# Tennis: World number three, Iga Swiatek of Poland, will face Italian Jasmine Paolini in the Cincinnati Open final. Swiatek, the reigning Wimbledon champion, swept past Kazakhstan’s Elena Rybakina, 7-5, 6-3, while Paolini battled past Russian Veronika Kudermetova, 6-3, 6-7, 6-3, in her semifinal. Swiatek has won all five previous matches against Paolini, including last year’s French Open. Meanwhile, the top-two men in the world will face off in the final: defending champion Jannik Sinner of Italy against Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz.
Tennis: Swiatek will face Paolini in the Cincinnati Open final