Monday’s schedule at the Western & Southern Open featured twelve first-round matches and our Jimmie48 attended three of them, plus several practice sessions, doubles matches, press conferences and a WTA video shoot.
Maria Sharapova rallied from a break down twice in the second set of her night match against fellow wildcard Alison Riske to defeat the in-form Wimbledon quarterfinalist and set up a meeting with top seed Ashleigh Barty, 6-3 7-6(4).
Seed No.14 Johanna Konta‘s US Open preparations continued with a second straight defeat, as the British number one lost to Swedish qualifier Rebecca Peterson 6-3 3-6 7-5.