Thursday’s Top 5 Tennis Matches: Medvedev, Kasatkina, Djokovic Battle In Cincinnati
Daniil Salnikov August 17, 2023, 09:45 Moscow time
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Program in summary:
🎾 6:00 PM*: Alexander Zverev (Germany, 16) v Daniil Medvedev (Russia, 3), Cincinnati, 3rd round 🎾 9:00 PM*: Elena Rybakina (Kazakhstan, 4) v Yasmine Paolini (Italy, Q), Cincinnati, Round 3 🎾 9:30 PM*: Carlos Alcaraz (Spain, 1) vs. Tommy Paul (USA, 14), Cincinnati, Round 3 🎾 12:00 AM*: Daria Kasatkina (Russia, 14) – Arina Sobolenko (Belarus, 2), Cincinnati, Round 3 🎾 3:30*: Gael Monfils (France, SR) – Novak Djokovic (Serbia, 2), Cincinnati, Round 3
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🎾 6:00 PM*: Alexander Zverev (Germany, 16) vs. Daniil Medvedev (Russia, 3), Cincinnati, 3rd round
💬 Match with text streaming
*Game schedules are subject to change and will be confirmed
Intrigue: how will the 16th meeting between Zverev and Medvedev end?
Daniil Medvedev started the Cincinnati Masters with success, beating Italian Lorenzo Musetti. Now, for a place in the quarterfinals, the Russian will fight an old acquaintance – Alexander Zverev from Germany. In official matches alone, the tennis players met 15 times and the score was 9-6 in favor of Medvedev, and it was he who won the last three this season – in Indian Wells, Monte Carlo and Rome. Who will be stronger this time? The winner will play with the best tennis player of the Mackenzie McDonald – Adrian Mannarino couple.
daniel medvedev
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🎾 9:00 PM*: Elena Rybakina (Kazakhstan, 4) vs. Yasmine Paolini (Italy, Q), Cincinnati, 3rd round
💬 Match with text streaming
*Game schedules are subject to change and will be confirmed
Intrigue: Will Rybakina make it to the Cincinnati 1/4final?
Elena Rybakina made a successful start to the Cincinnati tournament, scoring a strong victory over Elena Ostapenko. Now the representative of Kazakhstan will compete with the Italian Yasmine Paolini for a place in the 1/4 final. The girls met earlier this year in Rome, and Rybakina turned out to be stronger. Who will be stronger now? The winner of this match will continue to play with the best tennis player from the Linda Noskova – Corey Gauff couple.
Elena Rybakina
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🎾 9:30pm*: Carlos Alcaraz (Spain, 1) vs. Tommy Paul (USA, 14), Cincinnati, 3rd round
*Game schedules are subject to change and will be confirmed
Intrigue: Will Alcaraz get revenge on Toronto?
The first number of the world ranking Carlos Alcaras managed not without difficulty with the Australian Jordan Thompson in the first match of the Cincinnati Masters. Already in the third round, the 20-year-old Spaniard will fight the American Tommy Paul, who eliminated him in the quarterfinals in Toronto a few days ago. Will Alcaraz be able to take revenge for that unfortunate defeat? The winner of this match will face the best tennis player of the Stan Wawrinka-Max Purcell duo.
carlos alcaraz
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🎾 0:00*: Daria Kasatkina (Russia, 14) v Arina Sobolenko (Belarus, 2), Cincinnati, 3rd round
💬 Match with text streaming
*Game schedules are subject to change and will be confirmed
Intrigue: Will Kasatkina manage to even the score of personal encounters with Sobolenko?
Daria Kasatkina successfully passed the first two rounds of the Cincinnati tournament, defeating Python Stearns and Varvara Gracheva, as a result of which she regained the title of the first racket of Russia. Now Daria will face second seed Arina Sobolenko. The girls have already played 5 times before, and so far Sobolenko is in the lead Р3-2. The Belarusian won Roland Garros 2020, the Australian Open and Madrid 2021, while the Russian was stronger in Beijing 2019 and San Jos̩ 2022. Will Kasatkina manage to level the personal encounter score with a formidable rival?
Daria Kasatkina
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🎾 3:30*: Gael Monfils (France, SR) v Novak Djokovic (Serbia, 2), Cincinnati, 3rd round
*Game schedules are subject to change and will be confirmed
Intrigue: Will Monfils be able to soak up the tally of personal encounters with Djokovic?
After a month-long hiatus, Novak Djokovic made a successful return to the tour, defeating his first opponent in Cincinnati. After the Serb took the first set, Spaniard Alejandro Davidovich-Fokina refused to continue the fight due to injury. In the third round, Djokovic will play Frenchman Gael Monfils, with whom he has the biggest clean sheet among all other opponents: 18-0. Will Gael be able to break the score this time? The winner of this match will play the best tennis player of the Dusan Lajovic – Taylor Fritz couple.
gael monfils
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