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Sara Bejlek def. Aryna Sabalenka — Round of 16, Cincinnati Open 2026

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Cincinnati Open 2026

WTA 1000HardCincinnati, USA

Played20 Aug 2026

Rounds
  1. R128
  2. R64
  3. R32
  4. R16
  5. QF
  6. Semifinal
  7. Final

🇨🇿ranked WTA number 35 going into this drawWon

Sara Bejlek76

Winner meets Madison Keys

Straight sets

🇧🇾1 seedranked WTA number 1 going into this draw

Aryna Sabalenka674

What this match is worth

Points earned

+215

Bejlek · Sabalenka banks 120

Around this match

Seeds left

11 of 19 — nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6…

Both roads here

Bejlek
Round
Sabalenka

🇨🇿Karolina Pliskova

6-0 6-2

R128

Bye

🇨🇿Barbora Krejcikova

7-6(5) 6-4

R64

Talia Gibson🇦🇺

6-2 7-6(2)

🇷🇺Ekaterina Alexandrova

4-6 6-1 6-2

R32

Xinyu Wang🇨🇳

6-1 6-3

Sara Bejlek and Aryna Sabalenka reached this match through the rounds listed above: Round of 128: Sara Bejlek beat Karolina Pliskova; Aryna Sabalenka had a bye. Round of 64: Sara Bejlek beat Barbora Krejcikova; Aryna Sabalenka beat Talia Gibson. Round of 32: Sara Bejlek beat Ekaterina Alexandrova; Aryna Sabalenka beat Xinyu Wang

How they arrived

6–1

Sets won

4–0

66%

Games won

68%

1–0

Tiebreaks

1–0

1

Deciding sets

0