dzumhur (BIH) 57 61 64