Gael Monfils Stuns Carlos Alcaraz In Cincinnati - UBITENNIS

Gael Monfils Stuns Carlos Alcaraz In Cincinnati

Gael Monfils secured the biggest win of his season by beating Carlos Alcaraz in Cincinnati.

By Tony Fairbairn
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Gael Monfils produced a stunning victory over Carlos Alcaraz to reach the third round in Cincinnati.

Heading into day two of their clash Alcaraz won the first set but was trailing 3-1 in the second set tiebreak.

However the Roland Garros and Wimbledon champion was erratic and error-prone as he had a frustrating day in the office.

A racket smash as well as several unforced errors led to Alcaraz facing multiple break points.

The returning pressure from Monfils was too much as the Frenchman secured a massive 4-6 7-6(5) 6-4 win over the world number three.

Next up for Monfils will be Holger Rune later on Friday for a place in the quarter-finals.

In other results Alexander Zverev defeated Pablo Carreno Busta while Andrey Rublev defeated Brandon Nakashima to set up a Montreal rematch with world number one Jannik Sinner.

Rublev won their meeting in Canada last week and will aim to continue his good form by beating Sinner for a second consecutive week.

There was also a convincing win for Felix Auger-Aliassime over Casper Ruud and the Canadian will now play Jack Draper for a place in the quarter-finals.

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