The world number two returned to the tennis courts with a lucky and hard-earned victory over Serb Laslo Djere in Buenos Aires. Lajovic will be his rival in the quarterfinals
He reappeared as number one in Buenos Aires after a four-month absence due to a double injury and did so with a lucky and hard-fought victory over Serb Laslo Djere (6-2, 4-6, 6-2). Lajovic will be his rival in the quarterfinals. On his debut in the tournament, more than a hundred days after his last match, the current world number two was physically recovered and very solid in the first and third sets, in which he dominated with great authority. The Murcian was impatient to start the season and days before he was optimistic about his return after dominating from the top of the tennis world rankings before his injury. “I can improve everything in tennis, physically and mentally,” he said in an interview. “I played at a high level, but there is still a lot of room for improvement. The return to the competition after four months without playing is complicated. The only way to get up to speed is to play games, and I hope to get better in the next game,” Alcaraz wished after the game.
Juan Carlos Ferrero’s pupil got off to a solid start. He broke Djere’s serve very quickly and due to the power of his serve, losing only three points, he didn’t have too much trouble and sealed the first set with another break. The match didn’t seem to have much more emotion as the Spanish tennis player went 0-40 2-2 in the second round. However, Djere, who had previously enjoyed his first chances at half-time, not only managed to salvage that situation, but repeated it 3-3 and 4-4, 15-40 in both cases.
The Serb clung to the court and prevented his rival from making use of one of his eight balls from this break in a second sleeve which was eventually taken. The Murcian, not authoritative with his serve, also gave up many options and could not avoid going into a third set with a break on serve to equalize on five.
But the 19-year-old managed to recover from the start of the match and restore good feelings. He ‘armoured’ his serve again and a break in the first game gave him confidence to close out without further ado and meet another Serb, Dusan Lajovic.
“There have been several times where I didn’t know how to handle it. For example, I had several “break” points in the second set, but I didn’t know how to process them properly, I didn’t know how to control myself, pause. The league gives you that, the rhythm between the points and on the point, that’s what I miss,” admitted the world number two.
Source: La Verdad
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