New Delhi: Wimbledon winner Iga Swiatek advanced to the fourth round of the ATP and WTA Cincinnati Open on Sunday by walkover after her opponent Marta
Kostyuk was forced to withdraw. the 27th ranked Ukrainian citied a right wrist injury for the pullout.
This came a day after Swiatek, who is a six-time Grand Slam winner, advanced to the third round with the loss of just five games. The third seeded player will play her round of 16 match on August 13 against an undecided player. On the other hand, Jelena Ostapenko, the 2017 Roland Garros champion, also got help from a walkover as her opponent Camila Osorio withdrew with an abdominal injury.
Carlos Alcaraz advances
Meanwhile in the other clash, Spanish sensation Carlos Alcaraz fought through a second-set slump to register a 6-1, 2-6, 6-3 victory over Damir Dzumhur in his opening match at the Cincinnati Open. The ace tennis player, who was playing his first tournament since his loss to Jannik Sinner in the Wimbledon final, dominated in the first set completely not giving a chance to his opponent.
Alcaraz lost his way in the second set as he dropped his serve twice against the 33-year-old going down 2-6 eventually. In the third set, he again bounced back regaining his intensity and won the set claiming the game.
In the other clash, third seed Alexander Zverev claimed a 6-3, 6-3 win against US wild card Nishesh Basavareddy in the night session. Zverev took just 66 minutes to get past Basavareddy, a 20-year-old ranked 109th in the world. American player Ben Shelton, coming off his first Masters 1000 title in Toronto, eased through 6-3, 3-1 when Camilo Ugo Carabelli retired with a knee injury.
(With agency inputs)
