Cincinnati, Carlos Alcaraz suffers and beats Andrey Rublev: he is in the semifinals

A hard-fought victory for Carlos Alcaraz, who qualified for the semifinals of the Cincinnati tournament after folding Andrey Rublev in three sets with a score of 6-3, 4-6, 7-5 in two and a quarter hours of play. In the semifinals, the world number two will face the winner of the match between Ben Shelton and Alexander Zverev.

Good first set for Jannik Sinner’s rival, who steals the Russian’s serve in the third game by immediately taking advantage of the first break point of the match and proves to be unconquerable during the serve-in. The situation changes significantly in the second partial, the Murcia tennis player forces a lot of plays and in the seventh game loses his service, never being able to recover it again. Rublev rises in level and especially improves on serve, sending the world number two into difficulty in response.

The balance is also confirmed in the third and decisive set, with break and counterbreak at the eighth and ninth games. In the twelfth game comes the champion’s break: Alcaraz raises the level at the key moment while Rublev commits too many errors, the Spaniard wins the break and closes the challenge.

The balance is confirmed in the third and decisive set.