Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz advanced to the quarterfinals of the Cincinnati Masters after a tough match against American Tommy Paul with a score of 7-6(6), 6(0)-7, 6-3.

Tommy Paul eliminated by Carlos Alcaraz at ATP Cincinnati

The world leader had a negative record against Tommy Paul (13 ATP) before this match, the score is 2-1 in favor of the American in head-to-head meetings, the last victory was a week ago in Toronto.

Paul led in the first set 5-2, the Spaniard made a great comeback to win three in a row to reach the tie-break, where Alcaraz won 8-6.

And the second set also took place in a counterattack, with reversals, and the Iberian had a chance to close the game, but unbelievably missed three match points. Once again reaching the tiebreak, Tommy Paul was masterful: 7-0.

After a controlled start by Carlos Alcaraz, the third set was interrupted by rain at 4-3. In the restart, the Spaniard won two more games and reached the quarterfinals.

The game lasted three hours and 14 minutes.

Cincinnati ATP Quarterfinals

Carlos Alcaraz (1) vs. Max Purcell

Hubert Gurkach against Oleksiy Popyrin

Adrian Mannarino vs Oleksandr Zverev (16)

Novak Djokovic (9) vs Taylor Fritz (2)

The Western & Southern Open (Cincinnati) is a tournament of the Masters 1000 series. The tournament will be held from August 14 to 20, 2023 with a total prize pool of $6,600,000. The champion of the title is Borna Corych.