Aryna Sabalenka's Cincinnati Open title defense is over. The World No. 1 was eliminated by Elena Rybakina in the quarterfinals Aug. 15.

Additionally, Swiatek has become the second player to qualify for the 2025 WTA Finals Riyadh presented by PIF following her run to the final of the WTA 1000 Cincinnati Open. The only other player to qualify is World No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka, who secured her place in Riyadh in July.

By beating Rybakina and making the Cincinnati title match, Swiatek improved to 6,753 ranking points in 2025 - the only player with more points is Aryna Sabalenka, who stands at 7,610. After the Pole, Coco Gauff comes at third spot with 4,944 points and the American is the next in line to secure a Riyadh ticket.

The WTA Cincinnati quarterfinals are set ahead of what promises to be an entertaining day of tennis in Ohio. As always, we here at LWOT will be offering our predictions for all four matches – as well as the action in the men’s singles,

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 latest WTA rankings brought good news for Elena Rybakina, Victoria Mboko, and Naomi Osaka, while Paula Badosa and Anna Bondar saw setbacks.

Vukov had appealed his one-year ban for breaching the WTA Tour code of conduct ahead of this year's French Open.