Flavio Cobolli def. Tommy Paul 2-6, 6-3, 6-4 — Cincinnati Open 2026 Quarterfinal

Match recap

Flavio Cobolli defeated Tommy Paul 2-6, 6-3, 6-4 in the Quarterfinal of the Cincinnati Open 2026.

The decider turned on whose serve held up. Cobolli won 92 percent of his first-serve points in the third while Paul managed 60, and the seventh seed, 1 of 5 on break chances in the set, needed only the last of them, a break in game 9 for 5-4 that was the set's only one. Paul out-hit him and still lost. The 18th seed hit 28 winners to 19 and took 82 of the 163 points, but his unforced errors climbed from 9 in the opener to 17 in the third. Cobolli had been pushed to a decider in each of his first three matches here, one of them from a set down, and this one ran 1 hour 57 minutes to a semifinal.

Match stats

Tommy Paul: 12 aces, 28 winners, 60% first serves, 3 double faults, 2/4 break points. Flavio Cobolli: 10 aces, 21 winners, 54% first serves, 1 double fault, 2/8 break points.

Profiles: Tommy Paul · Flavio Cobolli — Cincinnati Open 2026

Head-to-head

Tommy Paul and Flavio Cobolli have met 2 times, with Flavio Cobolli leading the head-to-head 2–0.

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