Carlos Alcaraz beat the warmth and humidity of a Midwest summer season because the world quantity two superior to the fourth spherical of the ATP and WTA Cincinnati Open on Tuesday.
The Spanish second seed stored his publicity to a minimal in 32 Celsius situations, taking an environment friendly 95 minutes to dispatch Serb Hamad Medjedovic 6-4, 6-4, for his fiftieth match win of the 12 months.
“Medjedovic would not prefer to run that a lot, so I attempted to maneuver him round as a lot as attainable,” Alcaraz mentioned. “However it was troublesome with the ball flying a lot and his pictures coming so quick. I attempted to defend in a great way.”
Alcaraz has been on a tear in 2025 as he chases Jannik Sinner within the ATP rankings, and now owns 13 straight victories on the Masters 1000 stage.
He’ll play for the quarter-finals towards Luca Nardi after the Italian defeated Jakob Mensik 6-2, 2-1 with the Czech retiring after 42 minutes.
5-time Grand Slam winner Alcaraz, who’s getting ready for the approaching US Open begin, added: “I used to be actually joyful to get the win in a really troublesome match.
“The season may be very lengthy and in at the very least half of your matches you do not really feel that good .
“However it’s a must to keep optimistic and play your finest tennis on the day. I am proud about that. It is a aim of the season.”
Francisco Comesano and Reilly Opelka each felt the warmth of their mid-day match, which was interrupted for 45 minutes by rain, because the Argentine limped to a 6-7 , 6-4, 7-5 win whereas saving three match factors.
Comesano wanted a medical trip halfway by means of the second set, however got here again out to proceed what become a battle of practically three hours towards the American.
Opelka known as for the physician simply moments from his eventual loss, complaining of dizziness and hypertension after being damaged for 5-6 within the ultimate set.
After a fast session at his chair, Opelka was again on courtroom to weakly scoop a return into the web on his opponent’s second match level.
The 71st-ranked South American will face ninth seed Andrey Rublev, who beat Australian Alexei Popyrin 6-7 , 7-6 , 7-5.
Opelka, famous for his huge serve, fired 27 aces but in addition dedicated practically 60 unforced errors. Comesano broke on 4 of his 13 possibilities.
He’s the primary Argentine into the Cincy spherical of 16 since Diego Schwartzman in 2022.
Within the WTA draw, second seed Coco Gauff eased into the fourth spherical when opponent Dayana Yastremska withdrew earlier than their Tuesday match.
The American, who received the 2023 Cincinnati title and adopted up with a US Open crown, will await an opponent from former Roland Garros champion Jelena Ostapenko and Italian Lucia Bronzetti.
Yastremska was unable to play on account of sickness, the WTA mentioned.
Seventh seed Jasmine Paolini, final season’s Roland Garros and Wimbledon finalist, defeated American Ashlyn Krueger 7-6, , 6-1 whereas German qualifier Ella Seidel continued her robust exhibiting with a 6-4, 2-6, 7-6 defeat of McCartney Kessler.
Two-time Grand Slam champion Barbora Krejcikova outlasted American Iva Jovic 6-4, 3-6, 6-2.
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