ATP Cincinnati: Wildcards for Murray and three local heroes
As expected, Andy Murray received a wildcard for the Cincinnati ATP Mastsers 1000 tournament, which will be held in New York City this year.
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last edit: Aug 04, 2020, 07:42 am
Murray won the tournament in Ohio twice, in 2008 and 2011 in the final against Novak Djokovic . For the Scotsman, the appearance at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York will be the first in worldwide tennis since the Davis Cup final tournament in Madrid last November. In the past few weeks, the three-time major champion has also participated in a national exhibition fight tournament.
Three Americans are also allowed to plan with a safe place on the tableau: First, Tennys Sandgren, who had Roger Federer on the verge of defeat in the quarter-finals at the Australian Open in early 2020 - but was unable to use at least one of a total of seven match balls .
Paul beats Dimitrov in Melbourne
Tommy Paul, who receives a wildcard for Cincinnati like Murray and Sandgren, also caused a sensation at the first and so far only Grand Slam tournament of the year. Paul defeated Grigor Dimitrov in five sets in round two in Melbourne.
The fourth free ticket went to Frances Tiafoe, who hit the headlines a few weeks ago for traveling to Atlanta with symptoms of corona disease.