Alexander Zverev won in Cincinnati and stalks Carlos Alcaraz in a relevant list

He Cincinnati 1000 Masters He received with open arms the third racket in the world. After 66 minutes on the court, Alexander Zverev qualified for the third round of the American contest, celebrating its leadership in a generational brand and lurking Carlos Alcaraz (2nd) within a relevant list.

The German, former number 2 of the planet and owner of 24 titles, landed in Ohio seeking the necessary preparation and trust for the US Open, the last Grand Slam of the 2025 and place where he reached the first of the three finals played in the category (use 2020, Roland Garros 2024 and Australian Open 2025).

Starting its journey as one of the favorites behind Jannik Sinner (1st) and the aforementioned Alcaraz, jumped to the track to measure himself in second round with one of the young talents of American tennis as Nishesh Basavareddy (109 °)20 years old and invited by the organization, who had celebrated versus the Australian Aleksandar Vukic (94 °) in the debut.

Backed by his experience, and enduring the moments of brilliance of the premises, the one born in Hamburg came out in search of the necessary responses to keep the Three breaks which offered his opponent along the 66 minutes of action closing Sunday night at the Grandstand.

Firm from your service, with almost 80% effectiveness and without even giving a minimal illusion of break, managed to get into the third round 6-3 and 6-3, Returning to the route that positions it as one of the best players of today and erasing – at least for the moment – some doubts arising in recent months due to surprising falls such as the first round in Wimbledon.

In that way, reached the 156 Victories in Masters 1000 and displaced the Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov (21 °) to position yourself in the top of the list of players born 1990 onwards with more games won in the category.

In addition, “Sasha” shortened the distance with Alcaraz (49), standing in the second location like the Player With more triumphs of 2025 With a total of 40, and in the third round it will be cited in front of another place such as Brandon Nakashima (31 °).

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