Cincinnati Open 2025 Day 8 Recap

Quarter-final Thursday in Cincinnati noticed two contrasting paths to the semi-finals, one from the game’s prime canine, the opposite from a qualifier on a career-best tear.

Jannik Sinner dismantled Felix Auger-Aliassime 6-0, 6-2 in a ruthless show of precision and energy, whereas French lefty Terence Atmane continued his dream run, blasting previous Holger Rune in straight units for his first ATP Masters 1000 semi-final.

Earlier, Ben Shelton got here by his delayed round-of-16 match towards Jiri Lehecka 6-4, 6-4 to arrange a quarter-final with Alexander Zverev.

Full recap, match stats and highlights under.

Day Eight Cincinnati Open 2025 Quarter Remaining Outcomes

Winner
Loser
Scoreline

Jannik Sinner (1)
Felix Auger-Aliassime (23)
6-0 6-2

Terence Atmane (Q)
Holger Rune (7)
6-2 6-3

Jannik Sinner def. Felix Auger-Aliassime, 6-0, 6-2

Jannik Sinner stormed into the Cincinnati Open semi-finals, dismantling twenty third seed Felix Auger-Aliassime 6-0, 6-2 in 71 minutes.

Aliassime had the uncommon possession of a optimistic H2H file towards Sinner, however that dates again to 2022, and I can’t bear in mind the final time I noticed the Canadian as a menace to any of the highest guys.

Sinner is but to drop a set, and he gained 80% of second-serve returns 16/20) and broke Auger-Aliassime’s predictable serve at will.

Regardless of a short 2-0 lead for Auger-Aliassime within the second set, eight double faults didn’t assist his trigger, and it was a simple day’s work for the Italian.

Match Stats

Jannik Sinner
Felix Auger-Aliassime

Winners
7
5

Unforced Errors
12
28

Aces
2
0

Double Faults
2
8

1st Serve %
59% (23/39)
56% (25/45)

1st Serve Factors Gained
78% (18/23)
48% (12/25)

2nd Serve Factors Gained
63% (10/16)
20% (4/20)

Break Factors Saved
0% (0/1)
40% (4/10)

Service Video games
86% (6/7)
14% (1/7)

1st Return Factors Gained
52% (13/25)
22% (5/23)

2nd Return Factors Gained
80% (16/20)
38% (6/16)

Break Factors Gained
60% (6/10)
100% (1/1)

Return Video games
86% (6/7)
14% (1/7)

Strain Factors
55% (6/11)
45% (5/11)

Service Factors
72% (28/39)
36% (16/45)

Return Factors
64% (29/45)
28% (11/39)

Web Factors
67% (2/3)
60% (3/5)

Complete Factors
68% (57/84)
32% (27/84)

Match Factors Saved
0
0

Max Factors In A Row
11
5

Complete Video games
86% (12/14)
14% (2/14)

Max Video games In A Row
6
2

Highlights

Terence Atmane def. Holger Rune, 6-2, 6-3

Qualifier Terence Atmane continued his Cincy run, beautiful seventh seed Holger Rune 6-2, 6-3 to achieve his first ATP Masters 1000 semi-final.

I haven’t seen a lot of Atmane on tour, however I’ve seen some court-level observe footage, and he performs fairly an explosive recreation. He additionally has that typical streaky lefty recreation we see from gamers like Shapovalov and Humbert.

That spells hazard for all comers when he places it collectively, and he’s accomplished that right here in Ohio with some very spectacular wins.

At the moment he fired 14 forehand winners and gained 85% of first-serve factors (28/33), changing 4 of 11 break factors in a one-hour, 13-minute rout.

As for Rune, I can’t take him critically at this degree. Two or three years in the past, I believed he was hitting the ball as exhausting as Sinner and Alcaraz, however whereas they’ve pushed on considerably, he’s not that calibre of participant. Can extra work with Agassi get him again on observe? He’s undoubtedly good to observe in spells, however his shot choice and the way he’s performed over the past two seasons don’t fill me with confidence.