World No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka and second-ranked Coco Gauff were sent crashing out of the ATP-WTA Cincinnati Open on Friday as Carlos Alcaraz fought off a fierce challenge from Andrey Rublev to reach the semifinals.

Look, we’ve all been there – you make plans with someone, they get hurt, and suddenly everyone else wants to step in as the replacement. But Aryna Sabalenka?

World number one Aryna Sabalenka storms into the quarter-finals of the Cincinnati Open with a routine win over Spain's Jessica Bouzas Maneiro.

Aryna Sabalenka became the second player to cause a stir with their choice of water bottle at the Cincinnati Open. Earlier this week, Carlos Alcaraz got into an argument with chair umpire Greg Allensworth when he was told off for drinking from reusable Evian bottles, repeatedly telling the official: “It’s not my fault.”