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The rain followed the women to Cincinnati from Montreal (and the men got it too) as a large part of Monday’s schedule in Cincinnati was washed out.

So they’ll get back at it today, with Elina Svitolina having withdrawn with a foot issue and so will not face the returning Caroline Wozniacki.

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Western & Southern Open
Location: Cincinnati, Ohio
Category: WTA 1000 (Joint event with the ATP Tour)
Surface: Outdoor Hard
Dates: Aug. 14 – 20, 2023
Prize money: $2,788,468
Draws: S56 – D32

Monday, Aug. 14, 2023
Final results

Singles, first round

[WC] Venus Williams (USA) def [16] Veronika Kudermetova (RUS) 64 75 

Anhelina Kalinina (UKR) def Zhu Lin (CHN) 63 75
[Q] Jasmine Paolini (ITA) def Marta Kostyuk (UKR) 62 61
Anastasia Potapova (RUS) def. [WC] Céline Naef (SUI) 16 64 75
Sloane Stephens (USA) def. Elisabetta Cocciaretto (ITA) 75 62

[12] Beatriz Haddad Maia (BRA) vs. Karolina Muchova (CZE) 23 – suspended

Cancelled

[10] Marketa Vondrousova (CZE) vs. Katerina Siniakova (CZE)
Sorana Cirstea (ROU) vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova (RUS)
Petra Martic (CRO) vs. [Q] Emma Navarro (USA)
[LL] Varvara Gracheva (FRA) vs. [WC] Caroline Wozniacki (DEN)
Zheng Qinwen (CHN) vs. [Q] Aliaksandra Sasnovich (BLR)
Bernarda Pera (USA) vs. [Q] Martina Trevisan (ITA)

Doubles, first round

Karolina Pliskova (CZE) / Donna Vekic (CRO) def Caroline Garcia (FRA) / Marta Kostyuk (UKR) 64 26 [10-8]
Tereza Mihalikova (SVK) / Xu Yifan (CHN) def Anna Danilina (KAZ) / Oksana Kalashnikova (GEO) 36 64 [10-7]

Cancelled

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) / Luisa Stefani (BRA) vs. [WC] Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA) / Anastasia Potapova (RUS) 
Irina-Camelia Begu (ROU) / Sara Sorribes Tormo (ESP) vs. Elisabetta Cocciaretto (ITA) / Mayar Sherif (EGY)

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