The 2026 Cincinnati Open reaches its final stages on Saturday with four semifinal matches scheduled at the Lindner Family Tennis Center in Mason, Ohio. Eight players remain in contention for two championship titles, with finals set for Sunday, August 23.
In the ATP semifinals, seventh-seeded Flavio Cobolli faces 21st-ranked Arthur Fils at 1:30 p.m. Cobolli has demonstrated impressive resilience by winning four consecutive three-set matches, including comebacks from opening-set deficits. Fils, seeking his breakthrough at this level, has eliminated two top-10 opponents on his path through the draw. The other ATP semifinal pits American Brandon Nakashima against fellow American Frances Tiafoe at 6 p.m. Nakashima arrives as the tour’s hottest player, fresh from a Canadian Open finals appearance and currently leading in hard-court victories this season. Tiafoe, the 2024 Cincinnati runner-up, has dispatched multiple seeded competitors this week.
The WTA features third-seeded Jessica Pegula against seventh-ranked Iga Swiatek at 3 p.m. Swiatek enters as the tournament’s defending champion with exceptional recent form, dropping just one set across four matches. Pegula, meanwhile, has battled through consecutive three-set contests to reach the semifinals. In the final semifinal at 7:30 p.m., unseeded Sara Bejlek faces fourth-seeded Coco Gauff. The 20-year-old Bejlek has captured the tournament’s attention by upsetting four consecutive seeded opponents, including world number one Aryna Sabalenka.
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