By beating Rybakina and making the Cincinnati title match, Swiatek improved to 6,753 ranking points in 2025 - the only player with more points is Aryna Sabalenka, who stands at 7,610. After the Pole, Coco Gauff comes at third spot with 4,944 points and the American is the next in line to secure a Riyadh ticket.

A season that began with doubts has given way to a Wimbledon revival and a Cincinnati final. Now Iga Swiatek chases Aryna Sabalenka into the year-end showdown in Riyadh.

WTA Finals 2025 will take place from November 1 to 8. Only the eight highest-ranked singles players and doubles teams will qualify in this event.

Canadian tennis sensation Victoria Mboko defied the odds and won her first Women’s Tennis Association title in the Canadian Open final, defeating seven-time WTA title winner Naomi Osaka.

Gabriela Dabrowski and Erin Routliffe defeated Guo Hanyu and Alexandra Panova 6-4, 6-3 in the Cincinnati Open doubles final to claim their first WTA 1000 title as partners. Dabrowski and Routliffe have now won a Grand Slam title,

Coco Gauff has become one of the most recognisable faces in tennis, now sitting as the top-ranked American and a two-time Grand Slam winner. Even with just one title so far this year, it’s hard not to be impressed by what the 21-year-old has accomplished.

World number one Jannik Sinner ruthlessly subdued 136th-ranked Terence Atmane 7-6 (7/4), 6-2 on Saturday to reach the final of the ATP-WTA Cincinnati Open. In Monday's final he'll face either world number two Carlos Alcaraz or third-ranked Alexander Zverev,