Wimbledon champion Rybakina regains momentum with Cincinnati quarter-final berth
Elena Rybakina is the first player through to the Cincinnati quarter-finals after beating Alison Riske during third-round action on Thursday. World No 1 Iga Swiatek could be Rybakina’s next opponent.
Elena Rybakina, the 2020 Dubai finalist
Elena Rybakina got off to a bit of a slow start to her North America summer hard-court swing, which is understandable on the heels of her greatest triumph at Wimbledon.
However, the world No 25 appears to be putting momentum back on her side in time for the year’s final Grand Slam — the US Open. Rybakina punched her ticket to the Western & Southern Open quarter-finals with a 6-2, 6-4 victory over Alison Riske-Amritraj on Thursday afternoon.
The Kazakh awaits either top seed Iga Swiatek or American Madison Keys.
Cincinnati WTA 1000, other round of 16 matches and results:
- Aryna Sabalenka vs. Shelby Rogers
- Jessica Pegula vs. Emma Raducanu
- Ajla Tomljanovic vs. Veronika Kudermetova
- Elise Mertens vs. Caroline Garcia
- Shuai Zhang vs. Anett Kontaveit
- Iga Swiatek vs. Madison Keys
- Petra Kvitova vs. Ons Jabeur
People in this post
More tennis news
Rybakina and Swiatek both fight through to set up Toronto final decider
August 13, 1999: The day Steffi Graf announced her retirement
Shelton and Nakashima set up first all-American Masters 1000 final since 2003
August 12, 1990: The day Stefan Edberg won Cincinnati to become world No 1
Rybakina claws back from double jeopardy to beat Osaka and set up first-ever Gauff meeting since 2022
