Cincinnati Open 2025 Day 9 Recap

Day 9 on the Cincinnati Open noticed the semi-final lineup accomplished, with Alexander Zverev powering previous Ben Shelton 6-2, 6-2, and Carlos Alcaraz surviving a tense three-setter towards Andrey Rublev.

Zverev was dominant on serve and in rallies, exposing the hole between the highest three seeds and the remainder of the pack, although he struggled with respiratory points late within the match which hopefully doesn’t play a task tomorrow.

Alcaraz, in the meantime, twice broke within the decider towards Rublev, failing to serve it out at 5-3 however sealing victory 7-5 to advance to his twelfth Masters 1000 semi-final.

Full recap, match stats and highlights under.

Day 9 Cincinnati Open 2025 Quarter Last Outcomes

Winner
Loser
Scoreline

Alexander Zverev (3)
Ben Shelton (5)
6-2 6-2

Carlos Alcaraz (2)
Alexander Zverev (9)
6-3 4-6 7-5

Alexander Zverev def. Ben Shelton, 6-2, 6-2

Alexander Zverev crushed Toronto champion Ben Shelton 6-2, 6-2 in 77 minutes to succeed in the Cincinnati Open semi-finals.

My pre match choose was Shelton (purely worth odds) however he hit the wall right here, as Zverev dominated his second serve (15/19 factors gained) and impartial rallies, saving the lone break level he confronted whereas successful 81% of first-serve factors.

The one downside Zverev confronted had been respiratory difficulties and a few dizziness within the second set however he powered by and I feel this match exhibits there’s a big-ish hole between the highest 3 seeds and people behind.

Proper now I’m not feeling too nice, we’ll see I’ve a day to get recent and to hopefully really feel 100% once more. I’m unsure what occurred, I got here out in the present day and doubtless felt the very best I did in a number of months, feeling the ball extremely nicely from either side. Finish of the primary set began feeling not so nice and acquired progressively worse. I’m gonna do every thing I can to be 100% tomorrow. Zverev on his situation.

Match Stats

Ben Shelton
Alexander Zverev

Winners
18
13

Unforced Errors
27
13

Aces
12
5

Double Faults
2
2

1st Serve %
67% (39/58)
65% (32/49)

1st Serve Factors Received
67% (26/39)
81% (26/32)

2nd Serve Factors Received
21% (4/19)
53% (9/17)

Break Factors Saved
64% (7/11)
100% (1/1)

Service Video games
50% (4/8)
100% (8/8)

1st Return Factors Received
19% (6/32)
33% (13/39)

2nd Return Factors Received
47% (8/17)
79% (15/19)

Break Factors Received
0% (0/1)
36% (4/11)

Return Video games
0% (0/8)
50% (4/8)

Strain Factors
58% (7/12)
42% (5/”12)

Service Factors
52% (30/58)
71% (35/49)

Return Factors
29% (14/49)
48% (28/58)

Web Factors
44% (4/9)
67% (8/12)

Complete Factors
41% (44/107)
59% (63/107)

Match Factors Saved
0

Max Factors In A Row
5
6

Complete Video games
25% (4/16)
75% (12/16)

Max Video games In A Row
1
5

Highlights

Carlos Alcaraz def. Andrey Rublev, 6-3, 4-6, 7-5

Carlos Alcaraz battled by a nervy third set to defeat ninth seed Andrey Rublev 6-3, 4-6, 7-5, reaching his twelfth ATP Masters 1000 semi-final.

Carlos hasn’t appeared specatuclar to date however he’s successful and did so in the present day regardless of 15 unforced errors and three double faults within the decider.

He didn’t serve out the match when he broke to guide 5-3, however he broke once more when main 6-5 because of a Rublev double fault to win after two hours and 17 minutes.

It’s simply [about] accepting the second, accepting that I’m enjoying a 3rd set, accepting that it’s going to be a very robust battle, and I really like that. It was excessive situations, however I simply love enjoying in entrance of this vitality. I’m simply actually comfortable to reside these sorts of experiences, so I simply remind myself of that in these moments. I maintained optimistic ideas on a regular basis, although I misplaced focus a number of occasions throughout the second set. Enjoying somebody like Andrey, if you lose give attention to two or three factors, it [can] value you the set or nearly the match. I simply stayed robust mentally and that’s what I’m most happy with. Alcaraz on his win.