Richard Pagliaro | Sunday, August 10, 2025
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One month later Jannik Sinner Abandoned Carlos Alcaraz In the Wimbledon final, the world ranked second, the highest-ranked Italian driver driving the ball on the Ohio golf course recompeted his competition.
Today, Alcaraz launched his Cincinnati return to the championship at the opening ceremony before falling into trouble.
Eventually, Alcaraz beats with each club in his bag Damir Dzumhur 6-1, 2-6, 6-3 in his Cincinnati Open Open.
In his first game since losing to Sinner 4-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 to Sinner in Wimbledon final, Alcaraz showed little rust in the first set, falling into a sloppy hole in the second set and then damaged twice in the decision-maker to stop the tough dzumhur.
It was Alcaraz’s first tough game since losing three sets to David Goffin in the Miami Open opening game.
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At that moment @CarlosalCaraz Ended a wild game with Dzumhur, bringing his masters to a 12-game winning streak! #cincytennis pic.twitter.com/kw6nr8tiab
– Tennis TV (@tennistv) August 10, 2025
Alcaraz converted 5 of 10 rest points with 5’9 “dzumhur”, but did not save any of the three breakout points he faced, littering 44 unforgivable mistakes and suffering some concentration errors. Alcaraz won several drop shots, built a 4-1 lead in the final set, only allowed two hits and lineups to beat and surrendered to one game in two. Roland Garros champion Alcaraz is in Paris this year and has been fighting.
Despite this, Alcaraz drew on a deep forehand reward despite his mistake and then took advantage of the opponent’s only double failure of the day to beat 5-3.
Alcaraz served in the third round, freeing the 131 mph explosion and closing in within one hour and 41 minutes.
After a manual handshake, Alcaraz ran back on the court and burst out with “vamos!vamos!”. Screaming expresses excitement and relief.
The defending Roland Garros champion won a third round clash with Hamad Medjedovic or Tallon Griekspoor in his ATP Best Game 49 win of the season.
Alcaraz grew up looking up at tennis heroes Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer.
During the opening ceremony, the Spaniard paid tribute to the seven-time Cincinnati champion Federer, featuring the famous SABR attack by the Swiss master. Alcaraz beat the challenging shot and won a fixed point in Game 7.
The explosive Alcaraz then recalled SABR to go all out, reaching a second service return, forcing his third breakout score and capturing a set lead just 29 minutes after the game.
Although Alcaraz freely flowed through the first set, he crashed in the second set.
The five-time Grand Slam champion coughed 17 uncompulsory mistakes in the second set, giving Dzumhur confidence and aggression.
In a sloppy fourth game, Alcaraz hit a volley, forehand hit, and then irritated a forehand drive, giving away a long break for dzumhur and taking a 2-1 lead.
The 33-year-old Bosnian scored 12 of 12 of 13 points in one breath, with a pair of love leading 3-1 in the game.
Alcaraz struggled to win the second point victory, and he kept his regular volley for a long time, as long as Dzumhur broke through 4-1 for the second straight.
World No. 56 pulled his fist into his box and supported the rest 5-1. Alcaraz returns in a row to error (his 16th and 17th place) as Dzumhur catches the second set forcing the decider.
Alcaraz held through love and led 2-1 in the decision-makers. Then the two made a great reel game.
The quick Alcaraz shot down a shot, cut the stretched volley before turning back to baseline and kicked a forehand pass from the Tomahawk, extending the fourth game to cheat. The forehand drilled the diagonal brought Alkaraz a breakthrough and led 3-1.
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360 degrees of dirt @CarlosalCaraz #cincytennis pic.twitter.com/a1f5kon4xd
– Tennis TV (@tennistv) August 10, 2025
Alcaraz splurged on a shot to expand the lead to 4-1, which seemed to be full command.
But with the provocative efforts and the battle of challenges, Alcaraz once again betrayed his career, with the increasingly tight attacks.
“Alkalaz with river card” 😱@CarlosalCaraz #cincytennis pic.twitter.com/6fwa69newa
– Tennis TV (@tennistv) August 10, 2025
The double failure of Dzumhur’s double break point gave Alcaraz a crucial 5-3 lead, taking care of the business in his final game. Adventurous victory over and down brings the Spaniard into the third round.
