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Cincinnati Open LIVE: Fils and Tiafoe battle for maiden title before Pegula and Gauff face off

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The Cincinnati finals take centre stage on Sunday with the home crowd hoping for double delight. Follow all the action with Flashscore's Tennis Tracker.

[p][b]20:00 CET - [/b]Good evening and welcome back to our Tennis Tracker ahead of both finals in Cincinnati.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/tennis/arthur-f-IoIhUqIN/tiafoe-f-AHDLJaph/?mid=zNi1x8bf"]First up, at 22:30 CET[/a], is [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/arthur-fils/IoIhUqIN/"]Arthur Fils[/a] against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/tiafoe-frances/AHDLJaph/"]Frances Tiafoe[/a].[/p][p]Both have won four ATP titles in the past, but this would be the biggest of their careers. The American, Tiafoe, has been here before on this court, where he lost to [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/sinner-jannik/6HdC3z4H/"]Jannik Sinner[/a] in straight sets two years ago. [/p][p]It is new ground for the Frenchman, who has never played in a Masters final. [/p][p]They have met just once before, making this an intriguing spectacle, with Fils beating Tiafoe in Miami last year over three sets.[/p][image alt="Fils - Tiafoe win probability" id="b0e226da-96f4-4434-b816-57058a63703a" credit-line="Flashscore" guid="160a0559-8038-4eea-bfd0-9209bda6cd8c" original-width="2160" original-height="2700" /][p]Later on in the WTA 1000 event, it's [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/tennis/gauff-c-f5BXmEH6/pegula-j-KdojxrAR/?mid=nL3a3dK7"]an all-American affair[/a] where [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/pegula-jessica/KdojxrAR/"]Jessica Pegula[/a] faces [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/gauff-coco/f5BXmEH6/"]Coco Gauff[/a].[/p][p]We are expecting tension in this one, with no clear favourite and one that could go the distance.[/p][p]Pegula leads the head-to-head 5-4, including going 4-1 on hard courts.[/p][p]For what it is worth, Gauff won their latest encounter in the quarter-finals of Wimbledon a few months ago, but only after rallying from a set down.[/p][image alt="Gauff - Pegula win probability" id="55c7a467-19cd-48e8-9663-9518b7c97f79" credit-line="Flashscore" guid="9b2ffa76-1a6e-4f28-80be-e0f271e50b35" original-width="2160" original-height="2700" /]

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