The 2023 Cincinnati Open semi-finals have determined 4 players including Carlos Alcaraz, Novak Djokovic, Alexander Zverev and Hubert Hurkacz.
In the third consecutive match of this year's tournament, Alcaraz had to go through 3 sets. After struggling to overcome Jordan Thompson and Tommy Paul, Alcaraz met Max Purcell in the quarter-finals. The Australian tennis player qualified and won the No. 5 seed Holger Rune in round 2, which also made Alcaraz experience a difficult match.
The Spaniard must admit that Purcell passed the ball and put the net very well. That seems to be the reason why Alcaraz took the time to catch up and was broken in game 7 and lost set 1 with a score of 4-6.
But the world No. 1 quickly affirmed his class in the following 2 sets, when he won the break very early. As a result, he won 6-3, 6-4 to make a comeback against the world-class 70.0 tennis team after 2 hours and 13 minutes.
Alcaraz has a total of 8.22 minutes after just three games at the 2023 Cincinnati Open.
Alcaraz's semi-final opponent is Hurkacz, the tennis player also eliminated an Australian opponent, Alexei Popyrin 6-1, 7-6 (8). At the Canada Open last week, Alcaraz beat Hurkacz in three sets.
Zverev had an easy quarter-final match when they beat Adrian Mannarino in just 2 sets with a score of 6-2, 6-3. The German tennis player once eliminated Daniil Medvedev but in the semi-finals, he will face a much bigger obstacle, Djokovic.
The Serbian tennis player met Taylor Fritz but only gave the No. 9 seed 4 wins in set 2. The match ended with a score of 6-0, 6-4 after 1 hour and 2 minutes, raising Djokovic's head-to-head record against Fritz to 7-0.
Nole has his 75th Masters 1000 semi-final of his career (only one behind Rafael Nadal) and is aiming for his 39th title at this level.
Djokovic could take Alcaraz's world No. 1 if he wins the Cincinnati championship, while the Spaniard loses to Hurkacz in the semi-finals.
In the women's singles event, no match has to last 3 sets, there are matches that have only gone through 3 games that ended due to an injured tennis player. Iga Swiatek met Coco Gauff in the first semi-final, Karolina muchova met Aryna Sabalenka in the second semi-final.
