ATP Masters Cincinnati: Carlos Alcaraz beats Marin Cilic, Jannik Sinner loses to Felix Auger-Aliassime
Carlos Alcaraz is in the quarterfinals of the ATP Masters 1000 tournament in Cincinnati after beating Marin Cilic in two sets. The same applies to Felix Auger-Aliassime, who made a heroic comeback against Jannik Sinner.
by Nikolaus Fink
last edit: Aug 19, 2022, 07:29 am
Carlos Alcaraz seems to be returning to his old strength at the ATP Masters 1000 tournament in Cincinnati: The 19-year-old Spaniard, who has been struggling with slight fluctuations in form in recent weeks, defeated Marin Cilic 7: 6 in the round of 16 of the hard court event ( 4) and 6:1 through. Should the teenager take the title in Ohio, he would tackle the US Open as world number two.
Meanwhile, Jannik Sinner had to accept an extremely bitter defeat: The South Tyrolean was already in the lead against Felix Auger-Aliassime 6: 2 and 4: 2 and a little later when the score was 6: 5 he found two match balls when his opponent served and lost the match ultimately with 6: 2, 6: 7 (1) and 1: 6. Auger.Aliassime meets Borna Coric in the quarterfinals, who took the next Spaniard out of the tournament after beating Rafael Nadal: Roberto Bautista Agut had no chance in the 2: 6 and 3: 6 defeat.
Norre ends Shelton's winning streak
Meanwhile, Ben Shelton's run of success ended in the round of 16. The US wildcard holder lost 6-0, 6-2 to Cameron Norrie in just 58 minutes. The Wimbledon semifinalist now challenges Alcaraz in the quarterfinals.
With John Isner, who beat Sebastian Korda 7: 6 (3), 1: 6 and 7: 6 (4), there is a second local hero in the quarter-finals alongside Taylor Fritz. He is now dealing with Stefanos Tsitsipas, who, like world number one Daniil Medvedev, had already qualified for the round of eight in the afternoon (local time) .