Emma Raducanu failed to secure a wild card to the Cincinnati Open, while Katie Boulter, Jack Draper and Cameron Norrie Cameron Norrie received a favorable draw result on Sky Sports Tennis Live.
Raducanu reached Citi Open Quarterfinals in Mubadala, Washington before losing to eventual champion Paul Badosa.
The former U.S. Open champion relied on a wild card into the main draw in Cincinnati, but organizers have awarded wild cards to Caroline Wozniacki, Bianca Andreescu, Payton Si Ternes and Caroline Dolehead in the competition taking place August 12-19 – live Sky Sports Tennis and Sky Sports+.
Now the 21-year-old will likely arrive in New York instead of playing in Toronto and Cincinnati.
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Raducanu misses out on semi-final spot at Citi Open after losing to Badosa in a tight three-set match
Britain’s No. 1 Bolt will face Poland’s Magda Linert in the first match and may face Lyudmila Samsonova or Wang Xiyu in the second round.
Draper and Norrie will both face qualifiers after Saturday’s draw, but if 22-year-old Draper both advances, they could face ninth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas, while Norrie could Will face a potential match against Polish big name Hubert Hulkac.
Carlos Alcaraz will return to hard courts against either Gael Monfils or Alexei Popyrin. The 21-year-old French Open and Wimbledon champion will face Holger Ruhn in the third round, with the Dane starting a sensational first-round match against Matteo Berrettini.
Top seed Jannik Sinner will face Taron Grikspur or qualifier in the opening match, while Alexander Zverev is the likely semifinal opponent for the Italian.
In the women’s draw, Coco Gauff is targeting a title defense as part of her breakout summer last season that also saw her win her first WTA 500 title in Washington and her first at the US Open First Grand Slam title.
Iga Swiatek, Aryna Sabalenka, Elena Rybakina and Jasmine Paolini all aiming for Cincy Entered the finals for the first time.
The ATP/WTA 1000 hard-court event begins on Monday, with two finals taking place on Monday, August 19.
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- Cincinnati Open (ATP 1000) – August 12-19
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- US Open (ATP/WTA) – August 26th – September 8th
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