After a rough start to the year, Świątek (+310) is now basically neck and neck odds-wise with Sabalenka (+290), who is, again, the defending US Open champion. If anyone can unseat Sabalenka, it sure feels like Świątek is the most likely to do it.

Gauff has not appeared confident with her serve since beating Aryna Sabalenka on clay earlier this summer. She won three matches in the US Open tuneup earlier at the Cincinnati Open, but lost to Italy's Jasmine Paolini in the fourth round. Last week in Cincinnati, Gauff said she's practicing patience on tour the rest of the season.

Nishikori was injured in May and pulled out of the French Open. The 2014 U.S. Open runner-up from Japan returned earlier this month for a first-round loss in Cincinnati but said his back isn't healthy enough to play in New York.

MASON, Ohio (WXIX) - An intern working the Cincinnati Open was killed in an accident Monday night. The Mason Police Department says officers and EMS personnel received a call at 10:58 p.m. Monday for a report of a man who fell off a motorized cart near the loading dock at the Linder Family Tennis Center.

The 2025 Cincinnati Open has been expanded to include more players — and therefore last longer — this year. The tournament will now run for two weeks, beginning on August 7, with the finals landing on a Monday (August 18). The men's final on Aug. 18 begins at 3 p.m. ET and the women's final will take place after that, no earlier than 6 p.m. ET.

Carlos Alcaraz, Novak Djokovic and Alexander Zverev are set to play along with Iga Swiatek and 45-year-old veteran Venus Williams when the US Open mixed doubles takes centre stage like never before. Instead of being crammed in amid the singles and doubles matches at the main draw event,

Two-time former US Open champion Venus Williams will play again this week. And she still has one major career goal.

Alexander Zverev played the semifinal of the 'Cincinnati Open' against Carlos Alcaraz, but it was clear to everyone that he was not at the top of his shape due to a malaise already suffered during his match against Ben Shelton in the quarterfinals.