Cincinnati Entry List: Serena on the court, out Barty, Halep and Osaka!

Exceptionally this year the Western and Southern Open, combined ATP / WTA, will not be in Cincinnati, but in New York, in order to centralize tournaments on the American hard-courts only in one place, after the global pandemic hit very seriously the USA.

As for women's singles, five of the top ten players in the world will be missing, including the WTA ranking No. 1 Ashleigh Barty and the No. 1. 2 Simona Halep. Out also Bianca Andreescu, Naomi Osaka and Elina Svitolina: five stars in doubt also for the upcoming US Open.

Barty had expressed his doubts as early as early June, while Halep had already chosen to play only in Europe. Andreescu didn't play a match from the Shenzhen WTA Finals last October when he had to retire due to a knee problem. The former n. World 1 Naomi Osaka, who dropped to tenth place, made it to the lockdown with two consecutive defeats, at the Australian Open against Cori Gauff and in the Fed Cup against Sorribes Tormo.

The absence of Elina Svitolina is not a surprise: she said that she was worried about the situation of the infections not in New York, but in other States of the USA. Angelique Kerber seems not to have resolved her doubts about the trip to New York. There should be Serena Williams instead. Presents also Sofia Kenin, Karolina Pliskova, Kiki Bertens, Belinda Bencic, Petra Kvitova, Johanna Konta, Garbine Muguruza and Cori Gauff.

These are the absences related to the Western and Southern Open: For now there is no news regarding the US Open, although it could be probable that the tennis players who will not play Cincinnati could also decide to skip the New York Slam.

WTA Western and Southern Entry List

1. Karolina Pliskova 2. Sofia Kenin 3. Kiki Bertens 4. Belinda Bencic 5. Serena Williams 6. Aryna Sabalenka 7. Petra Kvitova 8. Madison Keys 9. Johanna Konta 10. Garbiñe Muguruza 11. Elena Rybakina 12. Marketa Vondrousova 13. Alison Riske 14. Maria Sakkari 15. Anett Kontaveit 16. Elise Mertens 17. Donna Vekic 18. Dayana Yastremska 19. Karolina Muchova 20. Ekaterina Alexandrova 21. Amanda Anisimova 22. Barbora Strycova 23. Svetlana Kuznetsova 24. Yulia Putintseva 25. Shuai Zhang 26. Magda Linette 27. Ons Jabeur 28. Veronika Kudermetova 29. Kristina Mladenovic 30. Anastasija Sevastova 31. Cici Bellis (SR) 32. Rebecca Peterson 33. Caroline Garcia 34. Marie Bouzkova 35. Jennifer Brady 36. Iga Swiatek 37. Heather Watson 38. Danielle Collins 39. Cori Gauff

Alternates:

1. Fiona Ferro 2. Katerina Siniakova 3. Su-Wei Hsieh 4. Ajla Tomljanovic 5. Alison Van Uytvanck

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