WE’LL KEEP OUR EYES ON HER, CURTIS ALL RIGHT, THANKS A LOT, OLIVIA. WELL, LET’S TALK ABOUT THE FANS, HUH? THEY ARE TAKING TO THE STANDS AT THE CINCINNATI OPEN FROM WATCHING THEIR FAVORITE PLAYERS ON THE COURT AND MAYBE JUST MAYBE EVEN MEETING A FEW OF THEM. WLWT NEWS FIVE’S DAISY KERSHAW WAS THERE TALKING WITH THE FANS. SHE JOINS US LIVE NOW WITH A RECAP OF ALL THE EXCITEMENT OF DAY ONE. DAISY CURTIS THERE WAS JUST THAT SO MUCH EXCITEMENT. THE ENERGY FROM FANS HERE TONIGHT WAS INCREDIBLE. EVERY SINGLE PERSON I SPOKE TO SO PASSIONATE ABOUT TENNIS AND TO GET TO BE HERE TO SEE SOME OF THE BEST THAT THIS SPORT HAS TO OFFER, EVEN MEET A COUPLE OF THEIR FAVORITE ATHLETES, WAS AN EXPERIENCE THEY TELL ME LIKE NO OTHER. NORTH BEND ROAD TENNIS FANS TAKING IN EVERY ACTION PACKED MOMENT ON THE COURT FOR THEM. THIS CINCINNATI OPEN IS THE PLACE TO BE. I WOULD PREFER THIS THAN PROBABLY THE US OPEN AND BECAUSE LIKE YOU JUST GET TO SEE THE PLAYERS AND GET MORE AUTOGRAPHS, YOU CAN GET SO CLOSE TO THE PLAYERS, EVEN IF IT’S ON A PRACTICE COURT, YOU CAN HEAR THEM TALK TO EACH OTHER. WE LOVE IT AT THE HEART OF IT ALL IS THE LOVE OF THE GAME OF A NAIL BITING MATCH. THE SUSPENSE BEFORE A SERVE. I LOVE TENNIS, I WATCH IT ALL THE TIME AND I’VE NEVER BEEN TO A TOURNAMENT BEFORE. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE COCO GAUFF AGAIN. WE WERE JUST WATCHING NAOMI OSAKA RIGHT? AND SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, AND FRANCES TIAFOE AND THERE’S JUST BEN SHELTON. I MEAN, THERE’S JUST A WHOLE BUNCH OF PEOPLE THAT I WANT TO SEE. SO I’M EXCITED TO BE HERE THIS WEEK. AND OF COURSE THERE’S NOTHING QUITE LIKE GETTING TO MEET ONE OF YOUR HEROES. IT’S BEEN SO COOL. IT’S LIKE, I CAN’T BELIEVE IT. LIKE, I TOOK A SELFIE WITH CARLOS ALCARAZ EARLIER AND I’M LIKE, I STILL CAN’T BELIEVE IT. IT’S CRAZY YOUNG TENNIS PLAYERS TAKING IT ALL IN AND TAKING NOTES. I’M JUST SEEING THE STRENGTH THEY GO TO. THEY JUST LIKE BRUSH OFF POINTS THAT THEY LOSE AND THEY JUST ARE ABLE TO KEEP GOING. IT’S JUST REALLY COOL TO SEE. IT’S INSPIRING. IT’S COOL SEEING ALL THE TOP PLAYERS LIKE JUST COMPETE WITH EVERYONE ELSE, AND IT JUST MAKES MAKES US FEEL LIKE, YOU KNOW, WE CAN BE THEM. ONE DAY. THERE YOU HAVE IT. SO MUCH EXCITEMENT ALREADY AND IT’S ONLY DAY ONE. STILL SO MUCH MORE AHEAD. THE COMPETITION GOES THROUGH TO AUGUST 19TH AND THERE ARE STILL TICKETS AVAILABLE. REPORTING LIVE TONIGHT IN MASON. DAISY
Tennis fans take to the stands for Day 1 of the Cincinnati Open
Updated: 11:41 PM EDT Aug 11, 2024
Tennis fans took to the stands for day one of the Cincinnati Open.They say it’s an experience like no other.”You can get so close to the players. Even if it’s on the practice court, you can hear them talk to each other,” said Vicki Shepherd, who has been coming to the open with her sister-in-law for five years.At the heart of it all is the love of the game.From a nail-biting match to the suspense of a serve.”I love tennis. I watch it all the time, and I’ve never been to a tournament before,” said tennis fan Ishani Amin, who is visiting from Chicago.With so many tennis stars playing this year, it’s going to be an action-packed week. “I would like to see Coco Gauff again. We were just watching Naomi Osaka play, right, and so I think, you know, and Francis Tiafoe and then just Ben Shelton, I mean, there’s just a whole bunch of people that I want to see, so I’m excited to be here this week,” said Frances Henderson, a fan visiting from Louisville. The Cincinnati Open runs through Aug. 19.
Tennis fans took to the stands for day one of the Cincinnati Open.
They say it’s an experience like no other.
“You can get so close to the players. Even if it’s on the practice court, you can hear them talk to each other,” said Vicki Shepherd, who has been coming to the open with her sister-in-law for five years.
At the heart of it all is the love of the game.
From a nail-biting match to the suspense of a serve.
“I love tennis. I watch it all the time, and I’ve never been to a tournament before,” said tennis fan Ishani Amin, who is visiting from Chicago.
With so many tennis stars playing this year, it’s going to be an action-packed week.
“I would like to see Coco Gauff again. We were just watching Naomi Osaka play, right, and so I think, you know, and Francis Tiafoe and then just Ben Shelton, I mean, there’s just a whole bunch of people that I want to see, so I’m excited to be here this week,” said Frances Henderson, a fan visiting from Louisville.
The Cincinnati Open runs through Aug. 19.
WE’LL KEEP OUR EYES ON HER, CURTIS ALL RIGHT, THANKS A LOT, OLIVIA. WELL, LET’S TALK ABOUT THE FANS, HUH? THEY ARE TAKING TO THE STANDS AT THE CINCINNATI OPEN FROM WATCHING THEIR FAVORITE PLAYERS ON THE COURT AND MAYBE JUST MAYBE EVEN MEETING A FEW OF THEM. WLWT NEWS FIVE’S DAISY KERSHAW WAS THERE TALKING WITH THE FANS. SHE JOINS US LIVE NOW WITH A RECAP OF ALL THE EXCITEMENT OF DAY ONE. DAISY CURTIS THERE WAS JUST THAT SO MUCH EXCITEMENT. THE ENERGY FROM FANS HERE TONIGHT WAS INCREDIBLE. EVERY SINGLE PERSON I SPOKE TO SO PASSIONATE ABOUT TENNIS AND TO GET TO BE HERE TO SEE SOME OF THE BEST THAT THIS SPORT HAS TO OFFER, EVEN MEET A COUPLE OF THEIR FAVORITE ATHLETES, WAS AN EXPERIENCE THEY TELL ME LIKE NO OTHER. NORTH BEND ROAD TENNIS FANS TAKING IN EVERY ACTION PACKED MOMENT ON THE COURT FOR THEM. THIS CINCINNATI OPEN IS THE PLACE TO BE. I WOULD PREFER THIS THAN PROBABLY THE US OPEN AND BECAUSE LIKE YOU JUST GET TO SEE THE PLAYERS AND GET MORE AUTOGRAPHS, YOU CAN GET SO CLOSE TO THE PLAYERS, EVEN IF IT’S ON A PRACTICE COURT, YOU CAN HEAR THEM TALK TO EACH OTHER. WE LOVE IT AT THE HEART OF IT ALL IS THE LOVE OF THE GAME OF A NAIL BITING MATCH. THE SUSPENSE BEFORE A SERVE. I LOVE TENNIS, I WATCH IT ALL THE TIME AND I’VE NEVER BEEN TO A TOURNAMENT BEFORE. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE COCO GAUFF AGAIN. WE WERE JUST WATCHING NAOMI OSAKA RIGHT? AND SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, AND FRANCES TIAFOE AND THERE’S JUST BEN SHELTON. I MEAN, THERE’S JUST A WHOLE BUNCH OF PEOPLE THAT I WANT TO SEE. SO I’M EXCITED TO BE HERE THIS WEEK. AND OF COURSE THERE’S NOTHING QUITE LIKE GETTING TO MEET ONE OF YOUR HEROES. IT’S BEEN SO COOL. IT’S LIKE, I CAN’T BELIEVE IT. LIKE, I TOOK A SELFIE WITH CARLOS ALCARAZ EARLIER AND I’M LIKE, I STILL CAN’T BELIEVE IT. IT’S CRAZY YOUNG TENNIS PLAYERS TAKING IT ALL IN AND TAKING NOTES. I’M JUST SEEING THE STRENGTH THEY GO TO. THEY JUST LIKE BRUSH OFF POINTS THAT THEY LOSE AND THEY JUST ARE ABLE TO KEEP GOING. IT’S JUST REALLY COOL TO SEE. IT’S INSPIRING. IT’S COOL SEEING ALL THE TOP PLAYERS LIKE JUST COMPETE WITH EVERYONE ELSE, AND IT JUST MAKES MAKES US FEEL LIKE, YOU KNOW, WE CAN BE THEM. ONE DAY. THERE YOU HAVE IT. SO MUCH EXCITEMENT ALREADY AND IT’S ONLY DAY ONE. STILL SO MUCH MORE AHEAD. THE COMPETITION GOES THROUGH TO AUGUST 19TH AND THERE ARE STILL TICKETS AVAILABLE. REPORTING LIVE TONIGHT IN MASON. DAISY
Tennis fans take to the stands for Day 1 of the Cincinnati Open
Updated: 11:41 PM EDT Aug 11, 2024
Tennis fans took to the stands for day one of the Cincinnati Open.They say it’s an experience like no other.”You can get so close to the players. Even if it’s on the practice court, you can hear them talk to each other,” said Vicki Shepherd, who has been coming to the open with her sister-in-law for five years.At the heart of it all is the love of the game.From a nail-biting match to the suspense of a serve.”I love tennis. I watch it all the time, and I’ve never been to a tournament before,” said tennis fan Ishani Amin, who is visiting from Chicago.With so many tennis stars playing this year, it’s going to be an action-packed week. “I would like to see Coco Gauff again. We were just watching Naomi Osaka play, right, and so I think, you know, and Francis Tiafoe and then just Ben Shelton, I mean, there’s just a whole bunch of people that I want to see, so I’m excited to be here this week,” said Frances Henderson, a fan visiting from Louisville. The Cincinnati Open runs through Aug. 19.
Tennis fans took to the stands for day one of the Cincinnati Open.
They say it’s an experience like no other.
“You can get so close to the players. Even if it’s on the practice court, you can hear them talk to each other,” said Vicki Shepherd, who has been coming to the open with her sister-in-law for five years.
At the heart of it all is the love of the game.
From a nail-biting match to the suspense of a serve.
“I love tennis. I watch it all the time, and I’ve never been to a tournament before,” said tennis fan Ishani Amin, who is visiting from Chicago.
With so many tennis stars playing this year, it’s going to be an action-packed week.
“I would like to see Coco Gauff again. We were just watching Naomi Osaka play, right, and so I think, you know, and Francis Tiafoe and then just Ben Shelton, I mean, there’s just a whole bunch of people that I want to see, so I’m excited to be here this week,” said Frances Henderson, a fan visiting from Louisville.
The Cincinnati Open runs through Aug. 19.
