Iga Swiatek tops Jasmine Paolini for Cincinnati title
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Iga Swiatek captured her first Cincinnati Open title on Monday by beating Jasmine Paolini 7-5, 6-4, with the Pole third seed sending a powerful message ahead of the U.S. Open. The six-times Grand Slam winner did not drop a set on her way to the title and was clinical in the final,
Jasmine Paolini just pulled off another one of those matches that makes you wonder if she’s secretly part machine, part tennis wizard. The Italian powerhouse clawed her way past Veronika Kudermetova in a Cincinnati Open semi-final that had more ups and downs than a roller coaster designed by someone with serious commitment issues.
Carlos Alcaraz won the Cincinnati Open title in anticlimactic circumstances as rival Jannik Sinner retired due to illness just 23 minutes into the match.
Paolini improves to a 3-2 head-to-head against Gauff, moving into her third WTA 1,000 semifinal of 2025, after winning her home Italian Open in May. Paolini, the current French Open doubles champion, will face Veronika Kudermetova of Russia Sunday.
Who knows if Jannik Sinner, as a child, loved fairy tales or was too caught up in his daydreams of a future as world number 1. Certainly, on his 24th birthday, the defending champion of
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Jasmine Paolini has already outlasted Coco Gauff and Barbora Krejcikova this week, but Veronika Kudermetova’s serve has been the most reliable weapon in Cincinnati. Advantage whom in the Cincinnati semifinals?
World No. 9 Jasmine Paolini will face Veronika Kudermetova in the semi-final of Cincinnati Open 2025. Paolini is the favourite to win the clash.