Elena Rybakina def. Magdalena Frech 6-4, 7(7)-6(2) — Cincinnati Open 2026 R32

Match recap

Elena Rybakina defeated Magdalena Frech 6-4, 7(7)-6(2) in the R32 of the Cincinnati Open 2026.

Fifteen break points came and went in the second set for a single conversion, and the low point landed in game 9, when Frech broke for 5-4 and stepped up to serve for a third set. The answer came at once: a break back in game 10 for 5-5. What lasted was the first serve, as Rybakina won 82 percent of her first-serve points against 66 for the 45th-ranked Frech, who saved 14 of the 17 break points she faced and still finished 15 points down across the 159 played. Three match points saved at the other end, 3 hours and 51 minutes on court, and the second seed is into the Cincinnati round of 16 without a set dropped this week, four days on from the Canadian Open final.

Match stats

Magdalena Frech: 5 aces, 57% first serves, 1 double fault, 2/7 break points. Elena Rybakina: 5 aces, 58% first serves, 4 double faults, 3/17 break points.

Profiles: Magdalena Frech · Elena Rybakina — Cincinnati Open 2026

Head-to-head

Magdalena Frech and Elena Rybakina have met 3 times, with Elena Rybakina leading the head-to-head 3–0.

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