Elena Rybakina overcomes Madison Keys 6-7(3) 6-4 6-2 in the 4th round in Cincinnati on Wednesday. Rybakina will play Aryna Sabalenka in the quarter. The battle lasted 2 hours and 26 minutes. This run will match her best achievement in this competition. Here you can see her history at this event.

Cincinnati
Rybakina's Record

Rybakina added to her prize money $ 50,222 after winning this match. She has already won $ 106,900 after this win. If she wins the next match, the Kazakhstani will add $ 99,200 to her earnings to get in total $ 206,100 in total.

Highlights Elena Rybakina vs. Madison Keys Cincinnati Open – Cincinnati

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Rybakina
Keys
6-73 6-4 6-2
2h:26
106
106
Total points
89
89
35
35
Winners
38
38
33%
33%
Ratio Winners
43%
43%
-- Serve --
6
6
Aces
1
1
2
2
Double Faults
6
6
52%
52%
1st in
55%
55%
71%
71%
1st won
68%
68%
35/49
35/49
1st won
38/56
38/56
60%
60%
2nd won
42%
42%
27/45
27/45
2nd won
19/45
19/45
-- Break Points --
6/14
6/14
Total
3/9
3/9
43%
43%
Won
33%
33%
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At the end of the match, Elena scored 106 points vs. the American’s 89.

Rybakina

Elena won this match even if she had a tough time converting her break points as she converted only 43% (6/14) of the procured opportunities.

Keys

On the other side, the American was struggling to find the solution in converting her break points (only 33% – 3/9). That was one of the key issues for her demise.

After this match, the head to head between Rybakina and Keys is 3-3.

Draw and next match H2H: Elena Rybakina vs. Aryna Sabalenka – stats

Rybakina will play Sabalenka in the quarter.

This will be the 12th time that Elena Rybakina and Aryna Sabalenka fight against each other. The head to head is 7-4 for Sabalenka (see full H2H stats), 4-3 on hard.

The last time that they played each other, Sabalenka won 7-66 3-6 7-66 in the quarter in Berlin back in June 2025.

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Keys 7-6
KeysRybakina
7
6
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
KeysRybakina
7
6
1
0
2
0
3
0
4
0
5
0
6
0
6
1
6
2
6
3
KeysRybakina
6
6
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
KeysRybakina
5
6
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
KeysRybakina
5
5
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
KeysRybakina
4
5
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
KeysRybakina
4
4
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
KeysRybakina
3
4
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
KeysRybakina
2
4
15
0
30
0
40
0
KeysRybakina
1
4
0
15
0
30
0
40
KeysRybakina
1
3
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
KeysRybakina
0
3
0
15
0
30
0
40
KeysRybakina
0
2
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
KeysRybakina
0
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
40
30
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A

Rybakina was quite dominant at the beginning of the set to break Madison Keys in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Notwithstanding, Madison found the way to come back to break the Kazakhstani in the 7th (3-4) game before winning the set (7-6).

Keys lost a big opportunity to break the Kazakhstani in the 1st game when she had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).

Keys was spot on in converting all her break points in the 1st (0-0 0-40, 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 7th game (2-4 40-A). In addition on the other side, Rybakina was perfect in converting all her break points in the 2nd (3-1 0-40, 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 14th game (5-7 0-40 and 15-40).

They played 90 points. It’s worth to point out that, Madison won this set even if she scored less points 2 than the Kazakhstani (44-46

). Keys surrendered 17 points on serve (25-17). Regarding the other side of the net, Rybakina conceded 19 points on serve (29-19).
2nd Set -
Rybakina 6-4
RybakinaKeys
6
4
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
40
30
40
40
A
40
RybakinaKeys
6
4
15
0
30
0
40
0
RybakinaKeys
5
4
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
RybakinaKeys
4
4
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
30
RybakinaKeys
3
4
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
RybakinaKeys
3
3
15
0
30
0
40
0
RybakinaKeys
2
3
0
15
0
30
0
40
RybakinaKeys
2
2
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
RybakinaKeys
1
2
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
RybakinaKeys
1
1
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40

Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that the Kazakhstani clinched in the 9th game (5-4) before eventually conquering the set (6-4).

Madison was completely wiped out in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 3-4 to 6-4.

The Kazakhstani converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had 3

break points opportunities in the 9th (4-4 30-40) and the 11th game (6-3 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Madison wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 1st game (0-0 30-40).

They played 55 points. Elena won 7 more points than the American (31-24). Rybakina surrendered 7 points on serve (18-7). on the other side of the court, the American conceded 13 points on serve (17-13).

3rd Set -
Rybakina 6-2
RybakinaKeys
6
2
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
RybakinaKeys
5
2
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
30
40
RybakinaKeys
5
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
RybakinaKeys
4
1
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
RybakinaKeys
3
1
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
40
40
A
40
RybakinaKeys
2
1
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
40
30
RybakinaKeys
1
1
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
30
40
40
40
40
A

Elena in this set didn’t concede much to Keys and without struggling too much she won 6-2 after breaking the American in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 5th (4-1) game.

Certainly, a key moment was when Rybakina won 4 consecutive games in the 3rd set to bring the game count from 1-1 to 5-1.

The Kazakhstani converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 30-40) and the 5th game (3-1 40-A, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Keys was unable to convert any of her 2 break points. She had 2 break points opportunities in the 0th game (1-1 30-40 and 40-A).

They contested 50 points. Elena conquered the set after winning 8 more points than Keys (29-21). Elena conceded 10 points on serve (16-10). on the other side of the net, Madison conceded 13 points on serve (11-13).

1st
Rybakina
Keys
6-7
6
7
6
6
6
5
5
5
5
4
4
4
4
3
4
2
4
1
3
1
3
0
2
0
1
0
2nd
Rybakina
Keys
6-4
6
4
5
4
4
4
3
4
3
3
2
3
2
2
1
2
1
1
1
0
3rd
Rybakina
Keys
6-2
6
2
5
2
5
1
4
1
3
1
2
1
1
1
1
0

Tennis Scores in Cincinnati

  • Anna KalinskayaKalinskaya – Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova (3-6 7-6(5) 6-1)
  • Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Jessica Bouzas ManeiroBouzas Maneiro (6-1 7-5)
  • Elena RybakinaRybakina – Madison KeysKeys (6-73 6-4 6-2)
  • Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Sorana CirsteaCirstea (6-4 6-3)

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