Medvedev and Kyrgios on quarter-final collision course at the Western & Southern Open

Against
Van
de
Zandschulp,
who
is
enjoying
a
career-high
ranking
of
23rd,
Medvedev
controlled
the
contest
with
his
serve
and
allowed
his
opponent
to
beat
himself.

Zverev
won
70
per
cent
(46-of-66)
of
his
total
service
points,
and
while
he
kept
things
clean
with
17
winners
and
17
unforced
errors,
Van
de
Zandschulp
also
posted
17
winners,
but
with
a
crippling
38
unforced
errors.

There
could
be
another
meeting
between
Zverev
and
Kyrgios
in
the
quarter-final
after
Kyrgios
collected
a
straight
sets
win
over
Alejandro
Davidovich
Fokina
7-5
6-4,
extending
his
hot
streak
to
16
wins
from
his
past
18
matches.

Cool
as
a
cucumber!
????@NickKyrgios
takes
out
Alejandro
Davidovich
Fokina
7-5
6-4
to
reach
the
second
round
in
Cincinnati!@CincyTennis
|

#CincyTennis
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—
ATP
Tour
(@atptour)

August
16,
2022

Earlier
in
the
day,
world
number
12
and
one
of
the
favourites
for
the
U.S.
Open,
Jannik
Sinner,
needed
three
hours
and
17
minutes
to
eventually
defeat
Kyrgios’ doubles
partner
Thanasi
Kokkinakis
6-7
(9-11)
6-4
7-6
(8-6).

Sinner
will
play
Serbia’s
Miomir
Kecmanovic
next
after
he
defeated
last
week’s
Canadian
Open
champion
Pablo
Carreno-Busta
1-6
7-5
7-6
(7-4).

It
seems
like
only
a
matter
of
time
before
19-year-old
Carlos
Alcaraz
lifts
his
first
grand
slam
trophy,
and
his
run
to
the
U.S.
Open
is
back
on
track
after
his
first
back-to-back
losses
of
the
year,
comfortably
handling
the
challenge
of
Mackenzie
McDonald
6-3
6-2.

Tommy
Paul
won
his
all-American
battle
against
Jenson
Brooksby
6-3
6-2,
while
Australia’s
Alex
de
Minaur
was
similarly
impressive
in
his
6-2
6-2
victory
against
Henri
Laaksonen
in
just
over
an
hour.

Italy’s
Fabio
Fognini
will
play
world
number
11
Andrey
Rublev
in
the
second
round
after
defeating
Albert
Ramos-Vinolas
6-2
6-3,
and
world
number
13
Taylor
Fritz
could
find
himself
in
the
top-10
for
the
first
time
in
his
career
with
a
few
more
wins
this
week
after
a
dominant
6-1
6-1
smashing
of
Sebastian
Baez.

American
wildcard
Ben
Shelton
pulled
off
a
7-6
(7-5)
3-6
7-5
upset
of
Italy’s
Lorenzo
Sonego,
and
Croatia’s
Filip
Krajinovic
was
too
good
for
England’s
Daniel
Evans
on
the
way
to
a
6-3
6-4
triumph.

Marin
Cilic,
the
14th
seed,
beat
rising
Finnish
talent
Emil
Ruusuvuori
6-4
6-7
(5-7)
7-5,
and
in
the
final
match
of
the
night,
13th
seed
Diego
Schwartzman
beat
Russia’s
Aslan
Karatsev
7-6
(7-3)
3-6
6-2.

WHAT.
A.
LOB.
????

Ben
Shelton
was
spot
on
all
day
long.@CincyTennis
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#CincyTennis
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—
ATP
Tour
(@atptour)

August
16,
2022