By Richard Pagliaro | Wednesday, August 13, 2025
Photo Credit: Matthew Calvis
Frances Tiophoe’s Run Cincinnati ended up in a painful exit – which can also damage his open hopes in the US.
Holger Rune He held a 6-4, 3-1 lead in today’s match Cincinnati Open when Tieafoe was forced to withdraw with a lower injury.
Rune with the seventh seed progressed in the quarter -finals of Cincinnati, where he will face either his third direct American opponent, Taylor Fritz in the fourth, or the French qualification of another atmate.
Rune retaliated with a 4-6, 6-1, 7-6 (4) loss to Tiefoe in the 2024 cencinnati semifinals who saw the former US Finalist rescue some matches.
Be better soon, the enemy@Holgerrune2003 It reaches the quarter-finals 6-4 3-1 RET while the TIFOE retires due to a back injury. #Cincytennis pic.twitter.com/8n3r1dt3yb
– Tenis TV (@tennistv) 13 August 2025
After Tiephae went up to 3-0, Rune won nine of the next 11 games before he retired.
“Next a way of coming to end the match, he was injured, that’s never beautiful,” Rune Steve Weissman told Tenis Channel. “Frances is a great player especially in America, he plays very well. I had to be ready and was …
“I stayed there there tried to focus on more details that I worked on in my game than in the big look. I admit it would take some time, but I just kept fighting.”
Today’s retirement means 27-year-old Tieafoe falls from the first 15 to No. 17 in the live rankings. Tiefoe’s rear will be a concern ahead of US Open, which begins on August 24.
Tiephae, who reached the quarter -finals in Roland Garros and Washington, DC, is facing the increased pressure of protecting the semifinal points from 2024 US Open.
