Western & Southern Open
- Venue: Lindner Family Tennis Center, Cincinnati
- Date: 13-21 August
- Session start times: 1600 & 0000 BST
- Coverage: Latest scores and reports on BBC Sport website, updates on BBC Radio 5 live, watch live on Sky Sports
Andy Murray will try to kick-start his US Open build-up when he meets David Nalbandian in his opening match at the Western & Southern Open on Wednesday.
The Briton suffered a surprise loss to Kevin Anderson in Montreal last week and Cincinnati is his only remaining tournament ahead of Flushing Meadows.
Murray had a first-round bye as the fourth seed.
He is due on court after Caroline Wozniacki's match against Christina McHale, which starts at 1600 BST.
Novak Djokovic and Serena Williams are among the ATP and WTA players on show in Cincinnati, and after winning titles in Canada over the weekend the pair are firm favourites ahead of the US Open, which begins in New York on 29 August.
MURRAY'S POSSIBLE ROUTE
- R1: Bye
- R2: Nalbandian
- R3: Tsonga
- Q/F: Ferrer
- S/F: Nadal
- F: Djokovic
Djokovic plays American Ryan Harrison in his opening match at 0000 BST, after Williams faces a repeat of Sunday's final against Sam Stosur in her thrid-round match on Wednesday.
Rafael Nadal will look to recover from last week's shock defeat by Ivan Dodig when he takes on Julien Benneteau of France at around 1800 BST.
British hopes in Cincinnati rest solely on world number four Murray after Anne Keothavong, Elena Baltacha and Laura Robson all fell in qualifying.
Murray is in the same half of the draw as world number two Rafael Nadal, while Djokovic is seeded to meet Roger Federer in the semi-finals.
World number 66 Nalbandian and Murray have met four times and share a 2-2 record, with the Scot having won their last two matches
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