Carlos Alcaraz suffered a shock second-round exit on the Cincinnati Open by the hands of veteran Frenchman Gael Monfils in a rain-delayed conflict.
The match was left balanced on a knife’s edge on Thursday evening when rain cancelled play for the evening after Alcaraz took the primary set 6-4 however discovered himself down 3-1 within the second-set tie-break.
After they returned to motion beneath vibrant however windy situations on Friday, it was 37-year-old Monfils who turned the match round to seal a surprising 4-6 7-6 (7-5) 6-4 success towards the second seed.
Alcaraz was enjoying his first hard-court event since Miami in March, and his first occasion since successful a silver medal on the Paris Olympics.
Monfils might want to pull double obligation in Ohio, the place he’ll return later to face fifteenth seed Holger Rune within the third spherical.
Defeat for Alcaraz means he won’t overtake Novak Djokovic within the ATP rankings this week.
German Alexander Zverev can go each by successful the title in Cincinnati and grow to be world No 2 and second seed on the US Open, avoiding each Djokovic and Alcaraz earlier than the ultimate.
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Bonjour Skai!
Monfils, who’s married to Elina Svitolina, signed the digicam to say hey to their daughter, Skai
Felix Auger-Aliassime recorded the milestone fiftieth Masters 1000 win of his profession with a 6-3 6-1 victory over Casper Ruud to arrange a gathering with British No 1 Jack Draper in a while Friday.
Within the girls’s draw, prime seed Iga Swiatek defeated Marta Kostyuk to achieve the Cincinnati Open quarter-finals, advancing 6-2 6-2 in 70 minutes.
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Highlights of the match between Iga Swiatek and Marta Kostyuk
Swiatek will subsequent face both Jasmine Paolini, the French Open and Wimbledon finalist, or 17-year-old Mirra Andreeva as she bids to achieve the semi-finals for a second yr working.
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