Following her quarterfinal loss to Elena Rybakina at the Cincinnati Open 2025, Aryna Sabalenka departed for New York with her boyfriend, Georgios Fran

With her coaching team intact again, Rybakina played the match of her season, and put herself back in the big-title conversation.

Twice down break point while two games from victory against world No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka, Elena Rybakina stepped up to serve. She had let victory slip through her fingers against Sabalenka two months earlier in Berlin, squandering four consecutive match points in a third-set tiebreak. She had suffered close losses from winning positions all year.

Defending champion Aryna Sabalenka was eliminated from the Cincinnati Open after a 6-1, 6-4 defeat to Elena Rybakina in the quarterfinals Friday. Rybakina was dominant in the opening set and served 11 aces as she wrapped up an impressive win in 1 hour,

World No. 1 and defending Cincinnati Open champion Aryna Sabalenka beat Emma Raducanu in one of the longest matches in tournament history Aug. 11.

Aryna Sabalenka became the second player to cause a stir with their choice of water bottle at the Cincinnati Open. Earlier this week, Carlos Alcaraz got into an argument with chair umpire Greg Allensworth when he was told off for drinking from reusable Evian bottles,

The Belarusian will next meet 2022 Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina in a final-worthy showdown. Six-times Grand Slam champion Iga Swiatek also reached the quarters.

The Cincinnati Open organized surprise visits for fans from the game's biggest stars like Aryna Sabalenka and Jannik Sinner. Here's how they did it.