Carlos Alcaraz he appeared on the Guillermo Vilas track at around two in the morning in his native Murcia. It’s ten o’clock in the evening in Buenos Aires, where he signed a triumphant return to the ATP Tour on Wednesday. After three months away from the circuit since a stomach injury at the end of last year combined with another muscle injury in his right leg that kept him out of the Australian Open, the man from El Palmar dominated in Serbian. Laslo Djere by 6-2, 4-6 and 6-2 in two hours of replays.
At 19 years old, the current world number two, after becoming the youngest in history after winning the last US Open, returned with a good level of tennis despite a long absence.
“I feel very good but there is a lot of room for improvement,” analyzed the Spanish tennis player after opening his 2023 season, debuting in an ATP 250 on the clay of Buenos Aires which he included in his calendar as a remedy for the 103 days of vacation.
He will continue his adventure this Friday. He will be chasing a place in the semifinals of the Buenos Aires brick dust against another Serbian rival, dusan lajovica 34-year-old veteran who fell in the final rankings, coming in 90th place. This is his third quarter in this tournament, repeating the results of 2016 and 2020.
The previous antecedent indicates the superiority of Alcaraz in all kinds of circumstances. He beat the student model of the Catalan coach Jose’s pearls 6-2, 6-1 and 7-5 at the 2022 Australian Open.
“In such slow game conditions, I want to know what will happen,” announced Lajovic.
The meeting is scheduled before 18:30 local afternoon, half past midnight Spanish peninsular time. No need to wait for Alcaraz, a more affordable space for Spanish fans, who can follow him on television in Movistar+ Sportsas well as those directly of sports world website.
program on Friday
1/4 finals
Guillermo Vilas track
(17:30 Spanish peninsular time)
Tomás Martín Etcheverry (Arg)-Cameron Norrie (GBR/2)
(not before 7:00 pm)
Juan Pablo Varillas (Per)-Pedro Cachín (Arg) or Lorenzo Musetti (Ita)
(not before 10:30 pm)
Carlos Alcaraz (Esp/1)-Dusan Lajovic (Srb)
(not before 00:00 hours)
Diego Schwartzman (Arg) or Bernabé Zapata (Esp)-Francisco Cerúndolo (Arg/5)
Source: La Verdad
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