German tennis player Alexander Zverev followed up on the Olympic triumph by winning the Cincinnati tournament. In the final, he swept Russian Andrei Rublyov in 6: 2, 6: 3 in an hour. The women’s part of the tournament was won by world number one Ashleigh Barty from Australia, who defeated Jil Teichmann from Switzerland 6: 3 and 6: 1 in the final.
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Australian tennis player Ashleigh Barty at the Southern Open in Cincinnatti.
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Zverev confirmed the role of the favorite of the upcoming US Open with a smooth win against one of his best friends on the tour. The Hamburg native celebrated his 17th tournament championship and fifth in the Masters series, the second of this year. He has won eleven matches in a row.
Bartyová also confirmed that she is in form against an unattached opponent, who eliminated Karolína Plíšková in the semifinals. She did not lose a hundred in Cincinnati and defeated, among others, the lawyer Victoria Azarenková from Belarus and the champion from Roland Garros Barbora Krejčíková.
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In addition, the 25-year-old Australian won the fifth of six finals this season. Barty recorded her only defeat in the title match in Madrid this year with Aryna Sabalenkova from Belarus.
Teichmann, on the other hand, did not take the chance to win the biggest title of her career. The 24-year-old Swiss has won two tournaments so far. Both in 2019, when she won in Prague and Palermo.
| Cincinnati Men’s and Women’s Tennis Tournament (Hard): |
| Men ($ 5,404,435 grant): |
| Singles – Final: |
| A. Zverev (3-DEU) – Rublyov (4-RUS) 6: 2, 6: 3. |
| Doubles – Final: |
| Granollers, Zeballos (2-Sp. / Arg.) – Krajicek, Johnson (USA) 7: 6 (7: 5), 7: 6 (7: 5). |
| Women (allowance 2,114,989): |
| Singles – Final: |
| Barty (1-Austr.) – Teichmann (Switzerland) 6: 3, 6: 1. |
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