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 in opposition to 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 job tomorrow.

Alcaraz, in the meantime, twice broke within the decider in opposition to 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 beneath.

Day 9 Cincinnati Open 2025 Quarter Remaining 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 achieve 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 profitable 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 way of and I feel this match reveals 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 undecided what occurred, I got here out at this time and doubtless felt the most effective I did in a couple of months, feeling the ball extremely properly from either side. Finish of the primary set began feeling not so nice and received progressively worse. I’m gonna do every little 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)

Stress 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)

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

Match Factors Saved
0

Max Factors In A Row
5
6

Whole 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 way of 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 up to now however he’s profitable and did so at this time regardless of 15 unforced errors and three double faults within the decider.

He did not serve out the match when he broke to steer 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 taking part in a 3rd set, accepting that it’s going to be a very robust battle, and I like that. It was excessive situations, however I simply love taking part in in entrance of this vitality. I’m simply actually completely happy to dwell these sorts of experiences, so I simply remind myself of that in these moments. I maintained constructive ideas on a regular basis, regardless that I misplaced focus a couple of occasions in the course of the second set. Taking part in somebody like Andrey, whenever you lose concentrate on 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 pleased with. Alcaraz on his win.