Day Six in Cincy noticed Carlos Alcaraz maintain his Cincinnati title push alive, notching his fiftieth win of 2025 with a straight-sets victory over Hamad Medjedovic.
The Spaniard’s motion and angles proved an excessive amount of for the big-hitting Serbian, who pale in key rallies after receiving neck remedy. Alcaraz now meets fortunate loser Luca Nardi, who eased previous sixteenth seed Jakub Mensik in simply 66 minutes when the Czech retired early within the second set.
Andrey Rublev produced one in every of his grittiest performances of the season, outlasting Alexei Popyrin in a three-and-a-half-hour thriller that examined each gamers’ legs and lungs in Ohio’s sweltering circumstances.
Francisco Comesana delivered one other upset by taking out Reilly Opelka, whereas Karen Khachanov powered previous Jenson Brooksby in straight units.
Alexander Zverev was a recreation away from victory over Brandon Nakashima earlier than lightning halted play and the winner will face Khachanov within the fourth spherical as soon as they end underneath clearer skies.
Day 6 at a Look
- Longest Match: Rublev def. Popyrin – 3h 30m
- Quickest Win: Nardi def. Mensik – 66m
- Greatest Upset: Nardi def. Mensik
- Milestone: Alcaraz earns fiftieth win of 2025
- Seeds Out: Mensik, Popyrin
- Suspended Matches: Zverev leads Nakashima 6-4, 5-4 – to renew Wednesday. Shelton vs Bautista Agut – performed Wednesday.
Day Six Cincinnati Open 2025 Spherical of 32 Outcomes
Winner | Loser | Scoreline |
---|---|---|
Ben Shelton (5) | Roberto Bautista Agut | 7-6(3), 6-3 |
Jiri Lehecka (22) | Adam Walton | 7-6(5) 7-6(3) |
Karen Khachanov (14) | Jenson Brooksby (WC) | 6-3 6-3 |
Alexander Zverev (3) | Brandon Nakashima (27) | 6-4 6-4 |
Francisco Comesana | Reilly Opelka | 6-7(4) 6-4 7-5 |
Andrey Rublev (9) | Alexei Popyrin (21) | 6-7(5) 7-6(5) 7-5 |
Luca Nardi (LL) | Jakub Mensik (16) | 6-2 2-1 RET |
Carlos Alcaraz (2) | Hamad Medjedovic | 6-4 6-4 |
Key Matches
Carlos Alcaraz def. Hamad Medjedovic, 6-4, 6-4
Carlos Alcaraz notched his fiftieth win of 2025, defeating Hamad Medjedovic 6-4, 6-4 in 95 minutes to achieve the Cincinnati Open fourth spherical.
The World No. 2, weathering Ohio’s warmth, outmanoeuvred the highly effective Serbian by forcing lateral motion, changing three of seven break factors.
Medjedovic is an actual brute on the court docket, however he’s much less efficient when having to run in circles, which is what Carlos could make you do. A neck damage he obtained from remedy additionally didn’t assist, and he appeared to bail out of fairly just a few rallies with poorly executed drop photographs.
Alcaraz subsequent faces Luca Nardi because the Italian routed Jakub Mensik for the lack of simply three video games
Andrey Rublev def. Alexei Popyrin, 6-7(5), 7-6(5), 7-5
Andrey Rublev outlasted twenty first seed Alexei Popyrin in a gruelling 6-7(5), 7-6(5), 7-5 marathon after three hours and half-hour.
This was an actual battle of attrition within the warmth, and I believe it was a much-needed ‘massive’ win for Rublev as he resisted 14 aces and 35 winners from Popyrin earlier than breaking late within the third set to come back by way of.
Barring Qatar, it’s been a reasonably crap season for the Russian and he’s misplaced most of his matches which have gone deep into the third set, notably in opposition to Etcheverry in Halle and Halys in Dubai.
Alexander Zverev vs. Brandon Nakashima, 6-4, 5-4 (Suspended)
Alexander Zverev was poised to achieve the fourth spherical, main Brandon Nakashima 6-4, 5-4, when lightning and heavy rain halted play at 9:03 p.m.
The 2021 champion, up a set and a break, will resume Wednesday to serve out the match, and if he serves like he did on Tuesday, that ought to be a formality as he received 80% of factors behind his first supply. Khachanov awaits the winner.
Karen Khachanov def. Jenson Brooksby, 6-3, 6-3
Karen Khachanov powered previous American Jenson Brooksby 6-3, 6-3 in 80 minutes. Contemporary off a Toronto ultimate, the Russian overwhelmed Brooksby with seven aces and 12 forehand winners,
Brooksby is commonly a difficult buyer together with his recreation type, however Khachanov is uber strong, and except you have got Dan Evans’ recreation type, it’s not straightforward to unsettle him.
Highlights
Cincinnati Open 2025 Day 7 Spherical of 16 Matches
- Jannik Sinner (1) vs Adrian Mannarino (Q)
- Felix Auger-Aliassime (23) vs Benjamin Bonzi
- Taylor Fritz (4) vs Terence Atmane (Q)
- Frances Tiafoe (10) vs Holger Rune (7)