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No. 1 seed Carlos Alcaraz is still alive (not that he hasn’t been putting his hours in on the court).

He has played three-setters in his first three matches to get to the semifinals – something that has happened just twice before since 1990, both times on clay.

As for the bottom half, Novak Djokovic will meet Alexander Zverev for the 12th time.

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Western & Southern Open
Location: Cincinnati, Ohio
Category: ATP 1000 (Joint event with the WTA Tour)
Surface: Outdoor Hard
Dates: Aug. 14 – 20, 2023
Prize money: $7,665,215
Draws: S56 – D28

Friday, Aug. 18, 2023
Final results

Singles, quarterfinals

[1] Carlos Alcaraz (USA) def [Q] Max Purcell (AUS) 46 63 64
[2] Novak Djokovic (SRB) def [9] Taylor Fritz (USA) 60 64
[16] Alexander Zverev (GER) def Adrian Mannarino (FRA) 62 63

Hubert Hurkacz (POL) def [LL] Alexei Popyrin (AUS) 61 76 (8)

Doubles, quarterfinals

[2] Ivan Dodig (CRO) / Austin Krajicek (USA) def. Marcelo Melo (BRA) / Alexander Zverev (GER) 76 (4) 63
[6] Santiago Gonzalez (MEX) / Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) def [WC] Christopher Eubanks / Ben Shelton (USA) 75 67 (5) [11-9]

Maximo Gonzalez / Andres Molteni (ARG) def Nikola Mektic (CRO) / John Peers (AUS) 64 64
Jamie Murray (GBR) / Michael Venus (NZL) def [WC] Lorenzo Musetti / Lorenzo Sonego (ITA) 76 (5) 76 (7)

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