The American Ben Shelton made the quarter-finals against Germany’s tennis ace Alexander Zverev perfectly in his home game in Cincinnati.
The world ranking in the round of 16 defeated Jiri Lehecka from the Czech Republic 6: 4, 6: 4 and now meets the Zverev in Hamburg for the fourth time. For the first time, the two were also opposed to each other in the quarter -finals in the same place last year.
Fourth Meet With zverev
At that time they delivered a competitive match over three sets. As in all subsequent duels with Shelton, Zverev kept the upper hand, but then failed in the semi -finals the most world ranking Jannik Sinner. This fate would not threaten him for the time being.
Sinner would only be the final opponent
Sinner moved into the semi-finals on Thursday evening with a loose 6: 0, 6: 2 against Felix Auger-Aliasseime (Canada), but would only be a possible Zverev opponent in the final. The winner of the Zverev game and Toronto winner Shelton may initially meet the top player Carlos Alcaraz, who dueled with the Russian Andrej Rublew for a place in the top four.
Marcel Stober, Sportschau, 14.08.2025 07:26 a.m.