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Western & Southern Open 2017

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The Cincinnati Masters currently called the Western & Southern Open is an annual outdoor hard court tennis event. The tournament was held annually at the Lindner Family Tennis Center in Mason, a northern suburb of Ohio near Cincinnati, in the United States.

  • The 2017 Western & Southern Open was a men’s and women’s tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts from August 14–20, 2017.
  • The tournament is the second largest summer tennis event in the U.S. after the U.S. Open, as its men’s portion is one of nine elite Masters 1000 tournaments on the ATP World Tour and its women’s event is one of five Premier 5 events on the WTA Tour.
  • The 2017 tournament was the 116th men’s edition and the 89th women’s edition of the Cincinnati Masters.

Winners list

1Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov won his first Men’s singles Masters 1000 title

 

2Garbine Muguruza of Spain won women’s singles

 

3Frenchmen Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut won Men’s Cincinnati Doubles

 

4Chan Yung-jan and Martina Hingis captured women’s double

 

 

Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov won his first Masters 1000 title

Grigor Dimitrov clinched the biggest title of his career beating Nick Kyrgios 6-3 7-5 to win the Cincinnati Open on August 20 ,2017.He took the title after beating Australia’s Nick Kyrgios in straight sets in the Cincinnati Open final.western & southern open

  • At the age of 22, Kyrgios was the youngest Cincinnati finalist since Novak Djokovic back in 2009.Dimitrov did not drop a set all tournament, the first player to do so at a Masters 1000 tournament since Novak Djokovic’s 2007 win at Miami.
  • Grigor Dimitrov was born 16 May 1991.He is a Bulgarian professional tennis player. His career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 8, which he achieved in August 2014, shortly after reaching the semifinals of Wimbledon. Now he is No.9 in ranking.

Garbine Muguruza of Spain won women singles

Garbine Muguruza defeated Simona Halep 6-1, 6-0 and won her first Western & Southern Open title on August 20,2017.

  • Garbiñe Muguruza Blanco born 8 October 1993, is a Spaniard-Venezuelan professional tennis player. She has won five singles titles, including two majors at the 2016 French Open and the 2017 Wimbledon Championships.
  • She achieved currently ranked world No. 3 by the WTA as of 21 August 2017.

Frenchmen Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut captured their second straight Cincinnati Double

Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut captured ATP World Tour Masters 1000 title at the Western & Southern Open. The Frenchmen celebrated a 7-6(6) 6-4 victory over Jamie Murray and Bruno Soares.

i.Pierre-Hugues Herbert:-

  • He was born on 18 March 199, is a French professional tennis player.
  • In doubles, he won the title at the 2015 US Open and 2016 Wimbledon as well as several Masters 1000 tournaments along with Nicolas Mahut. In singles , he is ranking of World No. 64.

ii.Nicolas Pierre Armand Mahut:-

  • He was born on 21 January 1982.He is a French professional tennis player. In singles, he reached a career-high Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) ranking of world No. 37.

Chan Yung-jan and Martina Hingis captured women’s double

Chan Yung-jan and Martina Hingis capture their sixth title of the year at the Western & Southern Open over Hsieh Su-wei and Monica Niculescu, 4-6, 6-4, 10-7.