Casper Ruud, Iga Świątek and Sara Errani
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Iga Świątek will look to ride the momentum from her Wimbledon win, while Aryna Sabalenka searches for her first major title of the year.
But Świątek has surged late in the 2025 season. And building off her recent win on the grass courts at Wimbledon, she took home the Cincinnati Open 's Rookwood Cup after she beat Italian, Jasmine Paolini, 7-5, 6-4, on Aug. 18.
The much-talked-about pairing of Emma Raducanu and Carlos Alcaraz fell to an early exit in the US Open’s mixed doubles competition on Tuesday, losing their first-round match and failing to win a set.
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Mixed-Doubles Specialists Top Singles Stars for $1M U.S. Open Prize
Doubles specialists Sara Errani and Andrea Vavassori defeated a team of singles standouts, Iga Świątek and Casper Ruud, 6-3 5-7 (10-6) to win the 2025 U.S. Open mixed doubles tournament and a total of $1 million in prize money.
The draw for the 2025 US Open men's and women's tournaments are out, headlined by No. 2 Carlos Alcaraz on the same side of the bracket as Novak Djokovic.
She defeated Italian and WTA world No. 9 Jasmine Paolini in straight sets (7-5, 6-4) to emerge with her first title at Cincinnati. Świątek made it to the semifinals in the WTA 1000 tournament in each of the past two years, and was now able to get the job done just ahead of the U.S. Open.
Świątek, one tournament removed from her stunning Wimbledon title, won the most important U.S. Open tuneup by beating Jasmine Paolini 7-5, 6-4 in the final of the Cincinnati Open. She is back to No. 2 in the rankings. She is within shouting distance of world No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka.
After a rough start to the year, Świątek (+310) is now basically neck and neck odds-wise with Sabalenka (+290), who is, again, the defending US Open champion. If anyone can unseat Sabalenka, it sure feels like Świątek is the most likely to do it.
Iga Świątek has once again proven her prowess on the tennis court by winning the WTA 1000 tournament in Cincinnati, marking a significant milestone in her career. In a thrilling final, she defeated Jasmine Paolini with a score of 7-5,
World number three Iga Świątek reached her first WTA 1000 final on hard courts in Cincinnati on Sunday, defeating Kazakhstan’s Elena Rybakina 7-5, 6-3 in the semi-finals.
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