Carlos Alcaraz qualified for the round of 16 final of the United States Open, where the Croatian Marin Cilic will be measured this Monday, with an unblemished record of three victories without dropping a set in the tournament, something three other eighth-finalists -Daniil Medvedev, Cameron Norrie and Frances Tiafoe- achieved.who have also settled their three games on the fast track.
The young tennis player from Murcia, 19 years old and ranked 4th in the ranking and third seed in New York, just behind Medvedev and Rafa Nadal, who are still in contention, will seek his access to the quarterfinals against a veteran like Cilic who, at 33 years old -will be 34 on the 28th-, 17th in the ATP.
The player born in Medjugorje, 1.96 meters tall, defeated the British Daniel Evans in the third round in four sets 7-6 (11), 6-7 (3), 6-2 and 7-5. The match lasted 3 hours and 57 minutes, so fatigue could be a key negative for Balkan.
This will be the fourth confrontation between Alcaraz and Cilic and luggage favors the Spanish 2-1.
His most recent victory against the former US Open winner in 2014 who became world number 3 in January 2018 came a few weeks ago when he beat him 7-6 (4) and 6-1 in the others. round of 16 and also in the United States, specifically the Masters 1,000 in Cincinnati.
Before, the one in El Palmar He was also defeated by a double 6-4 in the second round of the Miami Masters 1,000 which he finished conquering in March.
The first match was taken by Cilic in the first round of the ATP 250 in Estoril when he won 3-6, 6-1, 4-6 in April 2021.
Alcaraz will try to continue the good streak who became the youngest player to reach the round of 16 of the US Open for the second year in a row from Pete Sampras in 1990.
Juan Carlos Ferrero’s student is also the tennis player with the most wins this 2022 with 47 in 56 games and his numbers in Grand Slam final tables should also be considered despite his youth -12 wins and 3 losses this year and a 20-7 in his career.
In this edition of the US Open, he has already defeated Argentines Sebastián Báez (7-5, 7-5, 2-0 and the withdrawal of his rival due to injury) and Federico Coria (6-2, 6- 1 and 7-5) and this Saturday to the American Jenson Brooksby for a triple 6-3 and he was on the court for 6 hours and 46 minutes, so he arrived relatively early for the second week of the tournament and was launched, as evidenced by the fact that his third round of matches he ended it by winning six games in a row.
Source: La Verdad
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