CINCINNATI: Karolina Pliskova upset Angelique Kerber 6-3, 6-1 on Sunday to win the Cincinnati women's title and deny the German a chance to reach the WTA Tour's world number one ranking. It was the second defeat in a final in little more than a week after Kerber lost to Puerto Rican Monica Puig in the gold-medal Rio Olympic match last weekend.

Karolina Pliskova