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Alex Eala vs Amanda Anisimova in Cincinnati Open third round. Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images via AFP
- Alex Eala faces another top-10 player in Amanda Anisimova in the Cincinnati Open third round at Lindner Family Tennis Center in Mason, Ohio.
Cincinnati Open second round schedule
August 18, Tuesday
- 10:20 a.m. – Alex Eala vs Amanda Anisimova
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- But another error leads to a ninth deuce
- Anisimova back with the advantage, break point number six
- Both players trading costly errors, eighth deuce
- Eala error. Anisimova break point anew
- Grueling fifth game heads to a seventh deuce
- Anisimova backhand blasts through the open space for the fourth break point of the game
- Anisimova error leads to the sixth deuce of the fifth game
- Eala out. Anisimova break point again
- Anisimova short on the return, Eala advantage
- Anisimova forces the deuce
- Eala lucky shot, apologizes to Anisimova. Filipino with the advantage
- Eala wide, Anisimova second break point
- Anisimova forehand goes long, deuce
- Anisimova wins the rally, advantage break point
- Eala has Anisimova going the other way, 40-15
- Eala out, Anisimova hangs on to tie the match, 2-2
- Anisimova service giving Eala some trouble early, deuce
- Anisimova forehand short, Eala advantage break point
- Eala finds the tough angle, 30-40
- Anisimova return error. Eala 2-1
- Anisimova service winner to level, 1-1
- Eala takes the first game, 1-0
- After a long delay, the match is underway. Eala 15-0
- Eala serving first
We’ve been waiting 🍿
Amanda 🆚 Alex #CincyTennis pic.twitter.com/syW5HsdXi9
— Cincinnati Open (@CincyTennis) August 18, 2026
- Match about to begin in a few minutes.
- Noskova, the Czech World No. 8 and Cincinnati sixth seed, beat Clara Tauson to advance.
- Winner of this match moves on to face Wimbledon champion Linda Noskova for a spot in the quarterfinal.
Alexandra Eala of the Philippines plays Elena-Gabriela Ruse of Romania during day 5 of the Cincinnati Open at the Lindner Family Tennis Center on August 15, 2026 in Mason, Ohio. Matthew Stockman/Getty Images/AFP
Alex Eala got off her Cincinnati Open debut in a manner of finish she really didn’t want as second round foe Elena-Gabriela Ruse retired while trailing because of a foot injury.
A 6-1, 3-0 win, carved out after the Filipina ace won the last six games of the first set after being broken in her first service game, had Eala advancing to the chance of taking out another Top 10 WTA player in Amanda Anisimova on Tuesday (Manila time).
This will be the first meeting between the two, and at stake is the chance to take on reigning Wimbledon champion Linda Noskova, the Czech who will play an Eala victim, Clara Tauson of Denmark, in the third round. And Eala would just be all too willing to chalk up a win over Anisimova and add her to a list of top 10 victims that led to a maiden WTA title in Washington DC two weeks ago.
Amanda Anisimova of the United States celebrates match point during a match against Zeynep Sonmez of Turkiye on day five of the Cincinnati Open at Lindner Family Tennis Center on August 15, 2026 in Mason, Ohio. Emilee Chinn/Getty Images/AFP
World number 10 Amanda Anisimova is unfazed by Alex Eala’s massive crowd support ahead of their third-round duel at the Cincinnati Open in Ohio.
Despite playing on home turf, the ninth-seed American expects to see a stadium filled with more fans rallying behind the WTA Tour’s hottest draw in Eala.
Anisimova also sees herself thriving in the high-energy atmosphere, which was once described by four-time Grand Slam winner Naomi Osaka as “more like a basketball game” than a tennis match.
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