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Iga Swiatek (POL) reacts after returning a shot against Diane Parry (FRA) during the Cincinnati Open at Lindner Family Tennis Center on\u00a0Aug 19, 2026.\u00a0\u2014 Reuters<\/p>\n
MASON: Six Grand Slam singles titles winner Iga Swiatek reached the semi-final of the Cincinnati Open after world number two Elena Rybakina was forced to retire with an ankle injury here at the Lindner Family Tennis Center on Thursday.<\/p>\n
World number five Swiatek had made a strong start, racing into a 3-0 lead in the opening set before Rybakina managed to get on the scoreboard. <\/p>\n
However, the Kazakh was unable to stop Swiatek\u2019s momentum and called for a medical timeout before deciding to end the match.<\/p>\n
It is pertinent to mention that the injury comes at an unfortunate time for Rybakina, who is preparing for the US Open, which begins on August 30th. <\/p>\n
The 26-year-old had also faced Swiatek in last week\u2019s Canadian Open final in Toronto, where the Polish star secured a straight-sets victory to claim the title.<\/p>\n
Swiatek, who has now extended her winning streak to 10 matches, expressed concern for her opponent and hoped Rybakina would recover in time for the final Grand Slam of the season.<\/p>\n
“I hope Elena will be fine, and obviously the next tournament is the priority,” said Swiatek.<\/p>\n
“I know this one is important as well, but the US Open is the US Open, and I hope she’ll be ready for it. I thought we were playing a good game, but health is a priority.”<\/p>\n
Swiatek will face fellow former world number one Jessica Pegula in the semi-finals after the American defeated compatriot Amanda Anisimova 6-4, 2-6, 7-6(4) in a closely fought quarter-final.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Iga Swiatek (POL) reacts after returning a shot against Diane Parry (FRA) during the Cincinnati Open at Lindner…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":54837,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[883,246,247,2142,3133],"class_list":["post-54836","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-elena-rybakina","tag-cincinnati","tag-elena-rybakina","tag-iga-swiatek","tag-pegula","tag-swiatek"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54836","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=54836"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54836\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/54837"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54836"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54836"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54836"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}