Casper Ruud, Iga Świątek and US Open
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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.
Defending champions Sara Errani/Andrea Vavassori won a dramatic 2025 U.S. Open mixed doubles final at Flushing Meadows. The Italian pair and only recognized mixed doubles team in the tournament, beat third seeds Iga Świątek/Casper Ruud 6-3, 5-7 (10-6) on Arthur Ashe to claim the top prize of $1 million.
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.
This article was originally published on www.si.com as Iga Świątek Was So Fired Up to Capture First Cincinnati Open Title. After a win at Wimbledon, Iga Świątek continued her impressive summer by claiming the Cincinnati Open title Monday.
The defending champions delivered a different sort of script Wednesday, beating Iga Świątek and Casper Ruud 6-3, 5-7, 10-6 in the final.
This wasn’t just a victory for Sara Errani and Andrea Vavassori. Their US Open mixed doubles title also felt like a victory for all doubles tennis players.
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.
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.
Świątek is most prolific on her preferred surface of clay, and the French Open, where she is a three-time champion, is her favorite of the four grand slams. She has only lost twice at Roland ...
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.
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