Carlos Alcaraz downs Marin Cilic 7-6(4) 6-1 in the 3rd round in Cincinnati on Thursday. Alcaraz will have to play Cameron Norrie in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 39 minutes. This will be his best result in this tournament. In the past, the best he could do in the past was reaching the 1st round in 2021. Here you can see his history at this event.
Carlos added to his prize money $ 73,485 after conquering this match. He has won already $ 157,995 after this win. If he wins the next match, Carlos will add $ 131,660 to his earnings to get in total $ 289,655 in total.
Highlights Carlos Alcaraz vs. Marin Cilic Western & Southern Open – Cincinnati
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the Spaniard scored 77 points vs. Marin’s 53.
Alcaraz
Alcaraz served pretty well to win 83% of the points (35/42) behind his first serve, and he won 52% points (11/21) on his second serve. The Spaniard was pretty effective at converting 50% of the break points that he procured (3/6).
Cilic
On the other side, Marin was battling in converting his break points (only 33% – 1/3). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this contest, the head to head between Alcaraz and Cilic is 2-1 for Carlos.
Draw and next match H2H: Carlos Alcaraz vs. Cameron Norrie – stats
Alcaraz will play Norrie in the quarter.
This will be the 4th time that Carlos Alcaraz and Cameron Norrie square off. The head to head is 3-0 for Alcaraz (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Alcaraz won 6-4 6-74 6-3 in the 3rd round in Madrid back in May 2022.
Live score progression and stats
Alcaraz got off on the right foot in the set after breaking Marin Cilic in the 1st game (1-0). Yet, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for Carlos to win the set because Marin succeeded in breaking back in the 10th (5-5) game. Carlos kept his cool before winning the set at the tiebreak at 4.
Tiebreak
The Spaniard won 4 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 4th (4-0), 9th (6-3) and 11th (7-4) point. On the other side, Cilic won 2 minibreaks in the 7th (2-5) and 10th (4-6) point.
Alcaraz won the tiebreak 7-4 after he conquered a decisive 4-0 lead.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 3-0, 4-0, 4-1, 5-1, 5-2, 5-3, 6-3, 6-4, 7-4
The Spaniard converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40) and the 3rd game (2-0 30-40). On the other side, Cilic was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 10th game (4-5 40-A).
They contested 86 points. Carlos conquered the set after winning 6 more points than the Croatian (46-40). Carlos conceded 11 points on serve (26-11). on the other side of the court, Marin conceded 20 points on serve (29-20).
Alcaraz overpowered the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Marin Cilic in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Carlos extended his lead after breaking Cilic in the 6th (5-1) game before winning the set (6-1).
Alcaraz converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 0-40), the 4th (3-0 30-40) and the 6th game (4-1 30-40). On the other side, the Croatian was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 3rd game (0-2 30-40 and 40-A).
They contested 44 points. The Spaniard won 16 more points than the Croatian (30-14). Carlos surrendered 7 points on serve (19-7). In addition, on the other side, Cilic conceded 11 points on serve (7-11).
Tennis Scores in Cincinnati
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- Cameron NorrieNorrie – Ben SheltonShelton (6-0 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Carlos AlcarazAlcaraz – Marin CilicCilic (7-64 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime – Jannik SinnerSinner (2-6 7-61 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – Andrey RublevRublev (6-74 6-2 7-5) – Stats and score progression
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- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman (6-3 6-3) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
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- Cameron NorrieNorrie – Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia (0-3) – H2H details and stats
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