Swiatek, Rybakina, Paolini, Zheng return in stacked Cincinnati draw
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Seven of the Top 10 players in the PIF WTA Rankings will be in action at next week's Cincinnati Open, and the draw for the WTA 1000 event matches its star power.
After skipping this week's event in Toronto, top seed Iga Swiatek
In the projected semifinals, Sabalenka landed in the top half of the draw with Swiatek, while Rybakina landed in the bottom half with Gauff. Swiatek's tournament will begin against either Ajla Tomljanovic
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In the same half, Rybakina will face either 2021 US Open finalist Leylah Fernandez
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