Women's singles Cincinnati Masters 2025 has just completed the quarterfinals. Notably, the unexpected results occurred when both seeds No. 1 and 2 were Aryna Sabalenka and Goco Gauff were both defeated and eliminated.
This round, the opponent of Sabalenka is Elena Rybakina. Right from the first phase, Rybakina took the position of the game, pushing Sabalenka into a tired chase. The first set took place one way with a 6-1 victory for the Kazakhist player.
Set two, Sabalenka rising more fiercely, but Rybakina still maintained the cold. She won 1 break and kept the advantage until the end of the set, then closed the match with a 6-4 victory after only 74 minutes.
Rybakina's most powerful weapon in this match is the powerful serve. She launched 11 ACEs, completely overwhelming compared to just 4 Sabalenka's shots, and won 80.6% of the score from the serve.
With this result, Rybakina has officially won tickets to the semi -finals of Cincinnati Masters this year. She will compete with Iga Swiatek – the reigning Wimbledon champion. This promises to be a tense competition, because in the previous 9 meetings, Swiatek is temporarily leading 5-4.
After Sabalenka, the No. 2 seed Coco Gauff was also eliminated from the prize. The American player lost to Jasmine Paolini with a score of 2-6, 6-4, 6-3. This victory became even more impressive when Paolini had to overcome both ankle injury and distracting times.
On the side of Gauff, the poor performance made her pay the price. The Roland Garros champion has up to 16 double serve errors and 62 errors of self -damage in more than two hours of competition. The match also witnessed a total of 14 times losing the break, clearly reflecting the instability of both players. However, Paolini has shown his bravery to continue.
