Third tennisč of the world and the second holder ATP tournament from the Masters 1000 series in Cincinnatiju, Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz (21), suffered an unexpected defeat in the 2nd round against the 37-year-old French veteran Gaela Monfilsa.
On Thursday, Alcaraz won the first set 6-4, only for the match to be interrupted due to rain at 6-6 in the second set, then on Friday, Monfils won a “tie-break”, and then the third set with 6-4.
On the other hand, the first seed, Italian Jannik Sinner, he reached the čquarterfinals without a fight because he Australian Jordan Thompson surrendered the duel.
In the tennis competition, she is the number one player in the world Polish woman Iga Swiatek reached the čfourfinals without any problems, having overcome Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk at 6-2, 6-2.