Carlos Alcaraz action will return this Wednesday at the house of Roger Federer, the ATP 500 indoor hard court tournament in Basel. This should have been the end of the youngster who faced figures as a ball boy at the event in his hometown, but the Swiss went out and postponed his official career as a legend in the Laver Cup, forced by an injury to his right knee which does not allow him to continue at the level he wants.
Without the local idol, the weight in the main draw is on the current world number one, the youngest in history at the age of 19. Juan Carlos Ferrero’s pupil enters his seventh week at the top of the ATP rankings, beating British on Monday Jack Draper by 3-6, 6-2 and 7-5.
A complicated return to normality, after defeats against Felix Auger-Aliassime (Davis Cup) and David Goffin (Astana). Alcaraz fell in an intense season finale. Basel will be followed by the ATP Masters 1000 in Paris-Bercy, the ATP Finals in Turin and the Davis Cup Finals in Malaga.
He has the ability to seal the final number one of 2022, with a real current advantage of 695 points over Rafael Nadalwhich plans to close its calendar with Paris-Bercy and Turin, which will award 1,000 and a maximum of 1,500 points to the respective champions.
Alcaraz wants to continue increasing the gap in Basel, where this Wednesday he will add 45 points if he gets through the quarter-final tie. Not before 7:00 pm have an appointment in Dutch Botic Van de Zandschulp27 years old and world number 35.
This will be the second match between Alcaraz and Van de Zandschulp, with a very good precedent for the tennis player from El Palmar in the opening round of the Australian Open 2021. He won 6-1, 6-4 and 6-4.
Van de Zandschulp confirms reunion at number 1 by coming back from 0-3 against the French Adrian Mannarino in the third set of their match held this Tuesday. He won 6-4, 4-6 and 6-4 in 2h.48′, although he accumulated nine double faults. Three more than aces (6).
Source: La Verdad
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