Venus Williams Suffers 14th Straight Singles Defeat at Cincinnati Open

Venus Williams Suffers 14th Straight Singles Defeat at Cincinnati Open

Colombian tennis player, Emilia Arango handed the American veteran star, Venus William her 14th straight loss dating back to July 2025. The seven-time grand slam champion, William who is currently ranked 615th in the world, lost 2-6, 2-6 in straight sets at the Cincinnati Open.

The 46-year-old American was given a wildcard entry at the event where she had reached the semi-finals 12 years ago. This season she has been struggling with her form and has lost all her 11 matches so far.

In the other match, Sara Bejlek from Czech Republic put on a dominating performance against compatriot Karolina Pliskova and defeated the 2016 champion quite easily in straight sets 6-0, 6-2.

With 64 seeds participating in the men’s and women’s draw of the open, the last warm-up even prior to the final Grand Slam of the year, the US Open, all eyes were on the men's matches of 2017 winner Griogor Dimitrov and 2022 runner-up Stefanos Tsitsipas.

Dimitrov started his first round match on a strong note, and raced ahead to take a 4-1 lead in the third set against Sebastian Baez from Argentina but eventually squandered the lead, and lost the last five games and the match, exiting the tournament. Dimitrov got a wild card entry into the tournament and was bidding for his first victory at Cincinnati in five years.

The former world-one Tsitsipas, now ranking 49th in the world, who has also been going a bit of slump in his ranking and form got the better of the Frenchman, Valentin Royer and won 7-6 (7/4), 7-5 and made his way into the second round where he will me the second seed Felix Auger-Aliassime.

Speaking about the win, after the match, Tsitsipas said, “I am trying to come to the net as much as possible. Whenever a ball is short I try to capture it inside the baseline. That’s where I shined the most. I felt confidence running through my veins. My offensive strategy helped me today, my composure was excellent.”