The only Spaniard still playing in the Masters 1,000 in Cincinnati, Carlos Alcaraz was untroubled and reached the quarterfinals of the tournament with a 7-6(4) and 6-1 win over Croatian Marin Cilicin a week in which he seeks to crown the third 1,000 of his career.
Alcaraz, number 4 in the world, became the youngest Cincinnati quarter-finalist since Britain’s Andy Murray (2006) and He will face fellow Briton Cameron Norrie in the next round.executioner of young Ben Shelton.
The Murcian continues the roller on the concrete of the Lindner Family Tennis Center, where he opened on Tuesday with an authoritarian 6-3 and 6-2 in 65 minutes against the American Mackenzie McDonald.
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On the center court and with a temperature of 23 degrees, Alcaraz won in one hour and 39 minutes to confirm the victory he achieved against Cilic earlier this year in Miami. In that case, it will be the second round and the Murcian will end the tournament by being crowned champion.
Since then, Alcaraz won the second Masters 1,000 of his career in Madrid and gained positions in the world ranking until reaching number 4.
With him the pressure increased and, in his growth process, he fell last week in the first round in Montreal against American Tommy Paul. A loss he checked and he left with two outstanding performances in this tournament starting in Cincinnati.
Ante Cilic, semi-finalist this year at Roland Garros and Queen’s, Alcaraz earned a break in the first game and held it to 5-4when he wasted 40-15 on his serve and made three double faults that made his job difficult.
He needs the tiebreaker to take advantage. He did so by regaining power and depth in his shots to win it 7-4.
The Murcian seized the momentum, holding his serve to open the second set and then earning a point-blank break. He nullified two break balls in the light of 2-0 and opened the way to victory with another ‘break’ in the fifth game for the final 6-1.
He ended the match keeping his serve at zero and received a hearty applause from the fans present in the center.
Extends his record to 17-3 in the Masters 1,000 this year and the only one capable of winning more than one this season.
In the quarterfinals, Alcaraz comes out with a 3-0 record in bouts with Cameron Norriethat gave young American Ben Shelton (n.229) no option, beating him 6-0, 6-2.
Alcaraz beat him this year in Indian Wells and Madrid and also in 2021, at the US Open.
The game, like Thursday’s, will close the night program on center court this Friday, starting at 8:30 pm local time (2:30 am on Saturdays in Spain).
Results of the day
Round of 16
Carlos Alcaraz d. Marin Cilic 7-6 (7/4), 6-1
Borna Coric a Robert Baptist 6-2, 6-3
Daniil Medvedev d. Denis Shapovalov 7-5, 7-5
Taylor Fritz d. Andrey Rublev 6-7 (4/7), 6-2, 7-5
Stefanos Tsitsipas beat Diego Schwartzman 6-3, 6-3
John Isner def. Sebastian Korda 7-6 (7/3), 1-6, 7-6 (7/4)
Cameron Norrie defeated Ben Shelton 6-0, 6-2
Felix Auger-Aliassime d. Jannik Sinner 2-6, 7-6 (7/1), 6-1
Source: La Verdad
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