the canadian Felix Auger Aliassimeblack animal of Murcia Carlos Alcaraznumber 1 in world tennis, whom he defeated in the three times they played, is the only one who, having played more than two games against the Spaniard, always beats him and one of the 10 with the player from El Palmar is lost in the ATP circuit.
This Saturday’s defeat in the semifinals of the ATP 500 in Basel (Switzerland) by 3-6 and 2-6 was added to the quarterfinals of the 2021 United States Open by 3-6, 1-3 and withdrawal due to injury de Alcaraz and a few weeks ago in the Spain-Canada Davis Cup showdown (7-6 (3), 4-6 and 2-6).
The rivalry between these two youngsters -Alcaraz, 19, and Auger Aliassime, 22, number 9 in the world- serves and everything indicates that they will face each other many times throughout their promising careers.
No other player except the one from Montreal has lost as many games as the one from El Palmar on the professional circuit and the other one who, having played more than one game, always beats him is the 24-year-old Swede which is Mikael Ymer, in 76th place in the ATP ranking.
The one from Skovde defeated the Murcian in the second round of the 2021 Australian Open -6-2, 4-6, 4-6 and 6-7 (5)- and in the semifinals of the ATP 250 in Winston Salem (United States). ) in both years (5-7 and 3-6).
The other rivals with whom the student of Juan Carlos Ferrero has negative baggage in his confrontations are the Germans. Alexander Zverev, whom he won once and to whom he lost three; the Majorcan Rafael Nadalwith one win and two losses, and eight players who have been ranked once in ATP tournaments and lost.
are the americans tommy paulthe Italians Lorenzo Musetti and Lorenzo Sonegothe French Hugo Gastonthe Austrian Alexander Erlerthe Russian Daniel MedvedevFinnish Emil Ruusuvuori and the brazilian Thiago Monteiro.
This is a list of pending issues for an Alcaraz who has accumulated 118 games on the circuit (88 wins and 30 losses).
In this campaign, his background is 55 wins and 12 losses and this Saturday’s semifinal is the second in which he fell after the Masters 1,000 in Indian Wells (United States) against Nadal 4-6, 6-4 and 3-6 .
Next week, at the Masters 1,000 in Paris Bercy, he will make his debut directly in the second round against the winner of the duel between 29-year-old Russian Aslan Karatsev, number 60 in the ATP, and the 27-year-old which is Japanese. Yoshihito Nishioka, who is in position 37.
“I tried, but now it is not possible. Thank you, Basel, for the support this week. Next stop: Paris!”, the Murcian wrote on his social networks that his mind is on the French capital.
Source: La Verdad
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