In her four matches, Paolini has beaten two Grand Slam champions, Gauff and Barbora Krejcikova. Kudermetova hasn’t faced anyone with that kind of pedigree, but as an unseeded player, she has played one more round, and she has survived two close matches with quality opponents, Clara Tauson and Belinda Bencic.

Iga Swiatek outplayed Anna Kalinskaya to reach her third Cincinnati semifinal, where Elena Rybakina -- fresh off a straight-sets win over Aryna Sabalenka -- awaits.

Top-seeded Jannik Sinner of Italy shook off an early challenge from upstart Terence Atmane of France and advanced to the finals of the Cincinnati Open with a 7-6 (4), 6-2 victory. Sinner will face familiar foe Carlos Alcaraz in the final after the No. 2-seeded Spaniard cruised past No. 3 Alexander Zverev of Germany 6-4, 6-3.

Ten seeded players were in action during the Cincinnati Open quarterfinals Aug. 15. Here's how the action unfolded in Mason.

But Vukov refused to sit silently - and after appealing the WTA's ban - he won his case and rejoined Rybakina's team at the Cincinnati Open. And that is already having a positive impact on the Kazakh, who is through to the semifinal after ousting top seed Aryna Sabalenka 6-1 6-4.

World No. 3 Iga Swiatek will face Elena Rybakina in the semi-final of Cincinnati Open 2025. Rybakina is the favourite to win the clash.

Taylor Fritz is chasing his second Masters 1000 of his career in Cincinnati. He knocked out Emilio Nava and Lorenzo Sonego to

Elena Rybakina found herself in another very tight contest this summer but this time the 2022 Wimbledon champion ended on the winning side after edging out No. 19 seed Elise Mertens 4-6 6-3 7-5 in the Cincinnati third round.