{"id":2100643,"date":"2026-08-19T10:00:49","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T07:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2100643"},"modified":"2026-08-19T10:00:49","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T07:00:49","slug":"aryna-sabalenka-reveals-her-main-focus-at-the-cincinnati-open-after-latest-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2100643","title":{"rendered":"Aryna Sabalenka reveals her main focus at the Cincinnati Open after latest win"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"ps-article-content rounded-lg lg:mt-5 lg:border lg:border-card lg:bg-card lg:shadow-primary\">\n<header>\n<h1 class=\"py-4 text-xl font-normal text-title sm:text-2xl\">Aryna Sabalenka reveals her main focus at the Cincinnati Open after latest win<\/h1>\n<div class=\"my-2 flex items-center justify-between\">\n<div class=\"flex items-center\">\n                        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/author\/liam-mcmillen\" class=\"text-sm font-normal !text-author\"><br \/>\n                            Liam McMillen                        <\/a><br \/>\n                        <time class=\"ml-3 text-sm font-normal text-info md:ml-4\" datetime=\"19 Aug 2026 11:00 AM\" data-ps-date=\"19 Aug 2026 11:00 AM\" data-ps-datetime=\"1787133649\"><br \/>\n                            19 Aug 2026 11:00 AM                        <\/time>\n                    <\/div>\n<div class=\"hidden justify-end space-x-4 text-xl sm:flex sm:!opacity-100\">\n                        <a href=\"https:\/\/google.com\/preferences\/source?q=tennis365.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"><br \/>\n                            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"mx-auto !my-0 hidden dark:block h-6\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/content\/themes\/tennis365-sportsui\/img\/png\/preferred_source_badge_dark.png\" alt=\"Add as a preferred source on Google\" width=\"76\" height=\"24\"><br \/>\n                            <img loading=\"lazy\" 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        Aryna Sabalenka reacts during her match                            <\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<div class=\"ciam-article-t365\"><!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/aryna-sabalenka\">Aryna Sabalenka<\/a> was back to her brilliant best as she dispatched Wang Xinyu in less than an hour to confirm her place in the fourth round of the Cincinnati Open.<\/p>\n<p>Sabalenka has struggled throughout the summer months on the clay and grass and she hasn\u2019t tasted a WTA Tour title victory since her win at the Miami Open in March.<\/p>\n<p>She is currently locked in a battle for the world No 1 spot against Elena Rybakina and she showed her best tennis as she beat Wang Xinyu 6-1, 6-3 in the third round of the Cincinnati Open.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on-court after the victory, Sabalenka said: \u201cTo get this win in under an hour [is] an insane result and I\u2019m so happy to be through. I think I really trusted myself and I was going for my shots without overthinking. That was the weapon of tonight\u2019s match.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a later interview with <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=onao1i5mM38&amp;t=201s\" target=\"_blank\">The Tennis Channel<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/aryna-sabalenka\">Sabalenka<\/a> explained her motivations are coming from within to try and regain the form that saw her dominate the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/WTA-Tour\">WTA Tour<\/a> for the past two seasons.<\/p>\n<h2>More Aryna Sabalenka news<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/aryna-sabalenka-big-challenges-overcome-2026-season\">Aryna Sabalenka details the \u2018big challenges\u2019 she\u2019s had to overcome in the 2026 season<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/aryna-sabalenka-speaks-novak-djokovic-us-open-mixed-doubles-2026\">Aryna Sabalenka makes admission about Novak Djokovic US Open partnership<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201c[I\u2019m] just trying to build myself back together,\u201d she said after beating Wang Xinyu. \u201cIt\u2019s been a little bit of a down the hill road during the summer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo, right now, we\u2019re just trying to build everything back together and then we\u2019ll think what else we can add in my game.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sabalenka set up a fourth round match with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/Sara-Bejlek\">Sara Bejlek<\/a>, who defeated <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/Ekaterina-Alexandrova\">Ekaterina Alexandrova<\/a> in her third round match.<\/p>\n<p>The two players are yet to play on the WTA Tour in their careers, but Bejlek has proved herself as one of the most exciting rising star\u2019s in the women\u2019s game this season.<\/p>\n<p>The Czech star won her maiden WTA Tour title earlier this year at the Abu Dhabi Open, which coincidentally came against Alexandrova in the final.<\/p>\n<p>As Sabalenka has now reached the fourth round of the Cincinnati Open, she has given herself some breathing room in keeping her top spot on the WTA Tour.<\/p>\n<p>As a result of Sabalenka\u2019s victory against Wang Xinyu, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/elena-rybakina\">Rybakina<\/a> will now need to win the Cincinnati Open in order to have a chance of becomign the world No 1 at the tournament.<\/p>\n<p>Rybakina is set to play <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/diana-shnaider\">Diana Shnaider<\/a> in the fourth round of the Cincinnati Open and she can not play Sabalenka until the final at the very earliest.<\/p>\n<p>One thing\u2019s for sure, however, if Sabalenka continued to play in the same way she did against Wang Xinyu, she will be the heavy favourite to stay at the summit of the WTA Tour.<\/p>\n<p><!-- Article End --><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aryna Sabalenka reveals her main focus at the Cincinnati Open after latest win Liam McMillen 19 Aug 2026 11:00 AM Aryna Sabalenka reacts during her match Aryna Sabalenka was back to her brilliant best as she dispatched Wang Xinyu in less than an hour to confirm her place in the fourth round of the Cincinnati [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[226,249],"class_list":["post-2100643","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-crawlmanager","tag-tennis365-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2100643","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2100643"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2100643\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2100643"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2100643"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2100643"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}