Turin, 16 August (LaPresse) – Carlos Alcaraz advances to the semi-finals of the Masters 1000 in Cincinnati, currently underway on hard courts. The Spanish tennis player defeated Russia's Andrey Rublev in the quarter-finals in three sets with a score of 6-3, 4-6, 7-5 in two hours and 17 minutes of play. In the semi-finals, the world number two will face the winner of the match between Ben Shelton and Alexander Zverev.