Carlos Alcaraz has just had a difficult quarter -final against Andrey Rubleev at Cincinnati Masters 2025. The Spanish tennis player takes 3 sets to win the right to continue. The match score is 6-3, 4-6, 7-5.
This match, Alcaraz started the match firmly. The world's No. 2 tennis player does not face any break-point, and there are twice breaking Rubleev's serve. Set 1 closed with a score of 6-3 in favor of the Spaniard.
Set two, Rubleev rises strongly. With powerful serve and stable left hand, he broke Alcaraz's serve game in game 7.
Entering the set of 3 decisions, Alcaraz led 5-3 and had the opportunity to serve to end the match, but Rubleev suddenly broke and equalized 5-5. The No. 2 seed then has an important serve game to keep the balance, before RubleV has the opportunity to put the set into the tie-break series. However, he escaped spectacularly when taking advantage of Rubleev's double error to close the match.
With this result, Alcaraz has officially won tickets to the semi -finals of Cincinnati Masters this year. Sharing after the match, he said: “I am really satisfied with my performance.
With the way of moving like today, I think I have played very well against a player capable of attacking as strong as Andreey. In set 3, I was unable to end the match early, but I was very happy to have kept my mental consistency, with positive thoughts to win. ”
Notably, the opponent of Alcaraz in the semi -finals is Alexander Zverev. In the latest match of the day, the German player overcame the opponent of the host country Ben Shelton with a score of 6-2, 6-2.
