Tennis
Cincinnati is likely to be the penultimate tournament of Williams's career after she announced last week that her retirement is imminent. It will also be Williams's first match on home soil in two years and, with expectations so high, the tournament had announced in advance that Williams and Raducanu would headline the Monday night session.
After the announcement tickets for the session quickly sold out, with some fans acquiring them at inflated prices in order to see Williams for possibly the last time. However, the tournament opted to move the match to today.
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