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Chris Evert vs. Martina Navratilova: Every Match of the Greatest Rivalry in Women’s Tennis
From their first meeting in 1973 to their 80th and final clash in 1988, RallyHer revisits every match between Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova — the rivalry that changed women’s tennis. Evert vs. Navratilova Head-to-Head at a Glance Few rivalries in tennis history lasted as long, shifted as dramatically or carried as much significance as…
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Diane Parry Defies the Numbers to Beat Elise Mertens for First WTA Title
Diane Parry vs. Elise Mertens — Monterrey Open 2026 Final Match Report Diane Parry picked quite a place to win her first WTA singles title. The 23-year-old from Nice, a former junior world No. 1 whose one-handed backhand has long made her one of the more distinctive players on tour, had never won a WTA…
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The Mexican Crowd Wanted More Tennis, and Elise Mertens Gave Them Exactly That in Monterrey
Nikola Bartunkova vs. Elise Mertens — Monterrey Open 2026 Semifinal Match Report At 4-2 in the second set, Nikola Bartunkova had five separate game points to move within one game of the Monterrey final. Elise Mertens refused every invitation to leave. The 20-year-old Czech, whose drop shots had repeatedly pulled Mertens apart, kept creating chances.…
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Qinwen Zheng Makes It, Andreescu Does Not, and the US Open Draw Delivers a Cruel Qualifier Twist
The qualifying tournament is over. Sixteen women have survived three rounds and are now officially part of the 2026 US Open main draw. For Qinwen Zheng, that meant completing the job after being pushed to three sets in her qualifying final. For Bianca Andreescu, it meant the opposite: after cruising through her first two matches,…
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Monterrey Open 2026 WTA Results, Draw, Scores & Schedule
Last updated on August 30, following the Monterrey 2026 final between Elise Mertens and Diane Parry. The Monterrey Open 2026 WTA 500 tournament centre provides live scores, match results, draws, schedules and daily updates from Mexico. Follow every round from qualifying to the final as players compete on the outdoor hard courts at Club Sonoma…
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Diane Parry Saves Three Set Points, Sends Clara Tauson Out and Breaks New Ground in Monterrey
Clara Tauson vs. Diane Parry — Monterrey Open 2026 Quarterfinal Match Report Clara Tauson was three points from forcing a deciding set. Diane Parry never gave her one. From 3-5 down in the second set, the Frenchwoman erased three set points, swept the final four games and completed a 6-3, 7-5 victory in 1 hour…
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Three in a Row? Aryna Sabalenka’s US Open Women’s Section and Main Draw Bracket Analysis
Aryna Sabalenka has spent the last two US Opens doing something nobody else in the women’s draw could stop. Now she gets the chance to make it three. The World No. 1 arrives in New York chasing a third consecutive US Open title, but with a curious contradiction attached to her name. Her last two…
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Jessica Pegula Lands the Most Open US Open Women’s Section: Main Draw Bracket Analysis With a Major Chance
Jessica Pegula could hardly have asked the US Open draw for much more. The No. 3 seed arrives in New York only four days removed from the Cincinnati final and with another chance to make a serious run at the Grand Slam that came closest to changing her career two years ago. And then the…
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Coco Gauff Lands a Brutal US Open Women’s Section: Main Draw Bracket Analysis After Cincinnati
Coco Gauff could hardly arrive in New York with more momentum. She has just won Cincinnati, finished the tournament by sweeping Jessica Pegula 6-2, 6-4 and suddenly looks much closer to the player who won the US Open three years ago. Then the draw arrived. Gauff may be the No. 4 seed, but her US…
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Elena Rybakina Gets the Toughest US Open Women’s Section: Main Draw Bracket Analysis With No. 1 at Stake
A week ago, Elena Rybakina was unable to finish her Cincinnati Open quarterfinal. Now she has arrived in New York as the No. 2 seed, with the World No. 1 ranking closer than it has ever been and arguably the most difficult US Open draw of any woman in the top four. The first few…
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Georgia Is Perfect, Britain Is Flying and Four of 20 Americans Remain in US Open Qualifying
Sixty-four women entered the second round of US Open qualifying. Thirty-two are now one victory away from the main draw, and the national picture has changed considerably since the opening round. The United States still has the largest representation in absolute numbers, with four players reaching the final round of qualifying. But that number looks…
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Serena and Venus Williams Finally Get Their Grand Slam Reunion in New York
Wimbledon was supposed to bring them back together. Serena Williams’ knee had other ideas. Cincinnati finally got the sisters onto the same side of the net again. Now comes the reunion that matters most. Serena and Venus Williams have received a wildcard into the 2026 US Open women’s doubles draw, giving one of the most…
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Czech Republic Steals the Show in US Open Qualifying as 14 Americans Fall
The United States and the Czech Republic each produced six winners in the opening round of US Open qualifying, but they got there in very different ways. That curious contrast told much of the story across the first three days in New York. Seven Americans advanced from a huge 20-player contingent, but 14 were eliminated,…
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France’s Alizé Cornet Has Seen Enough: ‘It is no longer the US Open mixed doubles’
Alizé Cornet was never particularly interested in blending quietly into the background. During a career that took her to No. 11 in the world, the Frenchwoman brought plenty of personality to the court, and her meetings with Serena Williams rarely passed without some degree of commotion. Cornet had opinions, character and very little difficulty showing…
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Live WTA Rankings 2026: Latest Standings Following Cincinnati’s Final
Welcome to our LIVE WTA Rankings 2026 hub — updated as of August 24, 2026, after the Cincinnati Open 2026 final. This is your go-to source for the latest WTA rankings, featuring real-time updates on the current women’s tennis standings, ranking points, and Race to the WTA Finals. We try to update the list weekly…
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US Open 2026 No. 1 Race: Rybakina Could Take Top Spot Without Even Playing
Cincinnati is over, Coco Gauff has the trophy, and the battle for the WTA World No. 1 ranking has suddenly become one of the biggest stories heading into the US Open. Aryna Sabalenka remains on top, but Elena Rybakina, Jessica Pegula and Gauff can all finish New York as World No. 1. The extraordinary part…
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Cincinnati Open 2026 WTA Results, Draw, Scores & Schedule
The Cincinnati Open 2026 WTA 1000 tournament centre provides live scores, match results, draws, schedules and daily updates from Ohio. Follow every round from qualifying to the final as players compete on the outdoor hard courts at the Lindner Family Tennis Center in Mason, near Cincinnati. Last updated August 24, following the 2026 Cincinnati final…
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Coco Gauff Wins First WTA Title of 2026 With Commanding Cincinnati Victory Over Jessica Pegula
Coco Gauff vs. Jessica Pegula — Cincinnati 2026 Final Match Report Coco Gauff saved her most convincing Cincinnati performance for the match that mattered most. The American swept aside Jessica Pegula 6-2, 6-4 in just one hour and 15 minutes to win the Cincinnati Open, claiming her first WTA title of 2026 and a second…
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No Tennis in the Land in 2026 as Cleveland WTA Event Pauses After Five Years
For readers looking for a Cleveland tournament on the 2026 WTA schedule, the answer is straightforward: There will not be one. Tennis in the Land, staged in Cleveland every August since 2021, has been paused for 2026 because organizers say the annual cost and logistics of building a temporary downtown tennis venue are no longer…
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Coco Gauff Shows Cincinnati the ‘Right Coco’ Again as Sara Bejlek’s Run Finally Overheats
Sara Bejlek vs. Coco Gauff — Cincinnati 2026 SF Match Report Someone in the Cincinnati crowd had already declared they were “in love with the Coco.” Gauff laughed at the comment earlier in the tournament before adding: “And it’s the right Coco!” Against Sara Bejlek, she made a persuasive case. Gauff ended the 20-year-old Czech’s…
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Jessica Pegula Finds Clarity in a Scrappy Cincinnati Semi-Final to Beat Iga Swiatek
Jessica Pegula vs. Iga Swiatek — Cincinnati 2026 SF Match Report Thirty break points. Read that again. Thirty. For long stretches, Jessica Pegula and Iga Swiatek produced a Cincinnati semi-final that was less about sustained brilliance than about surviving service games, wrestling back momentum and trying to establish any kind of rhythm. It was scrappy…
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US Open 2026 Mixed Doubles: Confirmed Teams, Qualifying Field & Schedule
Last updated August 27, 2026, following the conclusion of the mixed doubles tournament and Iga Swiatek’s withdrawal. The US Open 2026 Mixed Doubles field has taken its final shape, and it looks considerably different from the original 29-team entry list. Aryna Sabalenka and Novak Djokovic, Jessica Pegula and Taylor Fritz, and Diana Shnaider and Casper…
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Coco Gauff Turns Attacker to Dismantle Marta Kostyuk in Cincinnati
Coco Gauff vs. Marta Kostyuk — Cincinnati 2026 QF Match Report Coco Gauff is usually praised for the points she refuses to lose. Against Marta Kostyuk, it was how often she went out and won them herself that stood out. Gauff dismantled the Ukrainian 6-2, 6-2 in just one hour and 11 minutes to reach…
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Sara Bejlek Does It Again, Stuns Madison Keys and Solves Cincinnati Puzzle the Czech Way
Sara Bejlek vs. Madison Keys — Cincinnati 2026 QF Match Report Sara Bejlek has apparently decided that beating one of the biggest names in Cincinnati is not enough. After stunning World No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka, the 20-year-old Czech did it again, recovering from a set down to defeat Madison Keys 3-6, 6-4, 7-6(5) and reach…
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The Aryna Sabalenka Slump Narrative Has a Hard-Court Problem
There is one fairly substantial problem with the idea that Aryna Sabalenka is enduring a bad 2026 season. On hard courts, she is 22-3. That is an 88.0% winning percentage, the highest Sabalenka has recorded at this point of any season since our comparison begins in 2018. Her dominance ratio sits at 1.44, virtually level…
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Elena Rybakina’s World No. 1 Dream Ends in Despair After Cincinnati Injury Against Iga Swiatek
Iga Swiatek vs. Elena Rybakina — Cincinnati 2026 QF Match Report Cincinnati had offered Elena Rybakina a route towards World No. 1. Twenty-eight minutes later, the conversation had shifted from rankings to whether she will even be ready for the US Open. Rybakina was forced to retire while trailing Iga Swiatek 4-1 in their Cincinnati…
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Jessica Pegula Proves Amanda Anisimova’s Kryptonite Again in Cincinnati Thriller
Amanda Anisimova vs. Jessica Pegula — Cincinnati 2026 QF Match Report Jessica Pegula won 96 points. Amanda Anisimova won 95. The numbers showed how little separated them over two hours and nine minutes. What mattered was where those points fell: Pegula took the deciding tiebreak to seal a 6-4, 2-6, 7-6(4) victory and a place…
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Sara Bejlek Stuns Aryna Sabalenka After Two Cincinnati Collapses and Earns More Than a Cold Handshake
Aryna Sabalenka vs. Sara Bejlek — Cincinnati 2026 R16 Match Report Aryna Sabalenka had the first set in her hands. Then she had the second set in her hands. Somehow, she lost both. Sara Bejlek produced the biggest win of her career by defeating the World No. 1 7-6(7), 6-4 in Cincinnati, overturning a 1-5…
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Amanda Anisimova Blasts Past Linda Noskova to Reach Cincinnati Quarterfinals
Linda Noskova vs. Amanda Anisimova — Cincinnati 2026 R16 Match Report Amanda Anisimova did not leave much room for the close contest Cincinnati had been promised. The American dismantled Linda Noskova’s resistance with one of her cleanest displays of the tournament, winning 6-1, 6-4 in just one hour and 11 minutes to reach the Cincinnati…
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Marta Kostyuk Turns Mirra Andreeva Meltdown Into Cincinnati Quarterfinal Run
Marta Kostyuk vs. Mirra Andreeva — Cincinnati 2026 R16 Match Report Mirra Andreeva appeared to have Cincinnati under control. Thirty-eight minutes later, the match had become something entirely different. Marta Kostyuk recovered from losing the opening set to overwhelm the fifth seed 4-6, 6-0, 6-2, turning what began as another smooth hard-court performance from Andreeva…