Felix Auger-Aliassime and Borna Coric will face one another in the quarterfinals of the 2022 Cincinnati Open on Saturday, August 20.
Auger-Aliassime defeated Sinner in the third round to advance to his second consecutive Cincinnati quarterfinal. The Canadian number one defeated Sinner 2-6, 7-6 (1), 6-1. This came after a 6-3, 6-2 victory over Alex de Minaur in the second set. Auger-Aliassime, who reached the quarterfinals in Montreal last week, was broken twice in the first set and trailed 2-4 in the second before rallying. He broke back immediately in the seventh game, then saved two match points in the 12th to force a tie-breaker. Once there, Auger-Aliassime applied enough pressure to the dwindling Sinner morale to easily win it before cruising past the Italian in the final set.
Borna Coric defeated Roberto Bautista-Agut in the third round by finding his best rhythm of the competition, as if shocking Rafael Nadal in his previous match wasn’t enough. Coric, who is currently ranked 152nd in the world due to a string of poor seasons primarily due to fitness issues, defeated Bautista-Agut 6-2, 6-3. He only needed an hour and 22 minutes for this. He raced out to a 4-0 lead in the first set and then broke Bautista-Agut early in the second to go up 3-1. It will be interesting to see how Coric performs against Auger-Aliassime, but his confidence – and ranking – are on the rise.
Felix Auger-Aliassime and Borna Coric are scheduled to face one another in the quarterfinal round of the 2022 Cincinnati Open on Saturday, August 20. The tournament is scheduled to run from August 14 till August 21.Â
The 2022 Cincinnati Open will see six rounds of action excluding the qualifiers. These include the round of 64, round of 32, round of 16, quarter-finals, semi-finals and final for both men’s and women’s. The tournament is scheduled to commence on August 14 and conclude on August 21 this year.
Competition Stage | Date |
Round of 64 | August 14 , 16 |
Round of 32 | August 16 , 17 |
Round of 16 | August 18 |
Quarter-finals | August 19 |
Semi-finals | August 20 |
Finals | August 21 |
Player | Seed |
Daniil Medvedev | 1 |
Rafael Nadal | 2 |
Carlos Alcaraz | 3 |
Stefanos Tsitsipas | 4 |
Casper Ruud | 5 |
Andrey Rublev | 6 |
Felix Auger-Aliassime | 7 |
Hubert Hurkacz | 8 |
Country | Where to watch |
Australia | beIN Sports |
Canada | TSN/Sportsnet/TVA Sports |
India | Voot/Sports18 |
UK | Amazon Prime Video |
US | Tennis Channel |