Third-ranked Iga Swiatek captured the Cincinnati Open title by defeating No. 7 Jasmine Paolini 7-5, 6-4 on Monday night.

As the tennis world prepares for the U.S. Open, the races to be ATP and WTA world No. 1 are getting interesting in Cincinnati.

It felt like tennis had delivered the perfect script—world No. 1 Jannik Sinner versus world No. 2 Carlos Alcaraz in a Masters 1000 final. Both had torn through the draw in Cincinnati, barely breaking a sweat, setting up the dream clash fans had been waiting for.

If you were watching last week’s Canadian Open on Tennis Channel, you may have faintly recognized a high-pitched chirpy voice that sounds as if it belongs to a teenager make astute observations about the use of the slice and the way a player moves around the court.

Gabriela Dabrowski of Ottawa and Erin Routliffe of New Zealand won the Cincinnati Open women's doubles championship with a straight-sets victory over Guo Hanyo of China and Alexandra Panova of Russia on Sunday night.

Jasmine Paolini just pulled off another one of those matches that makes you wonder if she’s secretly part machine, part tennis wizard. The Italian powerhouse clawed her way past Veronika Kudermetova in a Cincinnati Open semi-final that had more ups and downs than a roller coaster designed by someone with serious commitment issues.