Spanish tennis player Carlos Alcaraz defeated Marin Cilic with a score of 7:6 (4), 6:1 and thus continued his march towards second place on the ATP list.
Against Cilic, “Carlitos” showed mental toughness by winning the first-set tiebreak, despite dropping a set point twice earlier. The second part of the game was “doing” the job and the Spaniard routinely finished the job with a double break.
- I know that Marin is a very aggressive player, I had to be very focused on the match. I knew how difficult it was going to be and that I had to be mentally strong the whole match. I believed that I would have a chance to break his serve, I am satisfied with the game – said Alcaraz.
By the way, with his victory over Cilic, Alcaraz became the youngest quarterfinalist at the Masters in Cincinnati since Andy Mario, who achieved the same feat in 2006.
In the next round, he will face a duel against the British Cameron Norrie, who easily defeated the American Brian Shelton in two sets, 6:0, 6:2.
There is no doubt that Alcaraz will be extremely motivated in that duel, because if he wins the tournament in Cincinnati, and he is well on his way, he could leapfrog Alexander Zverev and Rafael Nadal and reach the 2nd position on the ATP list, which would be his career placement.
John Isner also made it to the quarterfinals, winning a duel with compatriot Sebastiano Corda, 7:6, 1:6, 7:6, and he will play in the quarterfinals against Stefanos Tsitsipas, who defeated Diego Schwartzman in two sets, 6:3. 6:3.
The world’s best tennis player, Daniil Medvedev, also made it to the top eight in Cincinnati.
In a difficult match against Denis Shapovalov, the Russian managed to break the resistance of the unpleasant Canadian after an hour and 46 minutes of play – 7:5, 7:5.
His rival for a place in the semi-finals will be Taylor Fritz, who defeated Andrei Rublev 6:7, 6:2, 7:5 after a reversal.
Borna Coric also found out about his opponent in the semi-finals. Felix Auger-Aliassime managed to come back from an impossible situation and beat Jannik Sinner. The Canadian was losing 2:6, Sinner had 5:6 in the second set and two match points, but in the end Felix turned around and won the second set in a tie break, and then the deciding one, and that routinely – 6:1.
