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A lot of seeded players have gone for the high jump. So these final third-round matches don’t exactly go as expected on that front.
The only ones that are really on song is No. 9 Rublev vs. No. 21 Popyri, and No. 3 Alexander Zverev vs. No. 27 Brandon Nakashime.
But Ben Shelton may well have a late-night challenge on his hands against the evergreen, and ever-steady, Roberto Bautista Agut.
(Cincinnati is on EDT).
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Location: Mason, Ohio
Category: ATP 1000 (Joint event with the WTA Tour)
Surface: Hard
Dates: Aug. 7 – 18, 2025
Prize Money: $9,193,540
Draws: S96 – D32
Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025
Order of play
P&G Center Court (11 a.m. start)
1. Reilly Opelka (USA) vs. Francisco Comesana (ARG) H2H
2. [2] Carlos Alcaraz (ESP) vs. Hamad Medjedovic (SRB) H2H
5. [5] Ben Shelton (USA) vs. Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP) H2H (late)
Grandstand
3. [14] Karen Khachanov (RUS) vs. [WC] Jenson Brooksby (USA) H2H
4. [3] Alexander Zverev (GER) vs. [27] Brandon Nakashima (USA) H2H (not before 7 p.m.)
Court 3
1. [9] Andrey Rublev (RUS) vs. [21] Alexei Popyrin (AUS) H2H
3. [16] Jakub Mensik (CZE) vs. [LL] Luca Nardi (ITA) H2H
Champions’ Court
2. Tallon Griekspoor (NED) / Alex Michelsen (USA) vs. [ALT] Romain Arneodo (MON) / Robert Galloway (USA)
3. [7] Christian Harrison / Evan King (USA) vs. Andre Goransson (SWE) / Sem Verbeek (NED)
4. [22] Jiri Lehecka (CZE) vs. Adam Walton (AUS) H2H
Court 10
1. [6] Simone Bolelli / Andrea Vavassori (ITA) vs. Nathaniel Lammons (USA) / David Pel (NED)
Court 4
1. [2] Julian Cash / Lloyd Glasspool (GBR) vs. Nuno Borges (POR) / Tomas Machac (CZE)
2. Lorenzo Musetti / Lorenzo Sonego (ITA) vs. Maximo Gonzalez / Andres Molteni (ARG)
3. [9] Hugo Nys (MON) / Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) vs. Luciano Darderi (ITA) / Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE)
4. [5] Joe Salisbury / Neal Skupski (GBR) vs. [ALT] Fernando Romboli (BRA) / John-Patrick Smith (AUS)
5. Yuki Bhambri (IND) / Michael Venus (NZL) vs. [ALT] Francisco Cabral (POR) / Lucas Miedler (AUT)