CINCINNATI: Novak Djokovic cruised previous Gael Monfils and Carlos Alcaraz fended off in-form American Tommy Paul to succeed in the Cincinnati Open quarter-finals on Thursday whereas different high seeds Daniil Medvedev and Stefanos Tsitsipas have been despatched packing. Djokovic, twice a winner in Cincinnati, dominated the baseline rallies in his 6-Three 6-2 win over Monfils and prolonged his good document towards the Frenchman to 19-0 – essentially the most lopsided unbeaten ATP head-to-head document within the Open Period. The Serbian made essentially the most of a unfastened service recreation from Monfils and broke to like at 5-Three within the first set to shut it out.
After racing to a 5-Zero lead within the second he faltered on his first try to serve it out, however accomplished the win two video games later in an hour and eight minutes. Djokovic will subsequent face residence favourite Taylor Fritz. World primary Alcaraz had not seemed like himself in an uneven third spherical efficiency on Tuesday however was firing on all cylinders on Thursday as he harnessed his mighty forehand to chip away at Paul’s defenses within the rain-interrupted battle. Paul cracked the code to beat the 20-year-old earlier this month in Toronto however a handful extra errors from the 14th seed this time round helped Alcaraz get the higher hand in his 7-6(6) 6-7(0) 6-Three victory. Alcaraz got here again from a break down 4 occasions within the first two units however squandered three match factors within the second. The Spaniard was serving at 4-Three and up a break within the decider when rain stopped play for over an hour. He broke Paul’s serve once more within the remaining recreation of the match to guide a quarter-final conflict with Australian Max Purcell.
Medvedev, Tsitsipas exit: Alexander Zverev upset third seed Medvedev 6-Four 5-7 6-Four in a conflict between former champions, breaking the Russian thrice and saving six of eight break factors. The German 16th seed got here into the match with a 6-9 document towards Medvedev and having misplaced all three of their conferences this yr. He’ll subsequent face France’s Adrian Mannarino. Poland’s unseeded Hubert Hurkacz unleashed 11 aces and 27 winners to cruise previous Tsitsipas 6-Three 6-Four in a brisk one hour and 5 minutes, organising a gathering with Australian fortunate loser Alexei Popyrin.