MASON, OH − There are six quarterfinal singles matches on tap Aug. 15 at the Cincinnati Open as the chase for the Rookwood Cup continues.
Ten seeded players will be in action Aug. 15, all on Center Court, beginning with WTA No. 3 seed Iga Swiatek facing No. 28 seed Anna Kalinskaya.
WTA No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka will follow on Center Court in a top 10 matchup against Elena Rybakina.
ATP No. 2 Carlos Alcaraz puts his 14-match ATP 1000 winning streak against No. 9 seed Andrey Rublev to conclude the day session.
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WTA No. 2 Coco Gauff and No. 7 seed Jasmine Paolini are set to battle in the final quarterfinal match of the tournament. The two have split four career meetings.
Former Cincinnati Open champion Alexander Zverev is now the sixth ATP player to reach the tournament’s semifinals four times since 2000 after a 6-2, 6-2 victory over Ben Shelton.
Zverev will face ATP No. 2 seed Carlos Alcaraz for a spot in the final.
Alexander Zverev just broke a frustrated Ben Shelton for the second time in the second set to take a 4-1 lead.
ATP No. 3 seed Alexander Zverev is one set away from advancing to the Cincinnati Open semifinals after a 6-2 win over Ben Shelton.
The night session has started with a top 5 ATP match on Center Court between American Ben Shelton and former Cincinnati Open champion Alexander Zverev.
Zverev has jumped out to a 5-2 lead in the first set by winning 75% of points on the second serve.
On the Grandstand Court, Veronika Kudermetova just defeated qualifier Varvara Gracheva, 6-1, 6-2.
Kudermetova is now in the semifinals of a WTA 1000 event for the third time in her career. She will face either Coco Gauff or Jasmine Paolini in the semifinals.
Carlos Alcaraz is through to the Cincinnati Open semifinals after breaking Andrey Rublev in the 12th game of the third set to win the match 6-3, 4-6, 7-5.
The last of Rublev’s eight double faults ended the match as the 27-year-old launched a ball deep into the stands in frustration of his costly blunder.
Alcaraz advances to the semifinals to face either Ben Shelton or Alexander Zverev.
On the Grandstand Court, Veronika Kudermetova won the first set over qualifier Varvara Gracheva, 6-1, and leads 4-1 in the second set.
Just as Carlos Alcaraz built a 5-3 lead with a break, Rublev responded with a break of his own, then held serve to even the third set at 5-5.
Both Carlos Alcaraz and Andrey Rublev have held serve three times thus far in the third set. Alcaraz will serve the seventh game.
Andrey Rublev took advantage of 11 unforced Carlos Alcaraz errors in the second set to win it, 6-4.
Both Carlos Alcaraz and Andrey Rublev have held serve thus far in the second set with Alcaraz leading, 3-2.
Carlos Alcaraz broke Andrey Rublev twice to take the opening set on Center Court, 6-3. Alcaraz took advantage of three double faults from Rublev, the ATP No. 9 seed, and won 75% of points on the second serve.
World No. 2 Carlos Alcaraz has opened a 2-1 first-set lead after a key break of No. 9 seed Andrey Rublev on Center Court.
Alcaraz is bidding for a 15th consecutive ATP Masters 1000 victory and is 3-1 all-time against Rublev, who is the World No. 11. With a win, Rublev would advance to the Cincinnati Open semifinals for the second time in his career (2021).
No. 9 seed Elena Rybakina just beat WTA No. 1 and defending Cincinnati Open champion Aryna Sabalenka, 6-1, 6-4.
Rybakina finished the match with 11 aces and won 81% of points on the first serve, along with 3-of-5 break points.
Rybakina advances to her 11th WTA 1000 semifinal and first in Cincinnati to face WTA No. 3 Iga Swiatek.
Elena Rybakina survived a pair of break points to hold serve against Aryna Sabalenka to take a 5-3 lead in the second set.
Sabalenka just held serve to trim the deficit to 5-4 going into a break for new tennis balls. Sabalenka will need to break Rybakina to keep her Cincinnati Open title defense alive.
Elena Rybakina has maintained all of the momentum on Center Court against Aryna Sabalenka, breaking the WTA No. 1 in the third game of the second set to take a 2-1 lead.
Elena Rybakina just dominated the first set against Aryna Sabalenka, 6-1.
Rybakina broke the WTA No. 1 twice and kept a 100%-win rate on the first serve.
Top-ranked WTA star and reigning Cincinnati Open champion Aryna Sabalenka is down 4-1 in the first set to No. 9 seed Elena Rybakina.
Rybakina has won 100% of points on the first serve thus far and tallied three aces.
Iga Swiatek is through to the Cincinnati Open semifinals for the third consecutive year after beating Anna Kalinskaya 6-3, 6-4.
Swiatek will face either WTA No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka or WTA No. 9 seed Elena Rybakina for a spot in the final.
Iga Swiatek looked to be cruising through to the semifinals, but Anna Kalinskaya just survived four match points to stay alive. Swiatek leads 5-4 and will serve for the match.
WTA No. 3 Iga Swiatek has yet to lose a set at the Cincinnati Open and just took the opening set from Anna Kalinskaya, 6-3.
Swiatek dished out a pair of aces and won 86% of points on the first serve.
Each player held serve through three games on Center Court, though Anna Kalinskaya just needed a medical timeout before serving in the fourth game due to a calf injury.
Kalinskaya got her calf wrapped and is back on the court to serve to Swiatek, who leads 2-1.
Iga Swiatek, the WTA No. 3, opened her quarterfinals match with a powerful ace against Anna Kalinskaya and Day 11 of the Cincinnati Open is underway.
Swiatek is looking to reach the Cincinnati Open semifinals for the third consecutive year while Kalinskaya is bidding for her fifth career victory over a top 5 opponent.
The night session features two Cincinnati quarterfinal rematches, beginning with a top 5 ATP showdown with No. 3 seed and former Cincinnati Open champion Alexander Zverev meets No. 5 Ben Shelton.
Zverev beat Shelton in last year’s Cincinnati quarterfinals.
To cap the night, No. 2 seed Coco Gauff will face No. 7 Jasmine Paolini. The two have split four career meetings, though Gauff cruised in straight sets against Paolini in the 2023 Cincinnati Open quarterfinals.
The full Order of Play, which includes doubles semifinals (WTA) and quarterfinals (ATP) can be found here.
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