Overview

• Sabalenka dominated the first set 6-1; she clinched a tight second set 7-5 with a late service break
• She finished with 18 winners; she won 73% of first-serve points; she dropped only two service games
• Bouzas’s breakout summer—highlighted by a Wimbledon fourth-round run followed by a Montreal quarterfinal—projects her into the WTA Top 40 for the first time
• The victory marked Sabalenka’s 50th match win of 2025; it also represented her 29th quarterfinal appearance at a WTA 1000 event
• Sabalenka will defend her Cincinnati crown on her quest for a tenth WTA 1000 title; Bouzas will leverage her breakthrough season to secure seeding at the US Open