The latest intriguing chapter of Carlos Alcaraz and Tommy Paul’s budding rivalry was interrupted by rain Thursday at the Western & Southern Open with the World No. 1 leading the American 7-6(6), 6-7(0), 4-3 in Cincinnati.
The rain arrived with Alcaraz leading in the third set after three hours and two minutes of absorbing action on the Cincinnati centre court. With Alcaraz serving at 15/15 with a break, the Spaniard is on course to avenge his quarter-final defeat to Paul in Toronto just seven days ago. The 20-year-old had three chances to notch a straight-sets win at the ATP Masters 1000 in Ohio, but Paul fended off three match points in a 12th game featuring nine deuces before racing to the tie-break to force a decider.
Alcaraz seeks to level his Lexus ATP Head2Head series with Paul at 2-2 by completing victory in Ohio, where whomever prevails will take on Australian qualifier Max Purcell in the quarter-finals.
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