Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati

A WTA 1000 on outdoor hard in Cincinnati, in the fortnight with Montreal and Cleveland. The Har-Tru hard courts and a regular-duty ball make for an honest hard-court week rather than an extreme one. Serve and return stay close, so a set is decided by a break more often than by a shootout. The heavy, front-foot ball-striker is the type that travels here. Best of three.