Cincinnati – Beating No. 7 Jasmine Paolini 7-5, 6-4 on Monday night to win the Cincinnati Open.
Swiatek won all six meetings against the Italians, losing only one set in those games.
Paolini led 3-0 in the first set, but Swiatek roared and led 5-3. Paolini broke the game, even though he got 5-5, Swiatek ended the first set win in 56 minutes.
Swiatek’s eighth game led 5-3 in the second set. Paolini defeated twice in the second set, within 5-4, but Swiatek was able to provide the match for her 24th professional singles title.
She failed to surpass the semifinals in six games at the Cincinnati Open. Swiatek has reached the semi-finals in Cincinnati every time in the past two years, but ended up losing to Coco Gauff and 2024 Aryna Sabalenka in 2023.
Paolini is the first Italian woman to be in Cincinnati finals. Since she was a qualifier for the Cincinnati Open in 2023, Paolini has entered two Grand Slam singles finals, winning the Grand Slam doubles championship and Olympic gold medal.
The Cincinnati Open is considered an adjustment to the U.S. Open that begins Sunday in New York. Both the men’s and women’s Cincinnati Open champions have won the final Grand Slam of the year over the past two years.
Carlos Alcaraz won the men’s final earlier Monday when Jannik Sinner retired from illness in the first set.
