Third-seeded Iga Swiatek advanced to the Cincinnati Open final for the first time in her career by dispatching Elena Rybakina 7-5, 6-3 on Sunday in Mason, Ohio.

Swiatek had seven aces and won 81.6 percent of her first-serve points in the semifinal match.

Swiatek of Poland will face either No. 7 seed Jasmine Paolini of Italy or Veronika Kudermetova in Monday night's title match. Those women were playing Sunday afternoon.

The ninth-seeded Rybakina of Kazakhstan had 10 aces and converted 6 of 9 break points.

Rybakina led 5-3 in the opening set but couldn't put it away. Swiatek responded by winning four straight games to take the set and 10 of 13 to win the match.

"It was a tough match," Swiatek said. "At the beginning, it was pretty crazy. We played so fast that sometimes we couldn't run

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