{"id":24059,"date":"2025-08-12T05:16:52","date_gmt":"2025-08-12T09:16:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/sabalenka-beats-raducanu-in-cincinnati-epic-three-set-duel\/"},"modified":"2025-08-12T05:16:52","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T09:16:52","slug":"sabalenka-beats-raducanu-in-cincinnati-epic-three-set-duel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/tennis\/sabalenka-beats-raducanu-in-cincinnati-epic-three-set-duel\/","title":{"rendered":"Sabalenka Beats Raducanu in Cincinnati: Epic Three-Set Duel"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Emma Raducanu Falls to Aryna Sabalenka in Cincinnati<\/h2>\n\nEmma Raducanu was eliminated from the Cincinnati Open after a close match in the third round against world number one, Aryna Sabalenka.\n\nThis match marked the second time both players faced each other this year, after Sabalenka emerged victorious in their third-round match at Wimbledon.\n\nThe match on Monday, filled with excitement, extended for more than three hours, with Raducanu taking the 27-year-old player to a tiebreaker in the third set.\n\nIn a tense final, Sabalenka prevailed with a score of 7-6, 4-6, 7-6.\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cAs I said at Wimbledon, I am happy to see her healthy, mentally and physically. She is improving every time and I can see that she is getting back to her best level. I enjoy fighting against her, she is an incredible player,\u201d Sabalenka commented on Raducanu.<\/p>\n<cite>Aryna Sabalenka<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a2.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2025%2F0811%2Fr1530540_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg\" alt=\"Emma Raducanu\" title=\"\"><figcaption>Emma Raducanu perdi\u00f3 ante Aryna Sabalenka el lunes. Foto de Robert Prange\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\nOn her way to the third round, Raducanu defeated Olga Danilovic in the previous match, her first participation since Francis Roig, former coach of Rafael Nadal, joined her team.\n\nGreat Britain&#8217;s number 1 started strong, winning her first break point in the second game of the first set, but Sabalenka responded with a break of her own and leveled the score.\n\n\n<p>Sabalenka seemed to be in control of the match, breaking Raducanu&#8217;s serve again and winning four games in a row. However, Raducanu managed to tie it at 4-4 and showed her strength by winning the ninth game after a long deuce.<\/p>\n\n\nA hard-fought match led Sabalenka to a tiebreak, where she withstood the strong opposition from the Brit to secure the first set in under an hour.\n\nThe second set continued to be disputed, with both players holding their serve in the early stages. Raducanu managed to change the course by winning a break point in the seventh game and taking the lead.\n\nThe Brit closed the set in style, with an ace to tie the match.\n\nThe third set was very even, both players held their serve. The eighth game was incredible, with 13 deuces and Sabalenka unable to convert four break points before Raducanu finally won the game.\n\nFor the second time in the match, the set went to a tiebreak and, with her second match point, Sabalenka advanced to the next round.\n\nThe world number one will face Jessica Bouzas Maneiro in the round of 16, after the Spaniard defeated Taylor Townsend on Monday.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Emma Raducanu Falls to Aryna Sabalenka in Cincinnati Emma Raducanu was eliminated from the Cincinnati Open after a close match in the third round against world number one, Aryna Sabalenka. This match marked the second time both players faced each other this year, after Sabalenka emerged victorious in their third-round match at Wimbledon. The match [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":24060,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[816,6226,1397,167],"class_list":{"0":"post-24059","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-aryna-sabalenka","9":"tag-cincinnati-open","10":"tag-emma-raducanu","11":"tag-tennis"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24059","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24059"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24059\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24060"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24059"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24059"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24059"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}