OhOlympic champion Alexander Zverev and three-time Grand Slam winner Angelique Kerber Has reached the quarterfinals of the Cincinnati Tennis Championships. On Thursday, the 24-year-old Zverev defeated the Argentine Guido Pella 6:2 and 6:3, winning the round of 16. The 33-year-old Kober had previously ranked 30th in the WTA Championship against the world with 4:6, 6:2, and 7:5. Jelena Ostapenko from Latvia succeeded.
Zverev Will meet the Argentine Diego Schwartzman or Casper Ruud from Norway in the quarter-finals. Kerber must deal with Czech Petra Kvitova or Ons Jabeur from Tunisia.
The Cincinnati men’s event is worth nearly 4.85 million U.S. dollars and the women’s event is worth 1.84 million U.S. dollars. Both games are in preparation for the US Open on August 30th in New York.
“It’s too special for me, I really feel at home here,” Kober said after the game, thanking the audience. “In the end, I played my best tennis. You really helped me.” The former world number one lost the 2017 French Open championship but made significant progress in the second round. , Saved the third game. On the other hand, Zverev did not lose a set, just like the previous round against South Africa’s Lloyd Harris.
