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Clara Tauson’s stellar victory against Iga Swiatek at the 2025 Canadian Open saw her become the fifth player to accomplish a formidable feat in 2025.

The world No 19 downed Swiatek, the No 2 seed, 7-6(1), 6-3 in the fourth round of the WTA 1000 tournament in Montreal.

Tauson ended Swiatek’s nine-match winning streak that included her Wimbledon title run. It avenged Tauson’s 4-6, 1-6 defeat to the 24-year-old Pole in the last 16 at the All England Club last month.

The Dane’s triumph was her fifth career top 10 win and second against a top five opponent — after she beat world No 1 Aryna Sabalenka in Dubai in February.

She is the fifth player to defeat both Sabalenka and Swiatek in 2025 after Madison Keys, Mirra Andreeva, Coco Gauff and Jelena Ostapenko.

Asked how she felt in her on-court interview, Tauson said: “Unreal. Totally unreal.”

On her strategy, she said: “Yeah, I don’t know. I was playing good tennis in tough conditions here with the wind, but yeah, I really tried my best to keep my head cool and keep working, even though I got broken in the second set.

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“I was feeling confident and I’m really happy about the win.”

Tauson added: “I just felt like after I won the first set that I needed to continue, because I know she’s never going to give up, and she’s going to come out firing no matter what.

“I think obviously getting a win against her after losing to her in Wimbledon and a couple of weeks ago is obviously nice, because I was not feeling great in that match, and I felt like I was playing some good tennis in Wimbledon. So I felt like if I could keep that going, I thought I had a shot.”

Tauson’s run to the last eight in Canada has lifted her two places to a projected new career-high position of 17th in the Live WTA Rankings.

The 22-year-old will face world No 8 and Australian Open winner Madison Keys in the quarter-finals in Montreal.

She is chasing her fourth and biggest career title, having secured her three to date at WTA 250 level.

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Jannik Sinner’s lead at the top of the ATP Rankings may be commanding for now, but he will need to continue his flawless form if he is to avoid a nail-biting race to finish 2025 at the top.

Sinner has arrived in Cincinnati as he prepares to play his first tournament since winning Wimbledon in convincing fashion by beating his big rival Carlos Alcaraz last month.

Sinner and Alcaraz were among the big names who opted to skip playing in this week’s ATP 1000 tournament in Toronto in favour of an extended break after the grass court season, but the trio are expected to be in action in what will be the final big warm-up tournament ahead of this month’s US Open.

The sight of Sinner practicing in Cincinnati on Sunday confirmed he was eager to get acclimatised to conditions early, as he may not play his first match in the tournament until next weekend.

He had been practicing in Monte-Carlo prior to flying to America and footage of him applying new grips to his racket were posted by Cincinnati tournament officials as he took to the courts ahead of the defence of the title he won last year.

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Sinner’s return to Cincinnati will doubtless give him some flashbacks from this time last year, as he won the tournament shortly before the world discovered he had tested positive in a doping test a few months earlier.

The last 12 months have seen Sinner win three Grand Slams, cement his status as world No 1 and also serve a three-month suspension following that positive test.

Now he is facing a crucial few weeks as he will be defending 5,800 ranking points between now and the end of 2025.

If those points were taken off his total now, Sinner would lose his world No 1 status and would be close to dropping down to No 3.

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That scenario is unlikely to be a concern as the prospect of hard court king Sinner drawing a blank as he looks to defend his titles in Cincinnati, as well as at the US Open, the Shanghai Masters and the ATP Finals in Italy in November.

If Sinner does not retain all those titles, his ranking points total will drop and the biggest threat to his dominance will come from Alcaraz.
The Spaniard has just 1,050 ranking points to defend after he endured an inconsistent finish to 2024, so that gives him a big chance to make up ground on Sinner.

Sinner currently has a 3,430 lead in the rankings from Alcaraz and while he is a strong favourite to finish this year as world No 1, a dip in form or an injury could derail his ambitions in double quick time.

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Victoria Mboko is one of the fastest rising players in the women’s game and she confirmed her status as a star of the future with a thrilling win against Coco Gauff at the WTA 1000 tournament in Montreal.

The 18-year-old Canadian was ranked at No 284 at the end of 2024, but she is on track to climb into the top 50 over the next few weeks as her thrilling form continues.

Her 6-1, 6-4 win against Gauff was sealed in just 62 minutes and she now has a big chance to climb up the WTA Rankings as she plays in tournaments she would not have qualified to compete in a year ago.

“It’s incredible,” she said on court after her victory. “I’m so happy to beat such a great champion.

“Coming into the match, I was so locked in. I tried to keep my composure as much as I could, especially playing in front of so many people. This is a very special experience for me.”

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Mboko is now the talk of the tennis world and the sponsorship offers will start to roll in for a player who is clearly operating at a higher level than her current ranking suggests.

The WTA Race is the rolling ranking for the calendar year and Mboko is No 68 in that ranking.

She is also up to No 23 in the UTR Rankings, which uses a different method to calculate the form and ranking of players.

While the WTA Rankings are based around a rolling 52-week points tally, the UTR Rating reflects current form and uses an algorithm to serve up it’s top ten list.

Victories against higher-ranked players are worth more in the UTR list than the official ATP or WTA Ranking, meaning they offer a more accurate reflection of the current form at the top of the game.

The UTR Rankings are based on the current form from the last few weeks and months rather than reflecting results that occurred up to a year ago, with the system created to promote fair and competitive play across the tennis world.

All players, regardless of age, gender, geography, or skill level, are rated on the same scale between 1.00 and 16.50 based on actual match results.

The UTR Ranking is open to players of all levels of the game and the algorithm used provides an intriguing insight to the current form of the top players in the game.

As wins against higher-ranked opponents are given extra reward in the UTR Ranking, Mboko’s win against the current UTR-ranked No 1 player Gauff will have given her a huge boost.

Mboko will now be keen to continue to build her momentum heading into the US Open, where she is set to make her debut.

This time last year, Mboko was playing in lower-ranked events on the ITF’s World Tennis Tour, but she has arrived in the big time now and her performance against Gauff suggests she is here to stay.

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True sporting greats often have their motivation fuelled by a belief that the world has an agenda against them, but criticism seems to have an alternative impact on Wimbledon champion Iga Swiatek.

Basketball legend Michael Jordan confirmed he was inspired to silence his critics and the same story is true of soccer icon Cristiano Ronaldo and Formula 1 world champion Max Verstappen.

Novak Djokovic has admitted on numerous occasions that he has been driven to silence doubters in the crowd or the media, but Swiatek has a very different personality and she takes criticism personally.

She was asking for the Polish media to treat her with more respect long before she tested positive in a doping test in August 2024 and that was the moment when an armoury of abuse was fully unleashed in her direction.

When it was revealed that she had tested positive for a banned substance after taking the sleeping drug melatonin, there was a mood of elation among some of her critics and that was especially the case on the often toxic social media platforms.

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Bad news seems to sell well when Swiatek is thrust into the spotlight and while she was ultimately proved to have done nothing wrong other than unwittingly taking a contaminated product, that has not stopped sniping suggesting she was lucky to win at Wimbledon at a time when she could have been banned from tennis.

Those making such claims do so without looking into her case, but Swiatek suggests she is used to such snipes as she has opened up on her emotional vulnerabilities in a series of interviews in recent months.

“For sure, the past months, how the media sometimes describe me – and I’ve got to say, unfortunately, Polish media, how they treated me and my team, it wasn’t really pleasant,” said Swiatek.

“I hope they will just leave me alone and let me do my job because obviously you can see that we know what we are doing, and I have the best people around me.

“I have already proved a lot. I know people want more and more, but it’s my own process and my own life and my own career.”

Questions over the relationship with her psychologist Daria Abramowicz have been among the more hurtful and there have also been numerous questions asked over what was perceived to be a failing relationship with coach Wim Fissette, who joined her team for the start of this season.

By her lofty standards, Swiatek’s form following her fourth French Open win in June 2024 through to her Wimbledon triumph last month was poor.

She went over a year without winning a title and looked out of sorts on her favoured clay courts, with a defeat against Aryna Sabalenka at the French Open ending her reign as the ‘Queen of Clay’ at Roland Garros.

Swiatek was forced to deny rumours she was set to take a break from tennis and skip Wimbledon before she roared back to top form to beat Amanda Anisimova 6-0, 6-0 in a one-sided women’s final at the All England Club.

Now she is closing in on a return to the No 2 ranking and is starting to rebuild the aura that was such a big part of her armoury before her fall from grace.

It is hard to understand why a legend of the game who has now won six Grand Slam titles and needs to win the Australian Open to complete the full set of major titles continues to attract so much negativity.

Yet those critics have been silenced for now by a champion who has emerged from her toughest year to highlight he class all over again.

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Emma Raducanu is facing an uphill battle to secure a seeded position at the US Open after her comprehensive defeat against Amanda Anisimova at the WTA 1000 tournament in Montreal.

Anisimova hammered Radudanu 6-2, 6-1 in a defeat that will set alarm bells ringing for the Brit, who looked helpless as she was blown away in a match that was all over in a little over one hour.

Raducanu had beaten Anisimova in their previous two clashes in 2025, so she will have been shocked by the scale of the defeat against her friend and rival who reached the Wimbledon final last month.

Now Raducanu needs a strong run at the WTA 1000 event in Cincinnati later this month to have a chance to break into the top 32 of the rankings and secure a seeding for the final Grand Slam of the year at the US Open.

She may need to make it through to the quarter-finals in Cincinnati to get a seeded berth in New York, as that would give her 215 points.

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A last-16 appearance would be worth 120 points and that may also be enough if other players drop down the rankings.

She could also opt to play in the WTA Tour 250 event in Cleveland or the WTA 500 tournament in Monterrey the week before the US Open, if a seeded berth in New York is a driving ambition.

Being seeded would help Raducanu avoid the prospect of taking on players such as world No 1 Aryna Sabalenka, newly crowned Wimbledon champion Iga Swiatek or the in-form Anisimova in the opening couple of rounds at the US Open.

Raducanu doesn’t have any ranking points to defend over the next few weeks, as she did not play any tournaments ahead of the US Open last year due to some bizarre scheduling decisions.

Her reluctance to play in qualifying for big tournaments she did not qualify for on her ranking meant she headed into the US Open with limited match practice on US hard courts last year.

She predictably lost in the first round against Sofia Kenin, so she has a huge chance to gain plenty of ranking points over the next few weeks.

While she may now come up short of a seeding for the US Open, she could finish that tournament well inside the top 30 of the rankings if she has a good run of results in New York and according to former British No 1 Tim Henman, Raducanu is making progress in her career.

“This is not about the next four weeks for Emma, it’s about the next four years and where she can go,” Henman told Tennis365 in an exclusive interview.

“What is success? It is for her to get back into the top 30 or maybe the top 10? It’s about being the best version of yourself and maximising your potential.

“Now she has got a good team around her and I hope she sticks with it. Petch has been around the game for a long time and has been good for her.

“She has played lots of tournaments, been on court for a lot of matches and built up that physical resilience over what is a long season.

“I’m sure she will be licking some wounds after that defeat [against Swiatek] and the upside of finishing early at Roland Garros is she can put the clay court shoes away, head home and get ready for grass. I don’t have any concerns so long as she keeps on this path.”

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Coco Gauff has dismissed comparisons between herself and Victoria Mboko after she was beaten by the teenager at the 2025 Canadian Open.

Mboko upset world No 2 Gauff 6-1, 6-4 in 62 minutes in the fourth round in Montreal for her first-ever win against a top 10 player.

The 18-year-old now holds a 1-1 head-to-head record against Gauff having lost the pair’s first encounter in three sets at the Italian Open in May.

The Canadian wildcard has also defeated Kimberly Birrell, Sofia Kenin and Marie Bouzkova during her run at the WTA 1000 event and has dropped only one set so far.

Asked in her press conference if she recognises herself in Mboko, Gauff argued it is unfair to make this comparison as she pointed to her own experience with being likened to Serena and Venus Williams.

“No, she’s a completely different player, completely different person,” the two-time Grand Slam winner said.

“I’ve never been one to compare myself to others, whether it be like people comparing me to Serena or Venus, and I don’t think it’s fair to put that on her as well.

“Yeah, but I do see someone who is going to have a really bright future, for sure.”

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The 21-year-old American then expanded on why she feels Mboko has a bright future ahead of her.

“I mean, she’s very athletic. She’s a great ball striker, and she seems pretty positive out there on the court, doesn’t get really too negative,” Gauff assessed.

“I mean, I don’t know her too well, but I’ve gotten to talk to her a little bit over the course since Rome. I think she has a great support system around her, and I think that’s important when you’re young and on tour.

“Yeah, hopefully we have many more battles, and I look forward to playing her again in the future.”

Gauff also addressed whether she made the right decision by skipping the Citi Open in Washington prior to the Canadian Open.

“I don’t know. That’s a good question, honestly. I felt like in practice I was playing well the last few weeks just practising,” she said.

“I decided to take some time off and not play DC to actually focus on that, and maybe that wasn’t the right decision. Maybe it was better to get more matches under my belt.

“But you know, it’s the first tournament on the hard court season, so I’m hoping that in Cincy and in New York I can find that rhythm.”

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The evolution of Jannik Sinner’s service motion has been hailed as one of the big reasons for his rise to the top of the men’s game, yet his forehand is also a huge part of his success story and his technique is far from conventional.

The world No 1 has claimed four Grand Slam titles since clinching his first at the Australian Open in January 2024, with his win at Wimbledon last month a crowning moment for the Italian.

His coaching team, led by Simone Vagnozzi and Darren Cahill, are credited with changing elements of his game, especially a new service motion that was introduced mid-way through the 2023 season.

Cahill revealed they remodelled Sinner’s serve on big-serving American John Isner and the results have been spectacular as he now has one of the biggest and most consistent service motions in the men’s game.

There has been plenty of analysis of Sinner’s service improvement in recent years, but his forehand has also gone through a few gears and the technique he uses is unusual.

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Sinner gets power on his forehand that is too much for most of his rivals and part of that power is generated by the position of his racket at what we call the ‘power point’ in his swing.

Most players will have their racket slightly tilted with the strings in a position that appears to be a natural spot for an attack on the incoming ball.

Yet when Sinner reaches the point just before he swings his arm to hit the forehand, his racket is pointing in what appears to be a position that will make it hard to get a clean connection.



The butt of his racket is pointing to the right side of the court and the head of the frame is pointing in what appears to be the wrong direction.

Sinner then quickly whips his racket into position just before his ball strike, with that late movement giving him the whip and power that makes his forehand so formidable. 

This motion requires immense strength and incredible timing and it makes Sinner’s consistency with his forehand all the more impressive.

Most players will have the racket head tilted upwards before they strike a forehand, but Sinner’s racket is in a horizontal position.

Novak Djokovic has developed a whip on his forehand that could be compared to Sinner’s, but the Italian has a more extreme whip on his forehand.

Britain’s Jack Draper also has a similar horizontal starting point on his forehand, with the extra power he gains on that side helping to take him into the top five of the ATP Rankings this year.

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Club players who may look to copy the Sinner forehand should be wary, as it could induce injury due to the repetition of the extreme whip in the shot, but it is certainly working well for Sinner after relentless hours of practice have delivered stunning results in the game’s biggest tournaments over the last couple of years.

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Emma Raducanu will feel a sense of deflation after her comprehensive defeat against Amanda Anisimova in Montreal – and this defeat may have left a lasting scar.

The last few weeks have been a story of positive steps forward for the 2021 US Open champion, who appeared to be closing the gap on the players operating at the top of the game, but her 6-2, 6-1 loss against Anisimova highlighted a familiar flaw in her game.

Wimbledon finalist Anismova has too much power for Raducanu to contend with, with the 22-year-old forced onto the back foot throughout her hammering in front of the Canadian fans.

Every serve she delivered came back with a ferocity that put Raducanu in defensive mode, while Anisimova powered through her with her fearsome ground shots with relentless ease.

Raducanu had beaten Anisimova in their previous two contests in 2025, but this latest encounter as a mismatch and the power element will be a concern for the Brit.

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The story that played out in Montreal replicated so many we have seen when Raducanu has played the game’s biggest hitters, as she looked like a lightweight against a big-hitting rival.

This story has been seen in Raducanu’s matches against Iga Swiatek, who holds a 5-0 record in their head-to-head meetings.

Swiatek’s dominance in those contests is highlighted by the statistic that the Polish star has allowed her rival to win just four games in their last two meetings, with those two matches highlighting how Raducanu is susceptible to being blown away by rivals who have more power in their game.

Solving this problem has been the biggest dilemma for Raducanu over the last couple of years, with Tennis365 understanding she has experimented with different strings and tensions in her rackets to try and find more power.

She appeared to be making progress in that mission as she pushed world No 1 Aryna Sabalenka close in a thrilling third round encounter at Wimbledon last month.

“It gives me confidence that I’m not as far away as I perhaps thought before the tournament,” Raducanu said, reflecting on her display against Sabalanka at Wimbledon.

“I think before previously when I was playing those top-five players, it was pretty convincing, the loss. So I think to really push Aryna it does give me confidence.

“The problem before was that I felt like I was gulfs away from the very top. Having a match like that where I had chances in both sets, it does give me confidence.

“At the same time, it’s very difficult to take right now. I’m just very self-critical. It’s hard to see. Of course, I’m very proud of being competitive on the court. I think I would rather that than it being completely one way.”

Some of that confidence will have been shaken by the defeat against Anisimova in Montreal and she will now head into the WTA 1000 tournament in Cincinnati and the US Open fearing she will be exposed once again when she takes on one of the game’s true powerhouses.

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Coco Gauff’s “unbelievable” ability to win matches despite her service woes has been praised by Lindsay Davenport amid her Canadian Open campaign.

World No 2 Gauff is the top seed in Montreal and will take on home favourite Victoria Mboko in the fourth round on Saturday, having beaten Danielle Collins in round two and Veronika Kudermetova in round three.

However, the 21-year-old’s campaign has been far from straightforward, with the American serving a combined 37 double faults across her two matches.

Gauff served a career-high 23 double faults against Collins, ultimately beating her compatriot in a final-set tiebreak, before serving 14 against Kudermetova.

After rallying from a set down to beat the world No 42 on Thursday, the reigning French Open champion admitted that her ongoing service struggles were a frustration.

“Obviously, I am disappointed in myself when it comes to that part of the game because I didn’t play D.C. [Citi DC Open] to work on that and made changes to that,” commented Gauff.

“Doing well in practice and serving really well in practice. I just would like it to transfer to the match.”

Gauff’s service struggles have been an ongoing source of discussion regarding the American, with the two-time Grand Slam singles champion struggling in several matches over the past 12 months.

Earlier this year, she served 21 double faults during her three-set win over Moyuka Uchijima in Indian Wells, while she hit 42 across her run to the Italian Open final in May.

Despite her struggles, Gauff has still managed to secure her position towards the very top of the WTA pecking order.

And she has now received praise from Davenport, a three-time Grand Slam singles champion and former world No 1.

Speaking on Tennis Channel, the tennis great highlighted Gauff’s struggles but praised her compatriot’s “ability” to pull through and still win big matches.

Davenport said: “It was interesting she [Gauff] kept looking down at her grip when she was serving. It looked like they were trying to make some changes with the serve.

“She was not comfortable with it yet. It looks like they know it’s a problem, and she didn’t have the confidence with it last night [versus Collins].

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“Her toss was all over the place. But she still wins. It’s unbelievable her ability to figure out ways to win when she is playing, honestly, C-level tennis out there.

“She did a fantastic job managing her emotions.”

Gauff returns to action on Saturday night versus rising star Mboko, whom she previously faced in Rome back in May.

The world No 2 rallied from a set down to beat the Canadian on that occasion, though 18-year-old Mboko has continued to progress since then.

Mboko came through qualifying to reach the third round of the French Open on her Grand Slam debut, and then made it to the second round of Wimbledon as a lucky loser.

The Canadian is making her Montreal debut in 2025 and has progressed to the fourth round as a wildcard, defeating Kimberly Birrell, 23rd seed Sofia Kenin, and Marie Bouzkova.

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Emma Raducanu’s Canadian Open campaign came to a sudden halt on Friday night thanks to a heavy defeat to Amanda Anisimova.

Wimbledon finalist and world No 7 Anisimova had fallen to Raducanu at both the Australian Open and Miami Open in 2025, though she outclassed her rival in a 6-2, 6-1 triumph in Montreal.

The match took just 64 minutes to complete and brought Raducanu’s campaign to a surprisingly quick end, following comfortable wins over Elena-Gabriela Ruse in round one, and then Peyton Stearns in round two.

Raducanu’s Canadian Open campaign is now over, but what has she earned for her three matches at the tournament?

Here, we take a look at her prize money and ranking points hauls from the tournament.

Prize money

Prize money at the Canadian Open increased significantly on the WTA side in 2025, with a 44% increase in winnings for whoever triumphs in Montreal next week.

By entering the draw and playing in round one, Raducanu earned herself $12,770, which increased to $19,705 after the 22-year-old defeated Ruse to reach round two.

By progressing to the third round with victory over Stearns, the Brit will ultimately take home $33,000 in prize money from the WTA 1000 event.

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Had she defeated Anisimova to progress to the fourth round, Raducanu’s prize money winnings would have increased to $56,703.

Ranking points

Raducanu is among an array of players chasing a top-32 position ahead of the US Open as she looks to secure a seeded position at the final Grand Slam event of 2025.

With the Brit having skipped the Canadian Open in 2024, she had no points to defend in Montreal this summer, giving her the chance to boost her hopes.

Raducanu, like all players in round one, earned 10 points for merely entering the draw, though she moved up to 35 points for the tournament after progressing to round two.

By beating Stearns in the second round, the 22-year-old moved up to 65 points for the tournament, which will be her overall points haul after falling to Anisimova.

However, Raducanu is currently set to drop four places in the WTA Rankings as things stand.

Though she reached the semi-final of the Citi DC Open in Washington last week, her points from reaching the quarter-final of the same event in 2024 will not drop until the WTA Rankings next update.

That is because the WTA 500 event in Washington was held a week earlier this year than in 2024, meaning that her 108 quarter-final points from 2024 are still on her ranking as things stand.

On 1,405 points in the official rankings, Raducanu will drop 43 points to 1,362 when the WTA Rankings next update.

Currently ranked 33rd in the world, the former US Open champion is currently projected to fall to world No 37 with her 2024 Washington points falling off.

What next?

Following her exit in Montreal, Raducanu is now set to return to action at the second WTA 1000 event of the summer at the Cincinnati Open.

Action in Cincinnati is set to get underway on August 7th, though the Brit has secured one slight advantage heading into the event.

With both Zheng Qinwen and Paula Badosa withdrawing from the tournament, Raducanu’s current ranking of world No 33 is enough for her to have secured a seeding at the event.

Raducanu is set to be the 31st seed, though she could move up the seedings with further withdrawals.

The Brit has no ranking points to defend in Cincinnati, giving her a huge opportunity to move back up the rankings and potentially seal a US Open seeding.

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