By Richard Pagliaro | @Tennis_Now | Thursday August 23, 2023
World No. 1 Iga Swiatek and Coco Gauff gave us a summer season traditional in Cincinnati.
Reigning champion Swiatek and Cincinnati champion Gauff are on a US Open quarterfinal collision course.
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The US Open attracts had been performed at this time and the potential for a Swiatek-Gauff rematch pops off the web page.
Winless in seven prior conferences vs. the world No. 1, a fearless Gauff flipped a irritating script preventing off Swiatek 7-6(2), 3-6, 6-4 to cost into her maiden Cincinnati last with a pulsating efficiency on Saturday. the 19-year-old Gauff went on to defeat Karolina Muchova 6-3, 6-4 to change into the youngest lady to win Cincinnati, elevating her profession finals report to 5-1 together with her lone loss coming to Swiatek within the 2022 Roland Garros last.
No. 4-seeded Elena Rybakina, the 2022 Wimbledon champion who knocked Swiatek out of the Australian Open fourth spherical, Miami Open champion Petra Kvitova, 2017 Roland Garros champion Jelena Ostapenko, former world No. 1 Victoria Azarenka, Olympic gold-medal champion Belinda Bencic, 2017 US Open champion Sloane Stephens and Roland Garros finalist Karolina Muchova are among the many notable names within the prime half of the draw.
The #USOpen2023 attracts are out and put No. 1 Iga Swiatek and Coco Gauff on a QF collision course with Elena Rybakina, Belinda Bencic and Victoria Azarenka additionally within the prime half. No. 2 Aryna Sabalenka, Jessica Pegula anchor backside half. Venus Williams attracts Paula Badosa in R1. pic.twitter.com/6jEhYhso4n
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No. 2 Aryna Sabalenka, the Australian Open champion chasing Swiatek for the world No. 1 rating, anchors the underside half of the draw that options Montreal champion and No. 3-seeded Jessica Pegula, No. 7-seeded Caroline Garcia, Wimbledon champion Marketa Vondrousva and 43-year-old wild card Venus Williams, who faces Paula Badosa in her opener.
The US Open begins on Monday, August twenty eighth.
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