Elena Rybakina def. Elise Mertens — Round of 32, Cincinnati Open 2025
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Cincinnati Open 2025
WTA 1000HardCincinnati, USA4 – 18 Aug
Rounds
🇰🇿9 seedWon
🇧🇪19 seed
Points earned
+120
Rybakina · Mertens banks 65
Around this match
Seeds left
20 of 31 — nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6…
Both roads here
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Rybakina
Round
Mertens
🇲🇽Renata Zarazua
4-6 6-0 7-5
R64
Clervie Ngounoue🇺🇸
3-6 7-6(3) 7-5
Elena Rybakina and Elise Mertens reached this match through the rounds listed above: Round of 64: Elena Rybakina beat Renata Zarazua; Elise Mertens beat Clervie Ngounoue
How they arrived
derived from those scorelines
2–1
Sets won
2–1
61%
Games won
50%
0–0
Tiebreaks
1–0
1
Deciding sets
1
Elena Rybakina left, Elise Mertensright. Longer isn't always better — a deciding set is a harder week, not a worse player.