Amanda Anisimova ended Alexandra Eala's Cincinnati Open run with a 4-6, 6-4, 6-2 victory in the round of 32.
Eala, the No. 17 seed, took the opening set 6-4. Anisimova, the No. 9 seed, answered by winning the second set 6-4 and the deciding set 6-2. The completed match lasted two hours and 28 minutes. There was no tiebreak, retirement or walkover.
For readers in the Philippines, the result date is Tuesday, August 18, 2026. The match belonged to the August 17 tournament session in Cincinnati: it began at 10:06 p.m. EDT on Monday, crossed midnight locally and finished early Tuesday. In Philippine time, the entire match took place on August 18.
The win sent Anisimova into the Cincinnati last 16. Eala's run ended in the round of 32 at the WTA 1000 hard-court event.
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Correction, August 18, 2026: An earlier version of this article gave the wrong date and score for the Cincinnati round-of-32 match. Amanda Anisimova defeated Alexandra Eala 4-6, 6-4, 6-2. The match was part of the August 17 session in Cincinnati and took place on August 18 in Philippine time. The article and its related result listings have been corrected; the original publication history has been retained.