{"id":34932,"date":"2024-08-17T00:44:24","date_gmt":"2024-08-17T04:44:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/sport\/cincinnati-open-carlos-alcaraz-suffers-shock-exit-at-the-hands-of-frenchman-gael-monfils-tennis-news\/17\/08\/2024\/"},"modified":"2024-08-17T00:44:24","modified_gmt":"2024-08-17T04:44:24","slug":"cincinnati-open-carlos-alcaraz-suffers-shock-exit-at-the-hands-of-frenchman-gael-monfils-tennis-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/sport\/cincinnati-open-carlos-alcaraz-suffers-shock-exit-at-the-hands-of-frenchman-gael-monfils-tennis-news\/17\/08\/2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Cincinnati Open: Carlos Alcaraz suffers shock exit at the hands of Frenchman Gael Monfils | Tennis News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Carlos Alcaraz suffered a shock second-round exit at the Cincinnati Open at the hands of veteran Frenchman Gael Monfils in a rain-delayed clash.<\/p>\n

The match was left balanced on a knife’s edge on Thursday night when rain cancelled play for the night after Alcaraz took the first set 6-4 but found himself down 3-1 in the second-set tie-break.<\/p>\n

When they returned to action under bright but windy conditions on Friday, it was 37-year-old Monfils who turned the match around to seal a stunning 4-6 7-6 (7-5) 6-4 success against the second seed.<\/p>\n

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Alcaraz took his frustration out on his racket during an intense contest against Monfils<\/span>
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Alcaraz was playing his first hard-court tournament since Miami in March, and his first event since winning a silver medal at the Paris Olympics.<\/p>\n

Monfils will need to pull double duty in Ohio, where he will return later to face 15th seed Holger Rune<\/strong> in the third round.<\/p>\n

Defeat for Alcaraz means he will not overtake Novak Djokovic in the ATP rankings this week.<\/p>\n

German Alexander Zverev can pass both by winning the title in Cincinnati and become world No 2 and second seed at the US Open, avoiding both Djokovic and Alcaraz before the final.<\/p>\n

Zverev reached the quarter-finals with a 7-5 7-6 (8-6) victory over Spain’s Pablo Carrero Busta.<\/p>\n

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Tim Henman and Annabel Croft discuss Alcaraz’s rare meltdown<\/span>
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“I’ve seen him smash a racket once before but not in the manner that he did it here. That was quite something. It was like a pressure cooker absolutely exploding. He was clearly bubbling under the surface,” said Annabel Croft on Sky Sports Tennis<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Tim Henman said: “Why is he so frustrated when he’s only been on court probably for 15-20 minutes today? That’s probably something to do with the conditions.<\/p>\n

“When you reflect on some of the unforced errors and some of the mistakes he made, it just goes to show that he’s human. He’s going to need a bit of time to decompress.”<\/p>\n

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Felix Auger-Aliassime<\/strong> recorded the milestone 50th Masters 1000 win of his career with a 6-3 6-1 victory over Casper Ruud to set up a meeting with British No 1 Jack Draper later on Friday.<\/p>\n

And Andrey Rublev<\/strong> enjoyed a comfortable passage to the last-eight, defeating American Brandon Nakashima 7-6 (7-5) 6-1.<\/p>\n

Rublev will now play world No 1 Jannik Sinner in the quarter-finals, whose third round opponent Jordan Thompson withdrew before their match because of a rib injury.<\/p>\n

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In the women’s draw, top seed Iga Swiatek<\/strong> defeated Marta Kostyuk to reach the Cincinnati Open quarter-finals, advancing 6-2 6-2 in 70 minutes.<\/p>\n

Swiatek will next face either Jasmine Paolini, the French Open and Wimbledon finalist, or 17-year-old Mirra Andreeva as she bids to reach the semi-finals for a second year running.<\/p>\n

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Third seed Aryna Sabalenka <\/strong>made it through to the quarter-finals with victory against Elina Svitolina 7-5 6-2.<\/p>\n

The two-time Grand Slam champion faces 10th seed Liudmila Samsonova for a spot in the last four on Saturday.<\/p>\n

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In the run-up to the final Grand Slam of 2024 – the US Open – you can watch all of the biggest tennis stars in action live on Sky Sports<\/em> as they compete across the hard-court season.<\/p>\n