Simona Halep s-a calificat in turul trei al turneului Premier 5 de la Cincinnati, dupa ce a invins-o pe Kirsten Flipkens (Belgia, 54 WTA). In aceeasi faza a competitiei au ajuns si Maria Sharapova si Caroline Wozniacki. Venus Williams a fost eliminata inca din runda inaugurala.
Turul 2:
2-Simona Halep - Kirsten Flipkens 6-4 6-2
12-Caroline Wozniacki - Zhang Shuai 6-2 6-3
5-Maria Sharapova - Madison Keys 6-1 3-6 6-3
Turul 1:
Sloane Stephens - Andrea Petkovic 6-3 6-3
Svetlana Kuznetsova - Camila Giorgi 6-4 6-7(4) 6-3
Sabine Lisicki - Roberta Vinci 6-3 2-6 6-2
Annika Beck - Garbine Muguruza Blanco 6-3 2-6 6-3
14-Sara Errani - Yanina Wickmayer 7-5 3-6 7-6(2)
Barbora Zahlavova Strycova - Mona Barthel 7-5 6-0
16-Lucie Safarova - Venus Williams 6-7(2) 6-3 6-4
Ekaterina Makarova - Daniela Hantuchova 6-2 6-2
Zarina Diyas - Irina Begu 7-6(4) 7-6(5)
15-Carla Suarez Navarro - Tsvetana Pironkova 6-3 1-6 6-2
Christina Mchale - Nicole Gibbs 4-6 6-3 6-1
Kurumi Nara - Romina Oprandi 6-0 6-2.