3 September is still the second round. Day session on Ashe: Osaka and Fritz. Night: Gauff vs Badosa and Zverev vs Halys. Armstrong has Auger-Aliassime, Rybakina, Tien and Monfils.
Iga Swiatek defeated Diane Parry 6-3, 6-4 in the Cincinnati quarter-finals on Aug 19. Aryna Sabalenka beat Wang 6-1, 6-3. The Williams sisters lost doubles to Kostyuk/Stearns. Zverev reached the last 16.
Shelton beat Tien 6-2, 6-3 and will face Nakashima, in a first Masters final. In Toronto, Swiatek beat Svitolina and Rybakina beat Gauff. Canada is the last big hard-court block before the US Open.
Wimbledon has closed out the grass season. ATP and WTA release updated rankings: Alcaraz leads Sinner by 850 points, Swiatek is out of reach for Sabalenka. The US Open begins August 24th in New York.