Alcaraz secures 50th win of 2025 at Cincinnati Open

Carlos Alcaraz says for half nan matches of nan tennis season, players "don't consciousness that good" arsenic nan Spaniard secured a tour-leading 50th triumph of 2025 astatine nan Cincinnati Open.

The 22-year-old cruised past Serbian Hamad Medjedovic successful consecutive sets 6-4 6-4 successful nan 3rd information to besides declare his 13th consecutive Masters 1000 win.

Alcaraz is nan first subordinate since 24-time awesome champion Novak Djokovic, from 2013 to 2016, to scope 50 wins successful 4 consecutive seasons.

The world number 2 will look Italian Luca Nardi successful nan 4th information connected Wednesday.

"You person to deliberation affirmative and conscionable play your champion tennis imaginable that day," said nan five-time Grand Slam winner.

"I'm really happy that successful really difficult matches I'm capable to play my champion tennis moreover though I'm not emotion nan correct way.

"I'm conscionable happy and proud astir it because it's thing I'm moving on."

Lucky loser Nardi, 22, led 16th seed Jakub Mensik 6-2 2-1 erstwhile nan Czech retired from their third-round match.

The first group betwixt Medjedovic and Alcaraz was tight successful nan sweltering Ohio conditions but nan Spaniard sewage nan break for 4-3 earlier sealing nan opener.

Medjedovic past received curen from nan physio for cervix pain.

Medjedovic, who is besides 22, had a chance successful nan 2nd group to return nan lead astatine 3-3, but his effort astatine 2 driblet shots some deed nan net. Alcaraz edged up to return a 4-3 advantage erstwhile again, and he wrapped up triumph soon after.

Alcaraz has won 7 ATP Masters 1000 trophies successful his career, including nan Monte Carlo and Rome titles this year.

He besides successfully defended his French Open title by beating world number 1 Jannik Sinner successful an bonzer last astatine Roland Garros successful June, earlier Italian Sinner defeated him successful nan Wimbledon final a period later.

Following nan tourney successful Cincinnati, Alcaraz heads to New York for nan past Grand Slam of nan campaign, nan US Open, which originates connected 24 August.

Players person been struggling pinch nan power during this week's tournament, pinch temperatures regularly exceeding 30C.

Francisco Comesana and Reilly Opelka some took aesculapian timeouts during their third-round match, which was besides interrupted for 45 minutes by rain.

Argentine Comesana won 6-7 (4-7) 6-4 7-5, redeeming 3 lucifer points, but he needed aesculapian attraction successful nan 2nd set, pinch a shot woman rushing to manus nan 24-year-old a sick container arsenic he made his measurement gingerly backmost to his seat.

American Opelka, 27, besides called for nan expert successful nan last set, complaining of dizziness and precocious humor unit aft being surgery for 5-6.