{"id":746319,"date":"2026-08-22T16:10:25","date_gmt":"2026-08-22T16:10:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/746319\/"},"modified":"2026-08-22T16:10:25","modified_gmt":"2026-08-22T16:10:25","slug":"cincinnati-open-gauff-nakashima-taifoe-advance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/746319\/","title":{"rendered":"Cincinnati Open: Gauff, Nakashima, Taifoe advance"},"content":{"rendered":"

The quarter-final action continues today at the Cincinnati Open, as several of the world’s best players look to punch their tickets to the last four of the prestigious tournament. Keep up to date with all the latest scores and updates with our live tracker!<\/p>\n

05:00 CET – Coco Gauff<\/a> dominates Marta Kostyuk<\/a> 6-2, 6-2<\/a> in the final match of the evening to advance to the Cincinnati Open semi-finals for the second time in her career. The last time? In 2023, when she went on to take down Iga Swiatek to win the title.<\/p>\n

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This marks Gauff’s 17th WTA 1000 semi-finals appearance, tying Maria Sharapova for the second-most by a women’s player 23 or younger ever since the format’s introduction in 1990.<\/p>\n

Gauff’s five Masters semi-finals appearances this year are the most by any tennis player outright. She has now won 12 of her last 14 matches, bringing her 2026 win total up to 38.\u00a0<\/p>\n

03:50 CET –\u00a0Frances Tiafoe<\/a> defeats Lorenzo Musetti<\/a> 7-6(2), 7-5<\/a> to move on to his third career Masters semi-final!<\/p>\n

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Tiafoe will take on Brandon Nakashima, as the two become the first American duo to face off in the Cincinnati Open semi-finals since Andy Roddick took on Mardy Fish in 2010.\u00a0<\/p>\n

After eliminating No. 2 seed Felix Auger-Aliassime in the previous round, Tiafoe now looks to hopefully move on once more so he has a shot to claim his first Cinci title after losing in the final to Jannik Sinner in 2024.<\/p>\n

01:20 CET – Frances Tiafoe and Lorenzo Musetti are underway!<\/p>\n

Follow the matchup here.<\/a><\/p>\n

00:30 CET –\u00a0Brandon Nakashima<\/a> continues his incredible run, upsetting No. 3 seed Taylor Fritz<\/a>, 7-6(9), 4-6, 6-3<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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He becomes the first American men’s player since 2011 to reach the semi-finals in both Canada and Cincinnati in the same year, and the first player ranked outside of the top-20 (ranked No. 33) to do so since 1990.\u00a0<\/p>\n

It marks his fourth top-10 win of 2026 and just his second win against Fritz in six total matches.\u00a0<\/p>\n

23:44 CET – \u00a0Taylor Fritz<\/a> and Brandon Nakashima<\/a> are heading to a deciding set in the third of the men’s quarter-finals. Nakashima edged a tight opener before the sixth seed came back to leave the match poised at 6-7(9), 6-4.<\/p>\n

Follow the third set live here.<\/a><\/p>\n

21:54 CET –\u00a0Sara Bejlek<\/a> is through to the semi-finals of the Cincinnati Masters! The Czech has roared back from 3-6, 1-3 down to upset Grand Slam winner\u00a0Madison Keys<\/a> 3-6, 6-4, 7-6(5)<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The 20-year-old has been on a giant-killing run in Ohio, defeating top seed Aryna Sabalenka as well as compatriot Barbora Krejcikova.<\/p>\n

She will next take on the winner of Coco Gauff<\/a> and Marta Kostyuk<\/a> for a place in Sunday’s decider, looking to reach just her second Tour-level final.<\/p>\n

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Next up today, Taylor Fritz<\/a> faces the in-form Brandon Nakashima<\/a> in an all-American affair, as both men look to reach the Cincinnati semi-finals for the first time.<\/p>\n

Follow that match live here.<\/a><\/p>\n

20:36 CET – Sara Bejlek<\/a> has fought back to win the second set against Madison Keys<\/a> in Cincinnati, with the match poised at 6-3, 6-4. Impressively, the Czech came back from 3-1 down to win the set in 45 minutes, forcing a decider in the quarter-final.<\/p>\n

19:52 CET –\u00a0Madison Keys<\/a> has taken the lead in her quarter-final against Czech Sara Bejlek<\/a>, claiming the first set 6-3 in just over 40 minutes in Cincinnati. The American has one foot in the semis now; can she close it out?<\/p>\n

18:32 CET – We\u2019re less than 30 minutes away from the first quarter-final of the day, as former Cincinnati champion\u00a0Madison Keys<\/a> takes on Aryna Sabalenka\u2019s conqueror, Sara Bejlek<\/a>, in what is a first-ever meeting between the two players.<\/p>\n

Follow point-by-point coverage right here!<\/a><\/p>\n

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16:00 CET – Good afternoon and welcome to our coverage of today’s quarter-final action in Ohio!<\/p>\n

Play gets started in a few hours at 19:00 CET, as home favourite and 2019 champion Madison Keys<\/a> takes on Czechia’s Sara Bejlek<\/a>, who claimed the scalp of top seed Aryna Sabalenka<\/a> in the previous round.<\/p>\n

Following that clash, men’s sixth seed Taylor Fritz<\/a> comes up against the in-form Brandon Nakashima<\/a> in an all-American affair, as both men look to reach the Cincinnati semi-finals for the first time.<\/p>\n

Later on, Italy’s Lorenzo Musetti<\/a> faces former finalist Frances Tiafoe<\/a>, with the American chasing a first Masters 1000 semi-final since reaching the showpiece event back in 2024.<\/p>\n

The final match of the day sees women’s fourth seed Coco Gauff<\/a> take on Ukraine’s red-hot Marta Kostyuk<\/a>, as the 2023 champion looks to reach the last-four stage at a third consecutive tournament.<\/p>\n

Check out the full men’s draw here<\/a> and the full women’s draw here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The quarter-final action continues today at the Cincinnati Open, as several of the world’s best players look to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":746320,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[101,118,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-746319","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-sports","tag-tennis","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/746319","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=746319"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/746319\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/746320"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=746319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=746319"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=746319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}