
Champion to Qualifier: Andreescu's Fight Back at the US Open
Seven years after winning the US Open title, Bianca Andreescu is back at Flushing Meadows as a qualifier — and she opened her campaign by beating Eva Vedder 6-1, 6-2.
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Seven years after winning the US Open title, Bianca Andreescu is back at Flushing Meadows as a qualifier — and she opened her campaign by beating Eva Vedder 6-1, 6-2.

An Olympic gold medalist, a US Open champion and a six-seed slayer all advanced in the most star-studded qualifying field Flushing Meadows has ever seen.

World No. 1 Jannik Sinner has withdrawn from the 2026 US Open with a right knee injury. Alexander Zverev inherits the top seed as the main draw opens on 30 August.

Coco Gauff dominated Jessica Pegula 6-2, 6-4 in 74 minutes to claim her second Cincinnati crown and fourth WTA 1000 title — dropping no sets all week.

Arthur Fils beat Frances Tiafoe 6-3, 1-6, 6-0 to claim his maiden Masters 1000 title — France's first in 12 years and only the second Cincinnati title for a Frenchman.

Coco Gauff beat Bejlek 6-4, 6-1 and Jessica Pegula stunned defending champion Swiatek 7-5, 4-6, 6-4 to set up Sunday's all-American WTA Cincinnati final — the first since 1970.

Arthur Fils beat Cobolli 6-3, 6-4 in 67 minutes; Frances Tiafoe downed Nakashima 7-5, 6-3. Sunday's Cincinnati final will be the first Masters 1000 decider in history between two Black players.

Coco Gauff delivered a dominant display to beat Marta Kostyuk 6-2, 6-2 and set up a Cincinnati semi-final showdown with Czech sensation Sara Bejlek.

Brandon Nakashima beat Taylor Fritz 7-6(9), 4-6, 6-3 to set up an all-American semi-final against Frances Tiafoe at the Cincinnati Open on Saturday.
Sara Bejlek continued her stunning Cincinnati run by beating Madison Keys 3-6, 6-4, 7-6(5) to reach the semi-finals, where the unseeded Czech will face Coco Gauff.
Jessica Pegula survived a medical timeout and a 95-94 points battle to defeat compatriot Amanda Anisimova 6-4, 2-6, 7-6(4) at Cincinnati, extending her perfect 6-0 H2H and setting up a semi-final with Iga Swiatek.
Elena Rybakina was forced to retire from her Cincinnati quarterfinal against Iga Swiatek with a left ankle injury while trailing 4-1, ending her bid for the world No. 1 ranking.
Arthur Fils demolished Thiago Agustin Tirante 6-3, 6-2 in 64 minutes to reach his third ATP Masters 1000 semi-final of 2026 — a feat no Frenchman has achieved since Guy Forget in 1991.
Flavio Cobolli overcame a first-set deficit to defeat Tommy Paul 2-6, 6-3, 6-4 and reach his maiden ATP Masters 1000 semi-final in Cincinnati, where he will face Arthur Fils.
Frances Tiafoe dismantled second seed Felix Auger-Aliassime 6-3, 6-4 on Wednesday, capping a day that also saw top seed Zverev eliminated — both favourites gone in the same session.
Tommy Paul outlasted top seed Alexander Zverev 4-6, 7-6 (8-6), 6-4 after a 90-minute rain delay, saving a match point to reach his first Cincinnati QF.
Czech world No. 35 Sára Bejlek upset top seed Aryna Sabalenka 7-6(7), 6-4 in the Cincinnati Round of 16, advancing to her first ever WTA 1000 quarterfinal.
Brandon Nakashima saved three match points trailing 4-5, 0-40 and stormed back to beat fourth seed Daniil Medvedev 6-7, 7-6, 6-1 in the Cincinnati R16.
World No. 9 Elina Svitolina pulls out before her round of 16 match with a right ankle injury, handing Wang Xiyu a walkover into Wednesday's last-16 programme.
Eight round-of-16 clashes light up Cincinnati on Wednesday, with Jódar vs Cobolli, Fils vs de Minaur and Zverev vs Paul the standout ATP matches of the day.
The 19-year-old Spaniard crushed Tabilo 6–2, 6–1 in 75 minutes with 26 winners, becoming only the third teenager this decade to reach the Cincinnati round of 16.
Serena and Venus Williams lost to Kostyuk and Stearns 6-2, 1-6, 10-8 in their first doubles match since 2022. A Venus double fault sealed the defeat in Cincinnati.
14-time Grand Slam doubles champions Serena and Venus Williams step on court together tonight for the first time since the 2022 US Open, facing Kostyuk and Stearns.
All four leading WTA contenders won on Sunday at Cincinnati. Swiatek crushed Arango 6-3, 6-0 fresh off Toronto, Sabalenka fired 13 aces in brutal heat, Gauff came back from a set down.