Germany’s Alexander Zverev has made a worrying admission about his fitness ahead of the Cincinnati Open semifinal. The 28-year-old is going through a rough season.

An incident in the crowd halted the Cincinnati Open semifinal between Carlos Alcaraz and Alexander Zverev, as play was suspended during the fourth game.

Alexander squandered game points in the first game of the second set and experienced another break. Zverev pulled it back in the next one, leveling the score at 1-1 but sitting powerless on the court while his rival was changing his shirt.

The run had to end eventually. After nine straight wins in Masters 1000 play, Ben Shelton fell to Alexander Zverev in Cincinnati.

Sinner turned 24 years old on Saturday, while Alcaraz is 22. All of this is to say it’s not a surprise that top-ranked Sinner and Alcaraz are meeting in the finals of the 2025 Cincinnati Masters, one of the biggest non-Grand Slams on the tennis calendar and the warmup event for the U.S. Open.

Alexander Zverev advanced to the quarter-finals of the Cincinnati Masters on Wednesday after Russian opponent Karen Khachanov retired in the second set with the score at 7-5, 3-0 in Zverev's favour. The pair had met just last week in the Toronto Masters semi-finals,

Less than 24 hours after winning their Cincinnati Open quarterfinal matches Friday, Carlos Alcaraz will face Alexander Zverev in the semifinal. Saturday’s match is set for 6 p.m. ET, with the winner playing in the final Monday. Alcaraz vs. Zverev will air on Tennis Channel, you can stream it on DirecTV (free trial).

Alexander Zverev reveals he decided to take some time off after Wimbledon and also confirms that he sought professional help for the first time in his life.