Iga Swiatek of Poland celebrates match level towards Jasmine Paolini of Italy in the course of the girls’s remaining of the Cincinnati Open at Lindner Household Tennis Heart on August 18, 2025 in Mason, Ohio. — AFP
Iga Swiatek captured her first Cincinnati Open title on Monday by beating Jasmine Paolini 7-5 6-4, with the Pole third seed sending a robust message forward of the US Open.
The six-times Grand Slam winner didn’t drop a set on her method to the title and was medical within the remaining, changing all six of her break factors to clinch her eleventh WTA 1000 crown and first since final 12 months’s Italian Open.
She is now the second all-time winner within the WTA 1000 format historical past, trailing solely Serena Williams (23).
“I want to thank my team. I don’t know why I won tournaments that were like the last ones in terms of where I thought I would be playing well,” Swiatek mentioned.
“Thank you for forcing me to become a better player and learning how to play on these faster surfaces. I’m shocked and super happy.”
Paolini made the brighter begin, surging to a 3-0 lead and pushing Swiatek to the brink of a double break. But the Pole responded with a five-game run and, after squandering her first probability to serve out the opening set, closed it on her second try.
Swiatek carried her momentum into the second set, saving two break factors at 4-3 earlier than holding agency to maneuver inside one recreation of the title. She sealed victory on the first alternative with a giant serve, extending her excellent document towards the Italian to 6-0.
The win 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.
Swiatek can be set to crew up with Norway’s Casper Ruud within the new US Open blended doubles occasion.
Earlier within the day, Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz claimed the boys’s title after prime seed Jannik Sinner retired within the first set.
