Alcaraz, two triumphs of a majestic brand: he beat Rublev and got into Cincinnati semi

Carlos Alcaraznumber two in the world, he returned to the activity as if time had not happened. After a short pause after reaching the Wimbledon final, where he was defeated by the Italian Jannik Sinner, the Spanish -younger to reach the top of the ATP -ranking- Cincinnati was presented at the Masters 1000 without affections in his game and with the only and clear objective of adding a new title. After two hours and 17 minutes, He marked the exit to Russian Andrey Rublev (11th) by 6-3, 4-6 and 7-5, to access semifinals.

Fulfilling all the expectations that the world deposits in it, but also with the own, the pupil of Juan Carlos Ferrero, owner of five Grand Slam trophies and silver medalist at the Olympic Games of Paris 2024, knocked down each of its contestants And, yielding two partials on their route, against Damir Dzumhur (56º) in the debut and this recent versus the Moscow, a ticket for the SF was secured In the American contest, which has a Sinner defending champion (1st).

After eliminating the aforementioned Dzumhur, Serbio Hamad Medjedovic (72º) and Italian Luca Nardi (98º), the 22 year old Murcia He did the same in the quarterfinals against Rublevchampion of two M1000 tournaments (Monte-Carlo 2023 and Madrid 2024), in a match in which he had to look Continue dreaming of unlocking a new championship.

Carlitos, faithful to what is done throughout 2025, the year in which he has five titles distributed on all surfaces (Beijing, Monte-Carlo, Rome, Roland Garros and Queen’s), easily accelerated every time he had to use the drive in the first partial. However, then His rival grew and his tennis suffered some moments of turbulence. Especially in the decisive set, the Russian of 27 birthday, a world class player but with ups and downs that by sections make it vulnerable, caused a great scare to the Spanish genius and had opportunities to mark distance.

With hierarchy, however, Alcaraz won the pulse, reached his 82 ° triumph in events of this calibercelebrated in 37 of its last 39 commitments and He got 12 ° opportunity among the four best in the category. This figure is equal to that of its countryman Carlos Moyá, being located on the podium of the compatriots with the greatest number of presence in that instance, only behind Rafael Nadal (78) and David Ferrer (18).

But there is more: He reaped the 52 victory in the season (six losses) and, if he is a champion, he will reach, before the United States Open, the same amount of victories achieved throughout 2024 (54)statistical that quantitatively remarks what at this point is an odyssey to describe with words.

The next Spanish adversary, on the way to the 22nd trophy of his life, will be the winner of the commitment between German Alexander Zverev (3rd) and the local Ben Shelton (6th), proclaimed in Toronto days. In the other Semis, meanwhile, he says his staunch tennis rival Jannik Sinner (he will face the revelation of the Terence Atmanent tournament), with whom he could be measured in the final for the fourth time in the calendar current.

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