Barty meets the victor's winner between the Czech Karolina Pliskova and the Swiss Jil Teichmann. Kerber failed the revenge for the semi-final defeat against Barty in Wimbledon. The Australian had turned the Germans on the way to Triumph in London. In Cincinnati, 33-year-old Kerber had previously reached the final twice, but not yet won there. The hard space tournament doped with a good 1.8 million dollars is considered test for the US Open in New York, which started one and a half weeks, the last Grand Slam Tournament of the Year.