\n Published\u00a0Aug 20, 2026 10:26 am\n <\/p>\n
MASON, Ohio (AP) \u2014 Tommy Paul and Jessica Pegula notched three-set victories Wednesday, Aug. 19, highlighting a big day for Americans at the Cincinnati Open.<\/p>\n
Paul rallied from a set down to beat French Open champion and top seed Alexander Zverev, 4-6, 7-6, 6-4, in a match delayed nearly 90 minutes by rain during the second set. He will face Flavio Cobolli in the quarterfinals.<\/p>\n
Pegula outlasted Romanian Sorana Cirstea, 6-2, 4-6, 7-5, for her WTA Tour-leading 43rd win of 2026. It’s Pegula’s fourth quarterfinal appearance in Cincinnati.<\/p>\n
Pegula will face fellow American Amanda Anisimova, who beat Wimbledon champion Linda Noskova, 6-1, 6-4, on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
Fourth-ranked Coco Gauff defeated Marie Bouzkova, 6-3, 6-2. Gauff had six-double faults but got past Bouzkova in 1 hour, 33 minutes. Gauff won the title in 2023.<\/p>\n
Madison Keys became the fourth American woman to reach the quarterfinals with a 7-6, 6-4 victory over Xiyu Wang. It’s the most American women to reach the quarterfinals in Cincinnati since 2004.<\/p>\n
Taylor Fritz, the highest-ranked American man remaining in the tournament, beat Australian Christopher O\u2019Connell in straight sets, 6-4, 6-3.<\/p>\n
American Brandon Nakashima beat Nuno Borges, 6-3, 6-7, 6-3, making it back-to-back quarterfinal appearances.<\/p>\n
Iga Swiatek beat France’s Diane Perry, 6-3, 6-3 to extend her winning streak to nine matches. Swiatek, the defending champion, will now face No. 2 Elena Rybakina, who’s yet to drop a set.<\/p>\n
Marta Kostyuk rallied to defeat 19-year-old Mirra Andreeva, 4-6, 6-0, 6-2, to avenge a loss to her in the semifinals at Roland Garros.<\/p>\n
Cobolli rallied to defeat Rafael Jodar, 4-6, 6-4, 6-4, to reach his first Cincinnati quarterfinal.<\/p>\n
Thiago Tirante, who beat Novak Djokovic in the second round, became the first Argentine to reach the quarters in Cincinnati since Juan Mart\u00edn del Potro in 2018 with a 5-7, 6-4, 6-4, win over Jakub Mensik.<\/p>\n
American Frances Tiafoe and women’s top seed Aryna Sabalenka played late Wednesday night with the schedule pushed back by rain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published\u00a0Aug 20, 2026 10:26 am MASON, Ohio (AP) \u2014 Tommy Paul and Jessica Pegula notched three-set victories Wednesday,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":53947,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[6580,1053,14369,3346,20238,19301,6901,1035,207,517,20237,2142,220,20236,4794],"class_list":["post-53946","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-french-open","tag-americans","tag-at","tag-big","tag-by","tag-cap","tag-cincy","tag-day","tag-for","tag-french-open","tag-open","tag-paul","tag-pegula","tag-roland-garros","tag-three-set","tag-wins"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53946","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=53946"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53946\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53947"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53946"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53946"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53946"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}