Zverev pause Shelton’s tennis and will play his fourth consecutive semifinal in Cincinnati

Victoria by quickly. The German Alexander Zverev, three in the world, defeated the American Ben Shelton (6th), with partials of 6-2 and 6-2, and advanced by fourth consecutive performance to the semifinals of the masters 1000 of Cincinnati. He was champion in 2021 and did Semis in 2023 and 2024 (he did not play the 2022 edition), respectively.

The Ohio Championship, one of the two M1000 events that make up the tour that flows into the United States Open (US Open), feels comfortable to the Hamburg man, 27, a player who drags an irregular present, with more frustrations than joys, and than I needed a triumph of this caliber to reaffirm its conditions and demonstrate to yourself that it has everything to continue obtaining remarkable triumphs.

Sascha, owner of 24 ATP trophies and gold medalist at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, arrived at the tournament after making a good campaign in Toronto, where he reached the semifinals and stayed empty -handed against the Russian Karen Khachanov in an exciting commitment. Days later, in Cincy, he got great performances before the premises Nishesh Basavareddy (109º) and Brandon Nakashima (31st), in First and Second Round respectively, and immediately charged immediate rematch before the aforementioned Moscow in the round of 16.

Shelton, on the other hand, who confessed that eraseing his Twitter account (now X) was the best decision of his life and helped him in his growth, jumped into the play rectangle without much to fear and with the leather flower. Ben is at the best moment of his career, he came to raise the trophy of the 1000 Masters of Canada (his first in the category) and consequently dragged a great streak of nine victories in row.

However, everything that begins has an end. Zverev, champion in Munich this season, made it clear that the background does not interest and looked at a dangerous rival that this day wore unrecognizable. Shelton, affected by the accumulation of parties, did not find ways to be competitive, He played a game for oblivion and committed innumerable amount of united errors.

In this way, the German showed a clear superiority during the time and 17 minutes that the action lasted and He cut the fiery of smiles of the young left -handed lefta native of Atlanta, without even going through moments of discomfort in developmentdespite some inconvenience that forced him to ask for physical assistance and worry him for the next challenge.

In energy saving mode, Zverev advanced to the semifinals and It will have a heavy weight commitment to the Spanish Carlos Alcaraz (2nd)who left unharmed of a tough test against Russian Andrey Rublev (11th). It will be the first time since 2015 that the first three of the world dispute this instance in the American 1000 Masters: On that occasion they did Roger Federer (1st), Novak Djokovic (2nd) and Andy Murray (3rd).

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