Tennis-Alcaraz eases previous Medjedovic in Cincinnati for fiftieth win of the season | Tennis Information

The Spanish second seed additionally secured his thirteenth consecutive win at an ATP Masters 1000 event, changing three of seven break factors in a deliberate, slow-paced contest.

Handled for neck ache after the primary set, Medjedovic ramped up within the second to shorten rallies, out-hitting Alcaraz 25–16 on winners however committing 38 unforced errors to the Spaniard’s 18.

“I do know he is a very highly effective participant,” Alcaraz mentioned.

“His pictures are extremely laborious to return. He has an enormous serve additionally. I do know he would not prefer to run an excessive amount of backward and forward, so my plan was to make him run as a lot as I may.”

Monte Carlo and Rome champion Alcaraz subsequent faces Italian Luca Nardi as he continues his bid for an eight Masters 1000 title.

Earlier, Andrey Rublev rallied from a set all the way down to edge Alexei Popyrin 6-7 7-6 7-5 in a fierce 3-1/2-hour battle.

The Russian ninth seed will play in opposition to Argentine Franciso Comesana, who claimed a surprising 6-7 6-4 7-5 win over American Reilly Opelka.

Within the girls’s draw, second seed Coco Gauff superior after Ukraine’s Dayana Yastremska withdrew from their third-round conflict because of sickness. The American will face Lucia Bronzetti, who beat twenty third seed Jelena Ostapenko 1-6 6-3 6-4.

It marked the second third-round walkover, following fellow Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk’s withdrawal earlier than her match in opposition to Polish third seed Iga Swiatek. The Wimbledon champion will tackle Romanian Sorana Cirstea within the spherical of 16.

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