Thursday's schedule at the Western & Southern Open

Iga Swiatek hits a return to Sloane Stephens during their match in the Western & Southern Open at the Lindner Family Tennis Center in Mason, Ohio, on Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2022. Fritz defeated Kyrgios 6-3, 6-2.
Iga Swiatek hits a return to Sloane Stephens during their match in the Western & Southern Open at the Lindner Family Tennis Center in Mason, Ohio, on Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2022. Fritz defeated Kyrgios 6-3, 6-2.
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MASON, Ohio ‒ Four Americans are through to the Round of 16 in both the women's and men's draws at the Western & Southern Open. This marks the first time since 2019 that four US women are into the third round, with Madison Keys, Jessica Pegula, Alison Riske-Amritraj and Shelby Rogers taking the court Thursday. Since the WTA returned to Cincinnati in 2004, there have never been more than three Americans into the quarterfinals.

Sebastian Korda and John Isner will face each other in an all-American third-round match Thursday, and they are joined in the Round of 16 by Americans Taylor Fritz and Ben Shelton. It's the most Americans into the third round since five reached this stage in 2003.

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Here's a look at Thursday's schedule at the Western & Southern Open:

Center Court (starts at 11 a.m.)

ATP - (11) Taylor Fritz vs. (6) Andrey Rublev

(Not before 1 p.m.)

WTA - (1) Iga Swiatek vs. Madison Keys

(Not before 4 p.m.)

ATP - (WC) Sebastian Korda vs. John Isner

(Night Session - not before 7 p.m.)

WTA - (7) Jessica Pegula vs. (10) Emma Raducanu

ATP - (14) Marin Cilic vs. (3) Carlos Alcaraz

Grand Stand (starts at 11 a.m.)

WTA - Petra Kvitova vs. (5) Ons Jabeur

(Not before 1 p.m.)

ATP - (1) Daniil Medvedev vs. Denis Shapovalov

(Not before 3 p.m.)

ATP - (15) Roberto Bautista Agut vs. Borna Coric

(Night session - not before 7 p.m.)

ATP - (7) Felix Auger-Aliassime vs. (10) Jannik Sinner

(Not before 8:30 p.m.)

WTA - (6) Aryna Sabalenka vs. (WC) Shelby Rogers

Stadium 3 (starts at 11:30 a.m.)

ATP - (1) Rajeev Ram / Joe Salisbury vs Thanasi Kokkinakis / Nick Kyrgios

(Not before 1 p.m.)

ATP - (4) Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. (13) Diego Schwartzman

(Not before 3:30 p.m., time to be confirmed)

WTA - (Q) Ajla Tomljanovic vs. Veronika Kudermetova

(Time to be confirmed)

WTA - Elise Mertens vs. (Q) Caroline Garcia

ATP - (WC) Ben Shelton vs. (9) Cameron Norrie

Porsche Court (starts at 11 a.m.)

WTA - Alison Riske-Amritraj vs. Elena Rybakina

WTA - Shuai Zhang vs. (2) Anett Kontaveit

(After Suitable Rest)

WTA - Victoria Azarenka / Ons Jabeur vs. Nicole Melichar-Martinez / Ellen Perez

(After Suitable Rest)

WTA - (3) Ena Shibahara / Shuai Zhang vs. Anna Danilina / Beatriz Haddad Maia

(After Suitable Rest)

WTA - (1) Veronika Kudermetova / Elise Mertens vs. (5) Gabriela Dabrowski/Giuliana Olmos

Court 4 (starts at 2 p.m.)

WTA - (6) Desirae Krawczyk / Demi Schuurs vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova / Aliaksandra Sasnovich

WTA - Lucie Hradecka / Sania Mirza vs [7] Lyudmyla Kichenok / Jelena Ostapenko

ATP - to finish Karen Khachanov / Denis Shapovalov vs Jamie Murray / Bruno Soares 7-6(8), 3-5

ATP - (6) Tim Puetz / Michael Venus vs Lloyd Glasspool / Harri Heliovaara

Court 7 (starts at 11 a.m.)

ATP - (WC) William Blumberg / Steve Johnson vs. (4) Marelo Arevalo / Jean-Julien Rojer

(Not Before 2 p.m., After Suitable Rest)

ATP - Grigor Dimitrov / Andrey Rublev vs. (2) Marcel Granollers / Horacio Zeballos

(After Suitable Rest)

ATP - (5) Nikola Mektic / Mate Pavic vs. (WC) Holger Rune / Stefanos Tsitsipas

ATP - (3) Wesley Koolhof / Neal Skupski vs. Santiago Gonzalez / Edouard Roger-Vasselin

This article originally appeared on Cincinnati Enquirer: Western and Southern Open schedule of play for Thursday