Caty McNally vs McCartney Kessler — R128 — Cincinnati Open

Kessler could not hold serve. Broken five times, the WTA No. 48 held just 5 of her 10 service games and faced 14 break points to the three McNally had to defend, so the tidier conversion rate — Kessler two of three, McNally 5 of 14 — counted for nothing. Kessler did break back in game 9 for 4-5, McNally serving for the match, before the No. 70 broke again in the following game to end it 1 hour 40 minutes in. The betting market had already made McNally the narrow favorite at 53 percent, ranking gap notwithstanding, and the result reverses their only meeting on record — Kessler's win here a year ago.