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The only seed in the Cincinnati semifinals is No. 6 Aryna Sabalenka, whose travails with her serve haven’t prevented her from making the weekend.

Beyond that, some experienced battlers – Madison Keys, Petra Kvitova and Caroline Garcia, all of whom know how to win tournaments – are rounding into form right before the US Open.

The final will be Garcia vs Kvitova.

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Western & Southern Open
Location: Cincinnati, OH
Category: WTA 1000 (Joint event with the ATP Tour) 
Surface: Outdoor Hard
Dates: Aug. 15 – 21, 2022
Prize money: $2,527,250
Draws: S56 – D28

Saturday, Aug. 20, 2022
Final results

Singles, semifinals

Petra Kvitova (CZE) def Madison Keys (USA) 67 (6) 64 63
[Q] Caroline Garcia (FRA) def [6] Aryna Sabalenka 62 46 61

Doubles final

[7] Lyudmyla Kichenok (UKR) / Jelena Ostapenko (LAT) def Nicole Melichar-Martinez (USA) / Ellen Perez (AUS) 76 (5) 63

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Odlum Brown VanOpen
Location: Vancouver, B.C.
Category: WTA 125 (Joint event with ATP Tour Challenger)
Surface: Outdoor Hard
Dates: Aug. 14 – 20, 2022
Prize money: $115,000
Draws: S32 – D16

Saturday, Aug. 20, 2022
Final results

Singles, semifinals

[2] Lucia Bronzetti (ITA) def [5] Rebecca Peterson (SWE) 62 62
[Q] Valentini Grammatikopoulou (GRE) def Emma Navarro (USA) 64 36 61

Doubles final

[1] Miyu Kato (JPN) / Asia Muhammad (USA) def [4] Timea Babos (HUN) / Angela Kulikov (USA) 63 75 

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