by Chris Asbrock

Some big names fell on Tuesday at the Western & Southern Open.

If you were planning on heading to Mason for this fantastic tournament, you will not be seeing the likes of Maria Sharapova, Ana Ivanovic or Gilles Simon. These names were victims of upsets.

Third seeded Maria Sharapova shockingly dropped her match to up and coming American, Sloane Stephens, 6-2, 6-7 (5) and 3-6.

The 15th seed Ana Ivanovic was ousted by Alize Cornet of France.

As a person who has been going to this tournament for many years, I will continue to say that this is the best sporting event in the Cincinnati area. The tournament is so well run that it is a must attend!

However, today’s session has been sold out.

Other results from yesterday (from tournament website) :

Men’s Singles – Second Round


[3] David Ferrer (Spain) d [WC] Ryan Harrison (USA) 76(5) 36 64
[5] Roger Federer (Switzerland) d Philipp Kohlschreiber (Germany) 63 76(7)
Grigor Dimitrov (Bulgaria) d [WC] Brian Baker (USA) 63 62
Men’s Singles – First Round

[9] Stanislas Wawrinka (Switzerland) d Andreas Seppi (Italy) 63 64
Feliciano Lopez (Spain) d [10] Kei Nishikori (Japan) 64 76(4)
[11] Tommy Haas (Germany) d Kevin Anderson (South Africa) 64 64
[12] Milos Raonic (Canada) d [WC] Jack Sock (USA) 36 64 63
Vasek Pospisil (Canada) d [15] Gilles Simon (France) 61 11 Retired-hip strain
John Isner (USA) d Florian Mayer (Germany) 63 64
Mikhail Youzhny (Russia) d Ernests Gulbis (Latvia) 75 63
Nikolay Davydenko (Russia) d Benoit Paire (France) 76(8) 63
[Q] Benjamin Becker (Germany) d [Q] Pablo Andujar (Spain) 61 64
Julien Benneteau (France) d Radek Stepanek (Czech Republic) 62 57 76(4)
Jarkko Nieminen (Finland) d [Q] Edouard Roger-Vasselin (France) 63 64
Tommy Robredo (Spain) d Thomaz Bellucci (Brazil) 67(6) 76(7) 62
Men’s Doubles – First Round
[WC] James Blake (USA) / Steve Johnson (USA) d Ivan Dodig (Croatia) / Marcelo Melo (Brazil) 62 75
Santiago Gonzalez (Mexico) / Scott Lipsky (USA) d Fabio Fognini (Italy) / Juan Monaco (Argentina) 64 63
Jeremy Chardy (France) / Richard Gasquet (France) d [WC] Brian Baker (USA) / Rajeev Ram (USA) 64 64
Women’s Singles – Second Round

[2] Victoria Azarenka (Belarus) d [Q] Vania King (USA) 61 76(6)
Sloane Stephens (USA) d [3] Maria Sharapova (Russia) 26 76(5) 63
Women’s Singles – First Round

[10] Caroline Wozniacki (Denmark)  d Shuai Peng (China) 61 61
Elena Vesnina (Russia) d [13] Kirsten Flipkens (Belgium) 36 61 63
[14] Jelena Jankovic (Serbia) d Sabine Lisicki (Germany) 76(5) 57 62
Alize Cornet (France) d [15] Ana Ivanovic (Serbia) 26 76(8) 64
Jamie Hampton (USA) d Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (Russia) 75 46 63
[Q] Andrea Petkovic (Germany) d [WC] Daniela Hantuchova (Slovakia) 26 64 61
Monica Niculescu (Romania) d Yanina Wickmayer (Belgium) 61 62
Varvara Lepchenko (USA) d Flavia Pennetta (Italy) 62 26 62
Magdalena Rybarikova (Slovakia) d Julia Goerges (Germany) 62 46 64
[Q] Polona Hercog (Slovakia) d Dominika Cibulkova (Slovakia) 62 64
Ekaterina Makarova (Russia) d [Q] Annika Beck (Germany) 63 62
Mona Barthel (Germany) d Lucie Safarova (Czech Republic) 63 64
Women’s Doubles – First Round

[WC] Angelique Kerber (Germany) / Andrea Petkovic (Germany) d Cara Black (South Africa) / Marina Erakovic (New Zealand) 76(5) 76(6)
Hao-Ching Chan (Chinese Taipei) / Katarina Srebotnik (Slovenia) d Shuko Aoyama (Japan) / Chanelle Scheepers (South Africa) 63 62
[PR] Vania King (USA) / Alisa Kleybanova (RUS) d Natalie Grandin (South Africa) / Darija Jurak (Croatia) 64 75
Anna-Lena Groenefeld (Germany) / Kveta Peschke (Czech Republic) d Janette Husarova (Slovakia) / Monica Niculescu (Romania) 62 63
Angelique Kerber (Germany) / Andrea Petkovic (Germany) d Cara Black (Zimbabwe) / Marina Erakovic (New Zealand) 76(5) 76(6)Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (Russia) / Lucie Safarova (Czech Republic) d Varvara Lepchenko (USA) / Saisai Zheng (China) 64 63
Liezel Huber (USA) / Nuria Llagostera Vives (Spain) d Kristina Mladenovic (France) / Galina Voskoboeva (KAZ) 76(3) 63