Iga Swiatek captured her first Cincinnati Open title on Monday (August 18, 2025) by beating Jasmine Paolini 7-5 6-4, with the Pole third seed sending a robust message forward of the U.S. Open.
The six-times Grand Slam winner didn’t drop a set on her means to the title and was medical within the remaining, changing all six of her break factors to safe her eleventh WTA 1000 crown and first since final 12 months’s Italian Open.
The win additionally ensures Wimbledon champion Swiatek will climb again to world quantity two, securing the second seed for the ultimate main of the 12 months at Flushing Meadows, the place singles motion begins on Sunday (August 24, 2025).
Earlier within the day, Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz claimed the boys’s title after prime seed Jannik Sinner retired within the first set.
