The world number two added the game that gave him no time with the rain yesterday and now faces Fognini
Spanish tennis player Carlos Alcaraz completed his debut at Rio de Janeiro’s ATP tournament on Wednesday by drawing the game he needed to win (6-4, 6-4) against Brazilian Mateus Alves, while also Albert Ramos advanced to the second round and Bernabe Zapata.
Alcaraz, defending champion and first seed, had not been able to complete his debut on Tuesday due to the rain that fell in Brazil’s capital, but he did not give the chance to surprise now with Italian Fabio Fognini. The world number two, recent champion in Buenos Aires in his first tournament of 2023, put an end to taming Sousa’s confidence, after the 6-4, 5-3 that broke up the game the day before without such a fierce game like that of shown in Argentina after more than 100 without playing.
In the restart the local player won his serve and later on Alcaraz did it without any problems. In the meantime, Ramos also had to resume his postponed premiere, but then a set against the Argentinian Tomás Martín Etcheverry. The Catalan forced the third set with a decisive break to make it 6-4 in the second, but the Argentine warmed up in an intense battle that saw Ramos save nine break balls and kill the rest again. The Catalan now takes on the Colombian Daniel Galán.
In addition, Zapata, a recent semi-finalist in Buenos Aires, defeated Jaume Munar 6-3, 7-5 in the Spaniards game, demonstrating the confidence he had won last week. In the second round, the Valencian will meet exactly one of his illustrious victims in the Argentine capital, just like Francisco Cerúndolo.
Source: La Verdad
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