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·Masters·HardSloane Stephens defeated Anastasia Potapova 6-2, 6-4 — Cincinnati Open 2026 R64.
Sloane Stephens and Anastasia Potapova are level at 1–1 across 2 recorded meetings.
Seeded 24th and the betting market's pick at 63 percent, Potapova lost this on her own serve, holding four of nine service games with nine double faults. Stephens, WTA No. 286, took five of nine return games to the seed's two of eight. The opener produced seven breaks between them; the second set needed only one, in game 7 for 4-3. Potapova saved two match points before the end came at 74 minutes. The 33-year-old American, beaten in their only prior meeting on record, began this season ranked 1,098th and is into the round of 32.