Alcaraz, Medvedev and Halep advanced

The Spanish Carlos Alcaraz, the Russian Daniil Medvedev and the Romanian Simona Halep The tournament started on the right foot this Tuesday Cincinnatiwhere the Americans Serena Williams had a bitter farewell, as he fell 6-4 and 6-0 against the British Emma Raducanu in his last involvement with these tracks.

in the removal of quietchampion of 23 majors, also joined Coco gauffforced to retire in his debut due to a left ankle injury, and the Greek Maria sakkariwho fell to Caroline of France Garcia.

ALCARAZ RELAUNCHES

Alcaraz put aside the loss she suffered last week in her debut in Montreal and authoritatively defeated American Mackenzie McDonald (n.72) 6-3, 6-2.

The Murcian liquidated his first match on the track grand booth of Lindner Family Tennis Center in one hour and five minutes and he is in the third round, where he will face the Croatian maritime Cilic, who won 6-4, 6-7(5) and 7-5 against Finn Emil Ruusuvuori.

Alcaraz reaffirmed the victory he achieved against McDonald last year in Indian Wells, defeating him in doubles 6-3 en route to the semifinals, where he will face his compatriot Rafa Nadal.

Waiting for Rafael nadalwho will make his debut this Wednesday against Croatian Borna Coric, and of Paula Badosa and Garbine MuguruzaSpanish tennis lost to Pablo Carreño, champion of the Montreal Masters 1,000 on Sunday, Albert bouquets and Alexander Davidovich.

Carreño paid for his thirteenth double fault and surrendered to Serbian Miomir KecmanovicRamos fell for the Italian Fabio Fognini Y Davidovich Australian Nick is not included Kyrgios.

Medvedev recovered

Daniil Medvedev, world number 1, also got off to a winning start, defeating Dutchman Botic Van de Zandschulp 6-4, 7-5, in a match in which the Russian overturned a set point in the second set.

Medvedev bounced back after losing last week in his debut in Montreal against Nick Kyrgios.

The Russian needs to reach at least the quarterfinals in this tournament if he wants to be sure of maintaining the first position in the world ranking for another week.

If I didn’t, nadal he will take it from him with final victory. The Mallorcan is returning to compete for the first time since sustaining his stomach injury at Wimbledon and won this tournament in 2013.

In the next round, Medvedev He will face American Tommy Paul or Canadian Denis Shapovalov.

SERENA’S GOODBYE

In the women’s category, the elimination of Serena Williams, who was defeated by the authority of Raducanu, the current champion of the United States Open, stands out.

The 40-year-old Serena announced last week that she was ready to retire from tennis, and while she didn’t say it outright, she suggested it would happen after the next US Open.

He had hoped for a longer run at the Lindner Family Tennis Center, but the draw matched him in the first round with one of the most talented players of the new generation. She showed it in a commanding victory, 6-4 and 6-0, but it didn’t spoil the party the Cincinnati public had thrown for Serena.

HALEP ADVANCES AND SAKKARI FALLS

The Romanian has to suffer to advance Simona Halepchampion on Sunday at torontowho defeated the Russian 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 Anastasia Potapova.

The Romanian is in the second round and will face the Russian Veronika Kudermetova. If she advances, she could rival Spaniard Paula Badosa, who opens this Wednesday against Australian Ajla Tomljianovic.

The surprise came from Caroline Garcia of France, who defeated Maria Sakkari, number 3 in the world ranking, 7-6(2), 6-7(6) and 6-1.

SCHWARTZMAN WINS MARATHON FROM KARATSEV

The day was closed by Argentine Diego Schwartzman with a 7-6(3), 3-6, 6-2 win over Russian Aslan Karatsev, after a battle that lasted almost three hours.

Schwartzmann He has the support of a large part of the fans present in the stadium and in the next round he will face the winner of the match between the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas and the Serbian Filip Krajnović.