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Cincinnati qualifying delivers heavyweight matchups
Viewing guide · Thursday, August 20, 2026

Cincinnati qualifying delivers heavyweight matchups

A day of qualifying ties at the Cincinnati Open, with top names on both tours in action.

None of the day's matches are live yet; the schedule is still to come, and the qualifying cards are unusually strong.

UK viewers can watch on Sky Sports Tennis, with NOW and Sky Go for streaming. In Australia, ATP coverage is on beIN SPORTS and the WTA is on Stan Sport. In Canada, TSN and RDS cover the ATP, while TSN and TVA Sports carry the WTA.

Away from the main tour, the Challenger Tour continues across several cities, with those matches streamed on Challenger TV.

◆ What's on today

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ATP Masters 1000Hard$9.415M
Play finishedHard

Cincinnati Open

Cincinnati, USA · 6 still in the draw

Qualifying-round play features T. Fritz, the model's overall favourite, along with T. Paul and L. Musetti, among others.

Model favourite: T. Fritz at 25% to take the title

US
Tennis ChannelT2Tennis Channel appTennis TV
Tennis TV is listed as a streaming option for Masters 1000 events, but availability varies by territory.
UK
Sky Sports TennisNOWSky Go
AU
beIN SPORTSbeIN SPORTS CONNECTTennis TV
Not on Kayo or residential Foxtel. beIN CONNECT is also sold as an add-on through Prime Video and Fetch.
CA
TSNRDSTSN+Tennis TV
WTA 1000Hard$7.433M
Play finishedHard

Cincinnati Open

Cincinnati, USA · 6 still in the draw

Model favourite: I. Swiatek at 28% to take the title

US
Tennis ChannelT2Tennis Channel app
UK
Sky Sports TennisNOWSky Go
AU
beIN SPORTSStan SportbeIN SPORTS CONNECT
Stan Sport took a WTA sub-licence from beIN in March 2026. Stan has no ATP Masters 1000, 500 or overseas 250 events - those are beIN's - but does carry the Australian-staged ATP 250s, the United Cup and the Laver Cup.
CA
TSNTVA SportsTSN+WTA TV

◆ Elsewhere

Also on: Cancun — Challenger 125, Quebec City — Challenger 125, Kingston — Challenger 75, Prague — Challenger 75, Roehampton — Challenger 50, Sion — Challenger 50 — Challenger and WTA 125 events run alongside the main tour and are usually streamed rather than televised; see the tour passes below.

◆ Worth watching

Ranked by the model
11:00 amET4:00 pm UK1:00 am AEST
Cincinnati · WTA 1000 · semi-finalHard

J. Pegula #3vI. Swiatek #5

Model: 47% J. Pegula · 53% I. Swiatek

1:30 pmET6:30 pm UK3:30 am AEST
Cincinnati · ATP Masters 1000 · semi-finalHard

F. Cobolli #10vA. Fils #21

Model: 34% F. Cobolli · 66% A. Fils

8:30 pmET1:30 am UK10:30 am AEST
Cincinnati · WTA 1000 · qualifyingHard

C. Gauff #4vM. Kostyuk #11

Model: 60% C. Gauff · 40% M. Kostyuk

C. Gauff is the model's slight choice to get past M. Kostyuk in a qualifying tie that could easily belong in the main draw.

3:00 pmET8:00 pm UK5:00 am AEST
Cincinnati · ATP Masters 1000 · qualifyingHard

T. Fritz #9vB. Nakashima #22

Model: 62% T. Fritz · 38% B. Nakashima

The model's tournament favourite, T. Fritz, is also its choice in this all-American qualifying match against B. Nakashima.

7:00 pmET12:00 am UK9:00 am AEST
Cincinnati · ATP Masters 1000 · qualifyingHard

L. Musetti #15vF. Tiafoe #23

Model: 56% L. Musetti · 44% F. Tiafoe

The model splits this one almost down the middle, making it the hardest match of the day to call.

1:00 pmET6:00 pm UK3:00 am AEST
Cincinnati · WTA 1000 · qualifyingHard

S. Bejlek #35vM. Keys #24

Model: 39% S. Bejlek · 61% M. Keys

M. Keys is slightly favoured against S. Bejlek in a qualifying tie between American and Czech players.

4:00 pmET9:00 pm UK6:00 am AEST
Kingston · Challenger 75 · semi-finalHard

V. Royer #78vC. Chidekh #205

Model: 60% V. Royer · 40% C. Chidekh

6:00 pmET11:00 pm UK8:00 am AEST
Kingston · Challenger 75 · semi-finalHard

P. Martinez #151vD. Glinka #160

Model: 57% P. Martinez · 43% D. Glinka

◆ Tour streaming passes

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Tennis TV — the ATP's own service: Masters 1000, 500 and 250 events plus the ATP FinalsAvailable worldwide, but geo-blocks are set per tournament and change season to season - Masters 1000 events and the Finals carry no restriction, while some 500s are blocked in their host country. No Grand Slams, no WTA.
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WTA TV — the WTA's own service, positioned as the fallback where there is no local broadcasterBlacked out in markets with a local rights holder, which includes the UK and the US.
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Challenger TV — the full ATP Challenger Tour, live and on demandFree on ATPTour.com, with a companion YouTube channel launched in 2026.

The selected matches are all Cincinnati qualifying ties, so the day is best spent on the Open's two draws. For Challenger fans, the tour's own stream has live coverage from the day's events.

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Channels are listed from KickServe's curated rights map (updated 2026-07-25) and can change at short notice — always check your local listings. Start times are earliest-possible: a match begins when the previous one on that court finishes. Win probabilities come from our rating model and are context, not betting advice.