In her four matches, Paolini has beaten two Grand Slam champions, Gauff and Barbora Krejcikova. Kudermetova hasn’t faced anyone with that kind of pedigree, but as an unseeded player, she has played one more round, and she has survived two close matches with quality opponents, Clara Tauson and Belinda Bencic.

Taylor Fritz is chasing his second Masters 1000 of his career in Cincinnati. He knocked out Emilio Nava and Lorenzo Sonego to

Elena Rybakina found herself in another very tight contest this summer but this time the 2022 Wimbledon champion ended on the winning side after edging out No. 19 seed Elise Mertens 4-6 6-3 7-5 in the Cincinnati third round.