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

Follow The Enquirer's real-time updates of the third-round of the Cincinnati Open with Coco Gauff, Carlos Alcaraz and Ben Shelton in action Aug. 12.

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.

Match recaps, video highlights, and quotes from Friday afternoon's action in the Cincinnati Open quarterfinals.

Aug 15 (Reuters) - Elena Rybakina powered into her first Cincinnati Open semi-final after stunning defending champion Aryna Sabalenka 6-1 6-4 on Friday, while five-times Grand Slam champion Carlos Alcaraz recovered from a second-set blip to beat Andrey Rublev.

Honed at the racquet of Pete Sampras, Priority One owner Nate Ferguson and his staff bring a "new strings attached" service to Cincinnati Open tennis.

He’s not dropped a set en route to the final, although it’s also fair to say his route through has been fairly easy, certainly by Masters 1000 standards. His highest-ranked opponent has been Felix Auger-Aliassime, the world number 28, and he barely showed up.