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The Cincinnati crowd witnessed one of the biggest shocks of the season as French qualifier Terence Atmane toppled fourth seed Taylor Fritz 3-6, 7-5, 6-3<\/a> on Wednesday, stealing the spotlight and booking his maiden ATP Masters 1000 quarter-final appearance. The French lefty will also get a spot in the Top 100 at the ATP rankings after this tournament.<\/p>\n Atmane, ranked No.136, entered the tournament with just one tour-level win in 2025, making his breakthrough in breathtaking fashion. The 23-year-old left-hander fired 13 aces and won 82% of first serve points, defying expectations against the home favorite.<\/p>\n \u201cI couldn\u2019t believe it, to be honest\u2026 I just cannot describe this feeling, but I\u2019m super happy, so happy,\u201d Atmane said, beaming after his nerve-shredding match point conversion. He became the first qualifier to reach the last eight at a Masters 1000 since Max Purcell\u2019s run in Cincinnati two years ago, and the lowest-ranked player to do so here since Borna Coric\u2019s title run in 2022.<\/p>\n Sinner and Alcaraz rising<\/p>\n While Atmane\u2019s rise was the headline, the top seeds showed no signs of faltering. No.1 seed Jannik Sinner, steady and ruthless all summer, dispatched Adrian Mannarino 6-4, 7-6(4)<\/a>. True to form, Sinner was clinical on serve\u2014blasting 12 aces and winning all but one point behind his first serve. The Italian has yet to drop a set in Cincinnati and, supported by a rock-solid baseline game, continues marching toward a potential final showdown with Carlos Alcaraz.<\/p>\n Alcaraz himself powered into the quarters with a blistering 6-1, 6-4<\/a> win over Italian Luca Nardi, under the Centre Court lights after a rain delay. The World No.2, seemingly unfazed by schedule disruptions, took the first set in just 27 minutes and, after briefly falling behind 2-4 in the second, reeled off four straight games to close in 80 minutes.<\/p>\n Shelton\u2019s last American hope<\/p>\n Alcaraz, seeking his first Cincinnati crown after falling agonizingly short in the 2023 final, now holds a 51-6 mark on the season with five titles. \u201cI think this match was the best so far for me in this tournament,\u201d Alcaraz commented. \u201cI\u2019m just really happy with the way I felt the ball today and the way that I moved.\u201d The Spaniard will next face Andrey Rublev, who overcame Francisco Comesana 6-2, 6-3 to avenge last month\u2019s Wimbledon loss to the Argentine.<\/p>\n The American contingent faced a somber setback as Frances Tiafoe, last year\u2019s finalist, was forced to retire from his match against Holger Rune due to a back injury with the score at 4-6, 1-3. With Tiafoe\u2019s withdrawal, young Ben Shelton stands as the last hope for a U.S. men\u2019s singles champion in Cincinnati, carrying the home crowd\u2019s aspirations into the closing rounds.<\/p>\n Also advancing: Alexander Zverev completed a new rain-interrupted win over Brandon Nakashima 6-4, 6-4 and is aiming to recapture the Cincy title he won in 2021.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Cincinnati Masters 1000, other last 16 results (Lindner Family Tennis Center, hard, USD 9.193.540, most recent results first):<\/p>\n Ben Shelton vs. Jiri Lehecka<\/p>\n Francisco Comesana vs. Andrey Rublev<\/p>\n Karen Khachanov vs. Alexander Zverev<\/p>\n Luca Nardi vs. Carlos Alcaraz: thursday<\/p>\n Felix Auger-Aliassime (23) beat Benjamin Bonzi: 6-4, 6-3<\/p>\n Jannik Sinner (1) beat Adrian Mannarino (Q): 6-4, 7-6 (4)<\/p>\n Holger Rune beat Frances Tiafoe (10): 6-4, 3-1 ret.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cincinnati Open \u2022Round of 16 \u2022 Completed See draw The Cincinnati crowd witnessed one of the biggest shocks…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":81584,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[72],"tags":[99,428],"class_list":{"0":"post-81583","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-sports","9":"tag-tennis"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81583","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81583"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81583\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/81584"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81583"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81583"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81583"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Jannik](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Jannik_Sinner_Cincinnati_2025.jpg\")
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