From its number 1 position in the world, Carlos Alcaraz will open this Tuesday in the tournament of hard court of Nur-Sultan, formerly Astana and the capital of Kazakhstan. The Murcian starts as the first seed in a tournament with a very high level despite being in the 500 category, as they are also registered in the table Novak Djokovic, Daniil Medvedev, Stefanos Tsitsipas, Andrey Rublev or Felix Auger-AliassimeBesides others.
Because of this, Alcaraz’s path will not be easy. Holger Rune, a player who will be his opponent in the first round, but chose to rest after losing in the final in Sofia against the Swiss Marc-Andrea Huesler, was known this Monday. So, the Murcian will finally face the talented Belgian David Goffin, in a match scheduled for the third shift, around 11:00 this Tuesday (Movistar Deportes) in the Spanish code.
Goffina former top 10 player, is now 66th in the world ranking, but he is still a tennis player with great wrist touch. Of course, despite some impressive quarterfinals at Wimbledon and beyond his participation in Davis, he is saving six straight losses in the first round (Washington, Canada, Cincinnati after passing the preliminary phase, Winston-Salem, US Open and Metz) and did not succeed in the preliminary phase of this Kazakh tournament, where he entered the draw as a ‘lucky-loser’.
Alcaraz, therefore, will try to take advantage of the doubts of the Belgian player in first tournament he will play since his US Open title, beyond the two games he played in Davis. The pupil of Juan Carlos Ferrero took the only previous duel against Goffin on the circuit, at Melbourne ATP last year, for the double 6-3 on hard court.
A priori, it was a good test for Alcaraz to reconnect with the rhythm of the competition after more than two weeks without him. This tournament will require the highest level of Spanish players. If it wins, it will be measured in the round of 16 Adrian Mannarino. rubles in quarters and Tsitsipas or Hurkacz in the semifinals they are potential Murcian rivals if the predictions come true
Source: La Verdad
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