{"id":54782,"date":"2026-08-21T09:22:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T09:22:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/54782\/"},"modified":"2026-08-21T09:22:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T09:22:08","slug":"world-class-tennis-returns-to-winston-salem-august-22-29","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/54782\/","title":{"rendered":"World-class tennis returns to Winston-Salem August 22-29"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>World-class tennis returns to Winston-Salem August 22-29<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wxii12.com\/news-team\/510ec901-6f52-45db-bd68-ce5e6cfdd17d\" aria-label=\"Audrey Biesk profile page\" class=\"css-15eikfp\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/510ec901-6f52-45db-bd68-ce5e6cfdd17d_1785778979.file.png\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" alt=\"Audrey Biesk\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/a>WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. \u2014<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"0\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.winstonsalemopen.com\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">2026 Winston-Salem Open<\/a> returns August 22 &#8211; August 29 for the 15th anniversary at the Wake Forest University Tennis Complex. <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"1\">Tickets are on sale now. Click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.winstonsalemopen.com\/en\/tickets\/ticket-information\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">here<\/a> for more information. <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"2\">Former champions Sebastian Baez, Lorenzo Sonego, Adrian Mannarino, and Pablo Carreno Busta return as part of a deep 2026 player field.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"3\">Click<a href=\"https:\/\/www.winstonsalemopen.com\/en\/players\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> here<\/a> for the full list of players. <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"4\">\u201cAs we celebrate our 15th anniversary, we&#8217;re excited to welcome another outstanding field of players to Winston-Salem,\u201d said Tournament Director Jeff Ryan. \u201cThis year&#8217;s entry list features an exciting mix of former champions, rising stars, and fan favorites that will make for an incredible week of tennis.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"5\">Ryan joined WXII 12&#8217;s Audrey Biesk for a sit down interview previewing the tournament. He announced two-time Grand Slam finalist Stefanos Tsitsipas and rising star, Cruz Hewitt were both awarded wild cards. <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"6\">Former World No. 1 and 2018 Champion Daniil Medvedev was also awarded a wild card.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"7\">Ryan talked about the live experience for fans and the amenities people can enjoy again this year. Click on the video player above for the full segment. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"World-class tennis returns to Winston-Salem August 22-29 WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. \u2014 The 2026 Winston-Salem Open returns August 22 &#8211;&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":54783,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[20454,7526,20442,20457,20456,20452,20449,20443,8228,13192,7247,20450,7432,28,20444,4178,20445,20446,8061,17124,20451,20447,20455,20453,20448,2820],"class_list":["post-54782","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","tag-15th-anniversary","tag-adrian-mannarino","tag-audrey-biesk","tag-entry-list","tag-exciting-mix","tag-fan-favorite","tag-former-champion-sebastian-baez","tag-jeff-ryan","tag-lorenzo-sonego","tag-north-carolina","tag-player-field","tag-ryan","tag-star","tag-tennis","tag-the-local-vibe","tag-tournament-director","tag-triad-news","tag-wake-forest-universtiy-tennis-complex","tag-wild-card","tag-winston-salem-open","tag-winston-salem-august","tag-world-class-tennis","tag-world-class-tennis-return","tag-wxii","tag-wxii-12-news","tag-year"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54782","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54782"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54782\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/54783"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54782"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54782"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54782"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}