Play for a few games on Tuesday in the Cincinnati Masters, was hindered for about 45 minutes by rain and at the end of the day one game did not finish and another at night suspended.
I am just very happy to win the victory. Carlos Alcaraz
In the interim, Carlos Alcaraz took his 50th victory for the season when he led by Hamad Mejedovic 6-4 6-4 in difficult circumstances for his 13th consecutive victory over Masters level.
“I know he is a really powerful player,” Alcaraz said later. “His shots are incredibly difficult to return. He also has a big serve. I know he doesn’t like to keep from left to right, so my plan was to let him run as much as possible.
“It was difficult because his ball flies and it comes very quickly, but I am just happy that I usually did it, tried to defend in a good way. I am just very happy to win the victory.”
From the start, the two 22-year-olds fought hard for the initial supremacy that the Spaniards fell away when the Serbs were forced to save three breaking points at 3-All to crack with a double error, at the age of four.
After a treatment for a neck problem at the end of the first set, Medjedovic tried to shorten the points in the second with an more aggressive approach and was rewarded in the sixth game when he succeeded in breaking Alcaraz.
However, the Serbian was unable to maintain that level and yielded two consecutive drop-shots to return the benefit to Spanish world No. 2 with a new break for 4-3.
There was no way that Alcaraz would let his opponent go back in the game and he finally went to the fourth round after 95 minutes of play.
After he has already lifted titles in Monte-Carlo and Rome in his current Masters 1000 winning streak, Alcaraz will then compete against Luca Nardi while haunting his eighth trophy at that level.
The Italian, which played a happy losing card, led the 16th placed Czech, Jakub Mensik 6-2 2-1 when the 19-year-old Miami champion, currently arranged at 18, withdrew from the third round of the couple.
In other action, the ninth seed came from Russia, Andrey Rublev, the possible quarter opponent of Alcaraz, a three-hour marathon, 30 minutes against the Australian sowed 21, Alexei Pofyrin 6-7 (5) 7-6 (5) 7-5.
The players were forced from the court when the rain arrived during the decisive set with the Aussie at 1-2.
Francisco Comesaña conquered a rain delay and some heavy portion
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Francisco Comesana was also hit by the rain in his game with Reilly Opelka, but he eventually had 6-7 (4) 6-4 7-5 over the 6’11 “American after three hours and 8 minutes.
Before the rain break, the Argentinian saved one match point and the two others when they returned while serving at 5-4 in the decision maker.
Home favorite Opelka then called a medical time out before Comesana brought the marathon match to an end.
In the only other competition that was completed in the day, the Czech Jiri Lehecka defeated the Adam Walton of Australia with 7-6 (5) with 7-6 (3) and wait for the result of the Ben Shelton versus Roberto Bautista Agut competition that was hung at night.
In the meantime, the third placed Alexander Zverev will spend a nervous night because his match with Brandon Nakashima was stopped with the German ready to serve for his fourth round.
The German, champion in 2021, had just broken for a 6-4 5-4 lead when Lightning forced the organizers to stop the game at 9/2130 Local Time.
While heavy rainfall followed. The decision to cancel a further game was then reluctantly reached.
Alexander Zverev was forced at a crucial point of the court
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When the game is resumed on Wednesday, Zverev will try to serve the game and set a meeting of the fourth round with Karen Khahanov, who made the German upset in the semi -final of Toronto last week after saving a match point.
Khachanov, who brought Ben Shelton to a third set of Tie-Break in the Toronto final, defeated the American Wild Card Jenson Brooksby 6-3 6-3 to reach the fourth round in what an excellent hard court fluctuation is for Russian.
“I finished in a high tone last year and then had a good low season,” said Khachanov. “I had a good level at the start of the year, but I just didn’t win the close one. But I started to have better results in the clay season and then the grass season. I am really happy to play consistently and go through the rounds.”
His expected collision with Zverev could be interesting.
A general representation during the competition between Reilly Opelka and Francisco Comesaña
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