Carlos Alcaraz rated his fourth round win over Luca Nardi as his best display of the Cincinnati Masters so far, but the match also featured a dispute involving the Spanish star.<\/p>\n
The five-time major champion defeated world No 98 Nardi 6-1, 6-4 to progress to the quarter-finals in Mason, Ohio<\/a>.<\/p>\n During the match, Alcaraz<\/a> was irked by a request made by chair umpire Greg Allensworth.<\/p>\n Allenworth asked Alcaraz to cover the Evian logo on his water bottle, but the 22-year-old \u2014 who is sponsored by Evian \u2014 refused.<\/p>\n Here is a transcript of the exchange.<\/p>\n Allensworth:<\/strong> \u201cThis is what we\u2019ve been told because of the logos and the sponsors.\u201d<\/p>\n here he goes https:\/\/t.co\/pKmle9keFG<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/4DJ3jtst37<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 f (@fvaeey) August 14, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Alcaraz:<\/strong> \u201cYeah, but it wasn\u2019t my fault. It wasn\u2019t my fault. Why it should be covered (the water bottle)\u2026 because it wasn\u2019t my fault.\u201d<\/p>\n Allensworth:<\/strong> \u201cYeah, but in all honesty, I would have had you cover it up anyway.\u201d<\/p>\n Legendary coach breaks down how Carlos Alcaraz & Jannik Sinner are \u2018changing the game\u2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Carlos Alcaraz set to crash through prize money barrier quicker than any player in tennis history<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Alcaraz:<\/strong> \u201cIt wasn\u2019t my fault, why I have to cover it if it wasn\u2019t my fault?\u201d<\/p>\n Allensworth:<\/strong> \u201cIt\u2019s my fault because I didn\u2019t touch it sooner.\u201d<\/p>\n Alcaraz:<\/strong> \u201cYeah, so because it\u2019s your fault I have to cover it? You know, it doesn\u2019t work like this. It was your fault, it\u2019s always your fault and then I have to pay for that because of your fault\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n Allensworth:<\/strong> \u201cWe have to get going now.\u201d<\/p>\n Alcaraz:<\/strong> \u201cNo, I\u2019m not going to cover it.\u201d<\/p>\n In his on-court interview, Alcaraz said: \u201cI think this match was the best so far for me in this tournament.<\/p>\n \u201cAt the beginning of the tournament, I just really wanted to get better every day, after every practice and every match.<\/p>\n \u201cI think I\u2019m doing it, which I\u2019m really proud about. I\u2019m just really happy with the way I felt the ball today and the way that I moved.\u201d<\/p>\n The world No 2 will take on 11th-ranked Andrey Rublev in the quarter-finals after the 27-year-old Russian cruised to a 6-2, 6-3 fourth round win against Francisco Comesana.<\/p>\n Alcaraz holds a 3-1 head-to-head record against Rublev, having prevailed in four sets in the pair\u2019s most recent clash in the last 16 at Wimbledon last month.<\/p>\n READ NEXT: Who is Terence Atmane? French qualifier who stunned Taylor Fritz at the Cincinnati Open<\/a> The post Watch: Carlos Alcaraz\u2019s dispute with umpire in Cincinnati: \u2018It\u2019s always your fault and then I have to pay\u2019<\/a> appeared first on Tennis365<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Carlos Alcaraz rated his fourth round win over Luca Nardi as his best display of the Cincinnati Masters so far, but the match also featured a dispute involving the Spanish star. The five-time major champion defeated world No 98 Nardi 6-1, 6-4 to progress to the quarter-finals in Mason, Ohio. During the match, Alcaraz was […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-869","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/869","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=869"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/869\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=869"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=869"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=869"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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