Alcaraz reaches Cincinnati last 16 with 50th win of the season, gets rematch with Paul

Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz, the top seed, reached the last 16 of the Cincinnati Masters by defeating Australian qualifier Jordan Thompson 7-5, 4-6, 6-3 at the Linder Tennis Family Center on Wednesday.

Alcaraz is the fourth player since 2000 to achieve consecutive 50-win seasons before turning 21, after Lleyton Hewitt (2000-01), Andy Roddick (2002-03) and Rafael Nadal (2005-06).

Alcaraz, ranked No 1, will play the winner of the match between Frenchman Ugo Humbert and American Tommy Paul, the No 14 seed, next.

Late night dub 🌙 #CincyTennis | @carlosalcaraz pic.twitter.com/wYqSDVUtTe

— Western & Southern Open (@CincyTennis) August 16, 2023

In the previous round of the Cincy Open, Thompson, ranked No 55, won against American wildcard John Isner (7-6 (5), 7-6 (2)).

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Cincinnati Masters, other second-round results (Linder Tennis Family Center, hard, USD 6.600.000, most recent results first):

• Frances Tiafoe vs. Stan Wawrinka
• Alexei Popyrin vs. Nicolas Jarry
• Alejandro Davidovich Fokina vs. Novak Djokovic
• Holger Rune vs. Mackenzie McDonald
• Gael Monfils vs. Alex De Minaur
• Hubert Hurkacz vs. Borna Coric
• Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Ben Shelton
• Lorenzo Sonego vs. Taylor Fritz
• Jannik Sinner vs. Dusan Lajovic
• Max Purcell vs. Casper Ruud
• Lorenzo Musetti vs. Daniil Medvedev
• Alexander Zverev vs. Yoshihito Nishioka
• Ugo Humbert vs. Tommy Paul
• Adrian Mannarino beat Felix Auger-Aliassime (12): 6-4, 6-4
• Emil Ruusuvuori beat Andrey Rublev (7): 7-6 (10), 5-7, 7-6 (3)