Cincinnati Open 2025 Day 6 Recap

Day Six in Cincy noticed Carlos Alcaraz hold his Cincinnati title push alive, notching his fiftieth win of 2025 with a straight-sets victory over Hamad Medjedovic.

The Spaniard’s motion and angles proved an excessive amount of for the big-hitting Serbian, who light in key rallies after receiving neck therapy. Alcaraz now meets fortunate loser Luca Nardi, who eased previous sixteenth seed Jakub Mensik in simply 66 minutes when the Czech retired early within the second set.

Andrey Rublev produced one among his grittiest performances of the season, outlasting Alexei Popyrin in a three-and-a-half-hour thriller that examined each gamers’ legs and lungs in Ohio’s sweltering circumstances.

Francisco Comesana delivered one other upset by taking out Reilly Opelka, whereas Karen Khachanov powered previous Jenson Brooksby in straight units.

Alexander Zverev was a recreation away from victory over Brandon Nakashima earlier than lightning halted play and the winner will face Khachanov within the fourth spherical as soon as they end below clearer skies.

Day 6 at a Look

Day Six Cincinnati Open 2025 Spherical of 32 Outcomes

Winner
Loser
Scoreline

Ben Shelton (5) / Roberto Bautista Agut
Ben Shelton (5) / Roberto Bautista Agut
Not Began

Jiri Lehecka (22)
Adam Walton
7-6(5) 7-6(3)

Karen Khachanov (14)
Jenson Brooksby (WC)
6-3 6-3

Brandon Nakashima (27) / Alexander Zverev (3)
Brandon Nakashima (27) / Alexander Zverev (3)
4-6 4-5 TBF

Francisco Comesana
Reilly Opelka
6-7(4) 6-4 7-5

Andrey Rublev (9)
Alexei Popyrin (21)
6-7(5) 7-6(5) 7-5

Luca Nardi (LL)
Jakub Mensik (16)
6-2 2-1 RET

Carlos Alcaraz (2)
Hamad Medjedovic
6-4 6-4

Key Matches

Carlos Alcaraz def. Hamad Medjedovic, 6-4, 6-4

Carlos Alcaraz notched his fiftieth win of 2025, defeating Hamad Medjedovic 6-4, 6-4 in 95 minutes to achieve the Cincinnati Open fourth spherical.

The World No. 2, weathering Ohio’s warmth, outmanoeuvred the highly effective Serbian by forcing lateral motion, changing three of seven break factors.

Medjedovic is an actual brute on the court docket, however he’s much less efficient when having to run in circles, which is what Carlos could make you do. A neck harm he obtained from therapy additionally didn’t assist, and he appeared to bail out of fairly a number of rallies with poorly executed drop photographs.

Alcaraz subsequent faces Luca Nardi because the Italian routed Jakub Mensik for the lack of simply three video games

Andrey Rublev def. Alexei Popyrin, 6-7(5), 7-6(5), 7-5

Andrey Rublev outlasted twenty first seed Alexei Popyrin in a gruelling 6-7(5), 7-6(5), 7-5 marathon after three hours and half-hour.

This was an actual battle of attrition within the warmth, and I believe it was a much-needed ‘huge’ win for Rublev as he resisted 14 aces and 35 winners from Popyrin earlier than breaking late within the third set to return by way of.

Barring Qatar, it’s been a fairly crap season for the Russian and he’s misplaced most of his matches which have gone deep into the third set, notably towards Etcheverry in Halle and Halys in Dubai.

Alexander Zverev vs. Brandon Nakashima, 6-4, 5-4 (Suspended)

Alexander Zverev was poised to achieve the fourth spherical, main Brandon Nakashima 6-4, 5-4, when lightning and heavy rain halted play at 9:03 p.m.

The 2021 champion, up a set and a break, will resume Wednesday to serve out the match, and if he serves like he did on Tuesday, that needs to be a formality as he gained 80% of factors behind his first supply. Khachanov awaits the winner.

Karen Khachanov def. Jenson Brooksby, 6-3, 6-3

Karen Khachanov powered previous American Jenson Brooksby 6-3, 6-3 in 80 minutes. Recent off a Toronto closing, the Russian overwhelmed Brooksby with seven aces and 12 forehand winners,

Brooksby is usually a tough buyer along with his recreation fashion, however Khachanov is uber stable, and until you could have Dan Evans’ recreation fashion, it’s not straightforward to unsettle him.

Highlights

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