{"id":170525,"date":"2026-08-17T01:13:20","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T01:13:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/170525\/"},"modified":"2026-08-17T01:13:20","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T01:13:20","slug":"fresh-off-toronto-title-iga-swiatek-wins-first-match-at-cincinnati-open-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/170525\/","title":{"rendered":"Fresh off Toronto title, Iga Swiatek wins first match at Cincinnati Open"},"content":{"rendered":"

MASON, Ohio (AP) \u2014 Iga Swiatek<\/a> overcame a short turnaround after winning in Toronto on Thursday to beat Colombian Emiliana Arango<\/a>, 6-3, 6-0, on center court at the Cincinnati Open on Sunday. <\/p>\n

It was the seventh consecutive win for Swiatek, who won the title in Cincinnati last year.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt’s not like I was super tired after Toronto,\u201d Swiatek said on Sunday two days after arriving. \u201cI knew I just needed a little bit of rest. Usually one day before a tournament, I’m already in my match mode. But this time, I wanted to spend every hour possible just chilling.\u201d <\/p>\n

Also on Sunday, Aryna Sabalenka, who has spent 95 consecutive weeks at No. 1 dating to Oct. 21, 2024, got past Australian Talia Gibson, 6-2, 7-6 (2). Sabalenka improved to 15-3 in Cincinnati since 2022. <\/p>\n

Coming off her loss to Swiatek in the finals in Toronto, No. 2-ranked Elena Rybakina beat American Taylor Townsend, 6-3, 6-4. <\/p>\n

Rybakina, who reached the semifinals last year in Cincinnati, is looking for her 14th hard-court title in Cincinnati after winning the Australian Open in January. <\/p>\n

Tenth-ranked Taylor Fritz<\/a> beat fellow American Alex Michelsen, 6-3, 6-4, in the men’s tournament. <\/p>\n

World No. 4 Felix Auger-Aliassime<\/a> took down Stefanos Tsitsipas<\/a> in straight sets, 6-3, 7-5. <\/p>\n

It was Auger-Aliassime\u2019s first hard court match since March after he pulled out of Montreal due to a lower back injury. It was the 11th meeting with Tsitipas leading 7-4. <\/p>\n

American Madison Keys outlasted Daria Snigur<\/a>, 4-6, 6-3, 6-3. <\/p>\n

Sixth-ranked Mirra Andreeva<\/a> dispatched of Ukrainian Oleksandra Oliynykova, 6-1, 6-0, for her 40th win of 2026. <\/p>\n

Daniil Medvedev<\/a> got past qualifier Marco Trungelliti, 6-4, 7-5. <\/p>\n

Brazilian Joao Fonseca<\/a>, 19, became the third teenager to reach the third round in Cincinnati, joining Michael Chang in 1990 and Pete Sampras in 1991. Fonseca defeated Botic van de Zandschulp, 6-4, 7-6 (2). <\/p>\n

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See AP\u2019s full tennis coverage here<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MASON, Ohio (AP) \u2014 Iga Swiatek overcame a short turnaround after winning in Toronto on Thursday to beat…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":170526,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[54535,54534,54533,54538,54537,54531,54530,10510,54513,54510,54532,52405,54536,38319,48,54529],"class_list":["post-170525","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-toronto","tag-atp","tag-atp-australian-open-01-12-2026","tag-atp-cincinnati-open-08-11-2026","tag-botic-van-de-zandschulp","tag-daniil-medvedev","tag-daria-snigur","tag-emiliana-arango","tag-event_recap","tag-felix-auger-aliassime","tag-iga-swiatek","tag-joao-fonseca","tag-mirra-andreeva","tag-stefanos-tsitsipas","tag-taylor-fritz","tag-toronto","tag-wta"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170525","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=170525"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170525\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/170526"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=170525"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=170525"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=170525"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}