Tournament in Cincinnati
Appears: Zverev reaches quarter -finals
14.08.2025 – 05:40 a.m.Reading time: 2 min.
At the tournament in Cincinnati, Alexander Zverev moved into the quarter -finals. His opponent had to give up in the second sentence.
Tennis professional Alexander Zverev is in the quarter -finals at the Masters in Cincinnati. His opponent Karen Chatschshanow had to give up in the second set at 7: 5, 3-0 for Zverev. The two had only faced each other in the semi -finals at the Masters in Toronto last week, the Russian had hit Zverev against themselves despite a match ball.
“I played a lot more aggressive,” said Zverev. “All the best for Karen, he is in the form of his life and I hope nothing is serious. Hopefully it is only a little tiredness. If he comes back, he can expect the US Open.” The game was over after only 70 minutes when Chatschshanow could no longer continue playing and apologetically waved into the audience.
Zverev had to compete on Wednesday (local time). His third-round game against the American Brandon Nakashima had been interrupted the evening before because of a thunderstorm at 6: 4, 5: 4 and surcharge Zverev-and continued the following morning. “It is never nice to end the game at 5: 4 when you hit the match,” said Zverev. “But I said to myself, my opponent is in a worse situation. And so it was a good day at work, two victories in one day.”
In the hard court tournament in Cincinnati, endowed with a total of around $ 9.2 million (around 7.9 million euros), Zverev gets it in the quarter-finals either with the American Ben Shelton or the Czech Jiri Lehecka. The Masters in Cincinnati is a preparation for the US Open. The last Grand Slam tournament of the tennis season begins on August 24th.