WTA Cincinnati: Gauff advances to the Round of 16 without playing, while the German dark horse continues her journey.

On August 12 local time, the WTA 1000 Cincinnati tournament held the third round of the women's singles lower half, where Czech star Krejcikova fought for 2 hours and 28 minutes to defeat 17-year-old lucky loser Jovic with a score of 6-4, 3-6, 6-2. Krejcikova will face the 7th seed Paolini in the next round, a rematch of last year's Wimbledon final. At that time, the Czech player won in three sets and lifted her second Grand Slam trophy, currently holding a 2-0 head-to-head record against the Italian. Paolini saved a set point in the first set of her third-round match and defeated the 26th seed Krueger with a score of 7-6(2), 6-1.

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Due to the withdrawal of 32nd seed Yastremska before the match due to illness, 2nd seed Gauff advanced without playing. Just over a month ago, the Ukrainian had caused an upset by eliminating Gauff in the first round of Wimbledon. Gauff will face Italian player Bronzetti in the fourth round, who came back to defeat the 23rd seed Ostapenko with a score of 1-6, 6-3, 6-4.

20-year-old German qualifier Seidel continues her dark horse journey, saving two match points in the final set tiebreak to upset the 29th seed Kessler with a score of 6-4, 2-6, 7-6(6). This is her third career victory over a TOP 50 player in her first WTA 1000 main draw, having previously defeated seeded players Navarro and Kessler this week. Seidel's fourth-round opponent will be fellow qualifier Glatch, who defeated the 11th seed Muchova with a score of 6-2, 6-4.

The 4th seed Pegula and the 31st seed Rybakina's match was interrupted by rain with a score of 6-7(5), 6-3. The winner of this match will face the winner between the 16th seed Townsend and Kudermetova in the fourth round, which has been postponed to the next day due to rain.

(Text and editing by Wang Fei, image by Visual China)