Kazakhstan’s Elena Rybakina produced arguably the best performance of her season on Friday night. The 26-year-old defeated the reigning world number one, Aryna Sabalenka, in the quarterfinal of the

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.

Chakvetadze, a former world No. 8, appeared on a podcast with former three-time Grand Slam finalist Safina. At one point during their conversation, the former Russian tennis star said that Ivanisevic privately told her he was surprised that Rybakina only had one Wimbledon title in her collection.

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.

The coach of 2022 Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina has been cleared by the WTA Tour to return from his suspension for a potential breach of its code of conduct.

The Cincinnati Open is starting to heat up on the tour. With the quarterfinal matches on the cards, players will be hoping to enter the final four this week.