Iga Swiatek vs Anastasia Potapova Prediction & Picks - WTA Cincinnati Open

Prediction published on 8/9/25, 7:38 AM  by Lou Aguila | Modified on 8/9/25 at 7:59 PM in Tennis Picks

Reigning Wimbledon Open champion Iga Swiatek starts a fresh campaign at the 2025 Cincinnati Open against Anastasia Potapova of Russia in the second round on Saturday.

Swiatek is raring to bounce back from a subpar campaign in Montreal, where she was upset by 6(1)-7 3-6 by Clara Tauson of Denmark in the fourth round. It was an unexpected result from Swiatek, who boasts a 79.1 percent win rate on hard courts and has put together a dominant title run at the 2025 Wimbledon Open. Regardless, Swiatek remains one of the players to watch out for in this WTA-1000 level tournament, which serves as the final warmup event before the 2025 US Open, which will take place later in August.

Potapova bested Laura Siegemund of Germany 6-4. 6-4 to arrange a second-round clash with Swiatek. The victory ended Potapova’s three-match losing streak, which includes defeats at the hands of the newly-crowned Canadian Open champion Victoria Mboko in Washington 2-6, 4-6 and three-set heartbreaker to Antonio Ruzic at the National Bank Open in Montreal, 6-2 5-7 0-6.